Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
Those are the reasons, and more, why I got HD-DVD. It can do SO MUCH MORE. Less space, yes, but most blu-ray discs use only 30 gigs anyway, so who cares? They offer same picture, but HD has more features.
Originally posted by: ferris209
Well, I just really liked the idea of Combo discs, with HD DVD on one side and SD on the other, plus the players can play SD DVD's. I also liked that HD DVD can be pressed from current DVD machines, making them cheaper in the long run. Plus, HD DVD seems to be a pretty much finished format, while I hear that BR still doesn't do half of what HD DVD can do, at least until the BD 2.0 hits. I just see things getting very expensive once Sony gets its claws sunk in.
Well, I just really liked the idea of Combo discs, with HD DVD on one side and SD on the other, plus the players can play SD DVD's. I also liked that HD DVD can be pressed from current DVD machines, making them cheaper in the long run. Plus, HD DVD seems to be a pretty much finished format, while I hear that BR still doesn't do half of what HD DVD can do, at least until the BD 2.0 hits. I just see things getting very expensive once Sony gets its claws sunk in.
Those are the reasons, and more, why I got HD-DVD. It can do SO MUCH MORE. Less space, yes, but most blu-ray discs use only 30 gigs anyway, so who cares? They offer same picture, but HD has more features.
The reason they use only 30 GB sometimes is because companies are too cheap to do an encode just for Blu Ray so the HD-DVD encode is used, so HD-DVD is really lowering the standards for some Blu-Ray titles. Blu-Ray has a much higher bitrate and almost twice the space, and it has special java abilities that HD-DVD doesn't--its superior in almost every way. If you are going to make a choice based on specs then theres no way you would choose HD-DVD. People ought to be going with HD-DVD for the title selection (in other words, studio support) which is now weakened since Blu-Ray has over 70% exclusive support.
And combo-disks are the stupidest things of all time. If you have HD-DVD why would you want the DVD version? Meanwhile those who don't have or even want HD-DVD have to pay an incredibly jacked up price. Its just dumb. My fear is that once HD-DVD dies companies like Paramount might start doing Blu-Ray combo disks if they ever find a way, but hopefully the poor sales and the high cost will scare them from trying.