BLU-RAY or HD-DVD?

[CIAA-FAN]

"OK TECHNO GEEKS, WHICH FORMAT DO YOU BELIEVE WILL DOMINATE AND WHY?  TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THE $1600, PRESIDENT BUSH WANTS TO GIVE ME BACK FROM MY TAX DOLLARS.          :rotf:"

[Maroon and Gray]

"err, HALF of that belongs to the Mrs."

[CIAA-FAN]

"

Originally posted by Maroon and Gray:
[qb] err, HALF of that belongs to the Mrs. [/qb]

SHE IS PRETTY APOLITICAL SO PLEASE BE QUITE!!   "

[CIAA-FAN]

"

Originally posted by CIAA-FAN:
[qb]  

Originally posted by Maroon and Gray:
[qb] err, HALF of that belongs to the Mrs. [/qb]

SHE IS PRETTY APOLITICAL SO PLEASE BE QUITE!!  BESIDES, I WON‘T TELL HER HOW MUCH I SPENT.    [/qb]

"

[prideofthepanther]

Blu Ray is almost the winner.  Most of the major studios perfer Blu Ray and the last studio remaining will get out of their HD DVD contract in April or May.

I have Blu Ray on my Playstation 3 and the standalone players are becoming cheaper by the second.  Word is some HD DVD companies (Microsoft) have Blu Ray in the works because they sense that Blu Ray may win.

Just my opinion....

[Pitbull]

I‘m still in a wait an see mode...I‘d like to see a Blu-Ray/HD player....That would be the bomb....that way you have both formats covered....

[Capler]

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SHE IS PRETTY APOLITICAL

Wait till that check comes and you spend it on the down tip. You see how how apolitical she will become. I can see her now at work talking to her co-worker..........

""Girl our check came yesterday, and m"

[Cholly]

Blu-Ray has 70% of the Studios and 80% (and climbing) of the content.

HD-DVD will be gone by end of the year.

Fear not though... HD-DVD players will STILL be able to play conventional DVDs which should be around for at least another 5 years.  

[Capler]

"Read the tea leaves Cats. DVD‘s are going the way of  the music CD. In 5 years both will be on life support.

Also HDTVs may have  bottomed out price wise. What you see now is more features being added to the higher models and cheaper versions with less coming to market. I see people who bought HDTVs 3 years ago and paid $5,000, upgrading and only paying $1800 for so much more. Has anyone seem the 120 hz versions in stores? OMG, the picture is so much sharper. That 120 hz Samsung and Sony are very very nice, you will pay for them but they are sweet. Funny, stores are placing them next to the lesser versions so potential customers can see the difference and end up buying more tv than what they came in to get."

[Cholly]

HD-DVD players will STILL be able to play conventional DVDs which should be around for at least another 5 years.

[Maroon and Gray]

"I just bought Spike Lee‘s first film on DVD (re-released last week) because I know the VHS I have won‘t as last long, and now your telling me I‘ve wasted money anyway?

  :mad:"

[Valley Girl]

":lol:            

HDTV Plasma TV‘s were all the rage, now it‘s all about the HDTV LCD TV‘s.

Cap, you‘re right about the HDTV.  The stores will put a Vizio next to a Sharp Aquos or an Olevia right next to a Sony/ Bravia or an Em"

[Cholly]

"

Originally posted by Maroon and Gray:
[qb] I just bought Spike Lee‘s first film on DVD (re-released last week) because I know the VHS I have won‘t as last long, and now your telling me I‘ve wasted money anyway?

   :mad:  [/qb]

Nah.... not as long as you STILL have a DVD player.

The DVDs themselves will last for 100 years as long as you keep them out of high temps, UV light, and direct sunlight.

Think you‘ll still be worrying about your Spike Lee collection in 100 years MAGs?"

[Maroon and Gray]

"I WISH I would be worrying about something, anything in 100 years.
 
OK, the DVDs will be good, but their won‘t be any players.   "

[Cholly]

^^^Probably not.

And artificial crisis to FORCE us all to re-accquire our collections to work on the new hardware they want us to buy.  :mad:

BTW... have you noticed that NONE of your old files work in Vista?  :mad:   :mad:   :mad: