rabidwolverine21
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Well guys im looking to get one, and im wondering if you have either or information guiding which is better in opinions hd dvd or blue ray. thanks for the help
is there any chance you can prove this?? they both support 1080p and depending on the source material and the quality of the transfer they both can look really great or terrible. and there are a couple recent movie reviews that scored HD DVD with better visuals than the blu ray version. HD DVD can store up to 30gb on a disc which is plenty for a movie. and cost is everything. remember the beta/VHS war?? the superior format didn't win.stickman said:it offers better visuals
It cannot really be proven. All that can be proven is that Blu-ray can reach and sustain higher video bit rates than HD DVD. But with video codecs advancing faster than even the formats that carry them, it is being proven almost daily that with the right codec, either format is capable of delivering images that are virtually identical to the master from which they were encoded. As far as individual titles are concerned, it all depends on the attention given to the video when it is encoded. In some cases, an HD DVD version will look better. In some cases, it will be Blu-ray that wins out. But, in most cases, when a title is available on both formats the same encoding is used, so there is no visible difference between the two.hairlesswookiee said:is there any chance you can prove this??
It is not open to debate when you are discussing the merits of uncompressed PCM versus the lossless compressed formats, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Both of those formats deliver an audio bitstream that is bit for bit identical to the uncompressed PCM version, while saving significant amounts of disc space for other uses.Rugby1970 said:Sound is open for debate... I'm really digging the uncompressed PCM blu-ray seems to favor.
Eli26 said:You know how big the difference between VHS to DVD was... is the difference that significant between standard DVD to say Blue-Ray and HD DVD?
RoboDad said:Statistically yes. In fact the difference in resolution between DVD and either of the HD formats is far greater than the difference between VHS and DVD.
However, it has reached a point of diminishing returns for most consumers. On screens smaller than 42", much of that difference will not be perceptible. And there is also the problem that, when moving from VHS to DVD there was a complete paradigm shift, what with instant scene access, no rewinding, no tapes to wear out, and so on. The designers of HD DVD and Blu-ray have tried to create new levels of interactivity, to help motivate consumers to adopt the new formats, but most of those capabilities have yet to be fully utilized, so all people see right now is a more expensive "DVD player" with more expensive discs.
SSC_Nerd said:You do know that they're offering 5 free movies with Blu-ray players now too, right? That includes PS3.
Ultimate Weapon said:If you're up in the air about it I would be sure to check out the comments on the High-Def format war over at www.thedigitalbits.com.
I think the crew over there is really unbiased about the whole thing and simply presents all the facts and all the arguments without saying go out and get this one. Although they did finally as of a few weeks ago "choose" a side in the format war - blu-ray. But they posted a very long and detailed reason for the decision. They hate the format war and have been very vocal about it.
The format war blows, but don't get suckered in by cheap prices and free DVD's. At the end of the day what matters is the format with the most studio backing (the most titles available) and which one is actually going to last beyond 2007.
I'm not choosing either until it's finished.
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