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Thank you Hugh ... you have prompted me to write an article about this:
<http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2006/08/hd_dvd_vs_blu-ray_and_the_winner_is_no_one.php>
Re: High Def DVD ... I don't think it will help to wait for a winner ...
there likely won't be one ... and there definitely won't be one any time
soon.
HD DVD has a market lead of about 2 months, they are half the price out
of the gate, and all reports from the field are saying the quality is
better than Blu-ray (for what's available right now). They also have
Microsoft on board, who is coming out with an HD DVD add-on for the Xbox
360 this fall ... which will speed adoption of the format. And while
they don't have as many production houses on board at the moment, I
predict that many in the Blu-ray camp will begin producing in both
formats (except for maybe Sony) once they see HD DVD leading the way
into households this Christmas.
Blu-ray is making great strides in penetrating the PC market, from a
back-up media perspective. They have many more manufacturers on board,
which will lead to competition within the format itself, resulting in
better hardware. They have the capacity advantage, which won't mean much
for feature films, but the "TV on DVD" market will jump all over it. And
let's not forget about PS3, whenever that arrives. That will have the
same penetrating effect as the Xbox drive will have.
Point is, both camps are so far invested, and are making equal headway
both in terms of penetration and business partnerships that neither one
will have any reason to "give in". So if you're waiting for that,
you'll be waiting a while.
One final prediction: It is more likely you will see a combo player, or
combo media, before you will see either camp begin to pull ahead.
Shane Sturgeon
Publisher, HDTV Magazine
Cell: (937) 532-8135
www.hdtvmagazine.com
Hugh Campbell wrote:
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> Nicetry.....male or female?
> I agree, who in their right mind would watch hd on a pc when a large
> screen tv is available? And it sure looks like it will be awhile
> before high definition dvd gets worked out and I hate it. It will be
> interesting to see what is available in January at CES.
>
> Hugh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicetry" <
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> To: "HDTV Magazine" <
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> Subject: Re: why so quiet?
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>> Personally am waiting for quality monitors with native
>> 1080p input that can effectively process 1080i to
>> 1080p.
>>
>> get the bugs out of the hd dvd players & blu ray
>> players so one can realistic assessments .
>>
>> Can't care less about pc based players . Believe pc is
>> not the place for watching hi def.
>> --- Jason Burroughs <
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>>> > With the major recent release of HD DVD and
>>> Blu-Ray, I'm wondering,
>>> > where is everyone?? Are others, like myself,
>>> waiting for second
>>> > generation (or PC-based) players; are we waiting
>>> on better 1080p
>>> > monitors; or is everyone just on vacation?
>>> >
>>> > Jason
>>> >
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