Frankly, if the truth be told BD didn't win because they deserved it. They won because they bought and paid for the win. I see it as the equivalent of a basketball team winning after paying off league officials, refs and sportswriters. Doing so gives them the fact of a win and allows...
I've never experienced SDE on my DLPs and never heard of anyone else on DLPs. However, LCD is another story and I don't have a problem corrrecting the record if I'm wrong. ;)
http://crunchgear.com/2007/03/19/tos...d-format-wars/ If you look at some of the press releases flying around lately, you'd think that HD DVD is ready to pack up our tent and go home. Suffice to say, we're not goin' anywhere. But what about the Nielsen numbers you might ask? What about...
One could also argue that since everybody else seem to like upconversion so should I. However, thats not the case for me and it might be likewise for Gary W. Graley.
Price drives everything.....HDTVs didn't really take off until the prices started dropping drastically. HD DVDs and its players are less expensive than blu-ray and thats going to make the difference. BTW most people are unaware of content limitations of the two formats.
Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Adkins If you want to talk about space requirements being limiting, the lack of lossless audio on King Kong is much more relevant. No mystery here, just as some studios do not/did not use DTS on their DVDs.
Blu-ray would go the way of the dodo bird if studio support was format neutral. Massive studio support is the only thing keeping Blu-ray in the game. Because most if not all of Blu-ray's stated superiority is theoritical at this point. I have seen nothing to prove they are superior in real work...
The huge difference between Hd DVD and Blu-Ray is execution. HD DVD has been relatively consistently good, while Blu-Ray has been lackluster to poor. Only recently has Blu-Ray began to up the ante with better transfers and I doubt they would give a care if HD DVD weren't kicking their collective...
I see the hybrid as another screw job by Warner. First they screwed HD DVD owners by offering certain titles only in combo format, no HD DVD only version. That forced the purchase of a SD DVD in order to get the HD DVD version. Oh yeah, they charged more for that preparing everyone to pay more...
Business schools thrive on statistics and the attainment of them. Now Warner wants to sell products that will not tell which format is driving disc sales. Only studios that originally supported HD DVD are going the hair brain combo route and that's the problem. I would understand if all studios...
First let me say....I WILL NOT BUY ANY COMBO HD DVD. I don't care if it's HD with DVD or HD with Blu-ray. I'll rent them from BB or Netflix but NEVER buy. Warner's defection to Blu-ray will mean companies will not be able to tell which format the person supports even if HD DVD is why it was...
I noticed this immediately when I hooked up my unit months ago. The FW was 1.4 and the same issue remains with my 2.0 update. BTW I running HDMI cables.
What works in theory does not always work in practice. In theory humans are the most intelligent beings on the planet. But does our behavior indicate that? Botton line....Let your eyes determine what looks better regardless of what SHOULD look better according to specs/theory.
Does your stereo have a aux input that accepts RCA cables or a mini jack? THe RCA input looks like the inputs found on the back of recievers, you know the left and right stereo inputs. The mini jack input looks like the hole that you plug earphone in on your portable CD player, walkman, ipod...