*** Official HTF HD Formats Comparison Thread *See Post 957, p. 32* (1 Viewer)

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Never viewed the Slashdot site before and I got the same impression.
The Poll has an "I want my HD DVD" selection, but no "I have Blu-ray", just an "I'll get a player by summer" question and 21% that are "Holding Out For Downloads"? That wiill be some wait!

Paul

 

[Sam Posten]

Uh huh, and this is what Slashdot said about the iPod:

And I LIKE slashdot )

 

[ChristopherDAC]

Pre-recorded anything on flash-memory will be pretty much a non-starter for a long time to come. The only thing even remotely like that which has come to market was the old video-game cartridges. The problem is that HD optical discs cost considerably less than $1 each to press. Essentially, if HD on a disc costs you $30, at a minimum HD on a card is going to cost you the exact same amount for promotion, marketing, copyright &c. — say $29 — plus the price of media. If a 30 GB flash card with sustained 30 Mbps transfer costs $10, then your HD flash movie will cost $39. Manufacturing costs, except in rare instances (early DiscoVision with its 80% & higher reject rates, or real-time duplicated VHS), are a very small fraction of the cost of the finished video product. Nobody likes to add another "rare instance".

 

[Chris S]

2600+ people have voted for that last option and I don't even know what that means?!?

 

[Douglas Monce]

I agree. Of course this assumes that Toshiba hasn't developed some new faster/cheaper flash memory.

Doug

 

[Sam Posten]

References to Taco or Cowboy Neal are the catch all for people who want to vote but dont want their vote to count.

Slashdot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's spawned a rash of similar poll choices like "Shit, Bonerz" at Quarter to Three
Next Star Wars movie - Quarter To Three Forums
Tom Chick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[nolesrule]

There's almost always a CowboyNeal option in the polls. As long as I can remember.

Anyway, you read through the slashdot threads enough, and you realize that most users on that site are a) not home theater enthusiasts, and b) aren't J6Ps either. Meaning I wouldn't consider the poll results necessarily indicative of the average consumer.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Why not just ask Cowboy Neal what he thinks about Blu-ray?!

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I think we were talking about when it would *start* to make sense, not when it would reach full manufacturing efficiency.

I don't remember where I read it now, but I thought BDs were costing ~$5 each to press though I'm sure that price will eventually drop towards ~$1 each. That's why I (and I had assumed others) was working around the parameter of $5-10 for when HDM on flash might start to appear, if at all.

But yeah, like you, I seriously doubt HDM on flash will happen anytime soon, if ever.

Actually, what might be more likely is that flash memory might eventually become a top choice for removable HD video recording in general (not just for HD videocams) and might end up tying in w/ HD downloads, if/when that takes off. That would probably make more sense than prerecorded HDM on flash. Right now, there's no clear choice for a HDM recording format even though recordable BD is already available. And considering how little recordable DVD actually did for that market, I'm not sure recordable BD will do much better.

_Man_

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Man, we got a whole mess o'news this morning:

• Amazon.com to Support Blu-ray as the Digital Format of Choice for Customers
• Media Alert - Best Buy Canada Acknowledges Blu-ray as winner for High-Definition Player Format
• Media Advisory - Future Shop Moves to Blu-ray High-Definition (HD) Products and Exits HD-DVD
• Onkyo pulling the plug on future HD DVD development - Engadget HD
• Oppo next to create a new Blu-ray player - Engadget HD

Plus one expected rumor from a dubious site, but nothing firm:

Blu-News: Paramount going Blu-ray within 48 hours

 

[Mike Frezon]

Amazon has the following posted this morning on their "Movies" page:

 

[Paul.S]

RE Amazon: here's hoping they don't remove HD DVD SKUs from their database thereby making it more difficult to buy and (if you're an Amazon Seller) sell used HD DVDs via Amazon Marketplace. You can only sell LDs now if you're "Pro."