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12-03-2005, 07:19 AM

Don't rule out HD-DVD yet. Its main advantages are that it is cheaper than blu-ray and they can theoretically put a regular DVD movie on one side of the disc and have the HD-DVD version on the other side. So the movie studios can release a DVD that supports both the new HD-DVD players and the old standard DVD players, not leaving anyone out in the cold.

Blu-ray requires new players that are going to be expensive as hell (PS3 is rumoured to be $400 - $500 US), plus the discs themselves are much more expensive to produce and not backward compatible in any way.

Will be interesting to see what happens. If it wasn't for the fact PS3 was coming out with blu-ray support then I don't think it would stand a chance. That may be enough to tip the scales though.

12-03-2005, 07:19 AM
evildick Guest Posts: n/a	Don't rule out HD-DVD yet. Its main advantages are that it is cheaper than blu-ray and they can theoretically put a regular DVD movie on one side of the disc and have the HD-DVD version on the other side. So the movie studios can release a DVD that supports both the new HD-DVD players and the old standard DVD players, not leaving anyone out in the cold. Blu-ray requires new players that are going to be expensive as hell (PS3 is rumoured to be $400 - $500 US), plus the discs themselves are much more expensive to produce and not backward compatible in any way. Will be interesting to see what happens. If it wasn't for the fact PS3 was coming out with blu-ray support then I don't think it would stand a chance. That may be enough to tip the scales though.