DVD HD is dead!
 

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080106/gadget_show_hd_dvd.html

looks like the final blow for hi def dvd.

I have no fucking luck picked ibill and picked hd dvd . lol Well when hd dvd's crash in price, time to build my collection.

Can you play them on your betamax :1orglaugh

That didn't last long did it ?

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

nothing about ron paul!?!?!?!!?!?

yeahhhh ... better product finally won .. by the way .. Betamax was a sony product .. much better than VHS but Sony wouldn't endorse sales of adult content on their beta tapes ..so they lost that war .. but won this one .. too bad it will all be moot as soon as we cross this next threshold into all media coming through the net ..

Alot of people will still prefer their media on a disk.

Oh I agree, I am one of them .. i personally think for me it will come to downloading and burning to Bluray for storage and later viewing.

Burn. :1orglaugh

FRAUD!

They just want your money and they don't give a shit how they get it!

the scoop just for you tony404 :winkwink:

Philips Introduces $349 Blu-Ray High-Definition Video Player to Go on Sale in April

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Royal Philips Electronics NV on Sunday said it would introduce a Blu-ray high-definition video disc player for $349 in April.
The BDP7200, introduced ahead of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, plays back video at a resolution of 1,080p, the highest resolution available today. The device also features BD-Java technology, which supports more sophisticated interactive features.

BDP7200 also comes with a picture-in-picture feature.

Blu-ray -- the high-definition video format that competes with HD DVD -- got a win last week when Warner Bros. Entertainment said it would stop releasing its movies on HD DVD, opting instead to stick with Blu-ray.

Only two major U.S. studios now support HD DVD, while five support Blu-ray.

:thumbsup

And you cane get a whole amazing gaming system thrown in for just another $100 when you buy the Sony PS3 .. (had to post that cause i love my new PS3..what a geek )

good point

I'm just going to add a combo HD/Blu-ray to a HTPC and call it a day.

With combo players, the war could have been solved.

PS3 is much better :thumbsup

I love my PS3...The BluRay was exactly why I chose it over the XBox. :thumbsup

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

fucking circuit city and their 10 free hd-dvd offer. Looks like mine is going on craigslist tomorrow

Good thing I didn't buy an Xbox 360 yet :D

Horny Alf quote ,

fucking circuit city and their 10 free hd-dvd offer. Looks like mine is going on craigslist tomorrow

you made me just sit and laugh so much with that comment :1orglaugh

Cool Beans !

yes jakethedog and tony404 you may have a good point with the PS3 but I need 5.1 sound or better to rock my world !!!and I m told the PS3 doesnt have it.:winkwink:

Huge lcd screen and a nice p3 with some dodgy speakers wouldnt make me all warm and fuzzy :1orglaugh

that funnken blows. I have a 360 HD-DVD addon and my HP laptop has a HD-DVD. I have no blu-ray players :(

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaughlol you're too cool and pimp to be watching a movie stereo huh?:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

yep something like that Oracle Porn :1orglaugh

actually Im just teasing the guys I dont own a p3 and I dont watch tv all I do is listen to dance music and read :winkwink:

oh! and party lots :thumbsup

for fuck sakes they have 5.1...ps2 has 5.1 get an optical cable and dont get anymore info from anyone who says otherwise

flashfire you need a chill pill (they are blue in color) didnt you read ?

Claire quote:actually Im just teasing the guys I dont own a p3 and I dont watch tv all I do is listen to dance music and read

oh! and party lots :thumbsup


Now concentrate will you ! Im just having fun
:winkwink:

there's winners and losers in everything

flashfire,do I look like a person who understands anything tech :1orglaugh
(just teasing)

Ask me about dresses or something then I will dazzle you with science :winkwink:

http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galle...726/z00392.jpg



Having a great time at the montreal penthouse party,

I told you AMA Joe, he's back!!! Just like Michael Myers, Freddy Crugger and Jason!!

Break out the popcorn dude!!!

People that make these statements live in a bubble. Maybe in 2018 you might start to see downloading start to take over physical media.

1/3 of Americans has ZERO internet access. 1/6 only have dial-up( which you could only theoretically download up to 16 GB a month max ). That's 50% of American households not being to download over the net. Of the 50% that do have broadband, half of those get 2 Mbps or less speed. That's not very fast for downloading HD content. And don't expect these numbers to improve anytime soon. Not in America at least.

Xbox Live has it where you can download movies and Tv shows even in HD. It's 720p though. Both blu-ray and HD-DVD are 1080p. The movies are rentals while the TV shows are purchases. However the content can only be stored on a XBOX 360 hard drive. Sorry but if I'm paying $2 per episode for just the SD version of a TV show I'd better be able to play in on whatever I want. Amazon has their video download service too. Once again some restrictions.

So ok I can either pay $2 per episode for say the latest season of South Park from XBOX Live and be limited for watching it from my xbox 360. So if I want to watch it at my friends house I either have to take my entire 360 or if he has one remove my hard drive and take that over there. Real fucking convenient. And if my hard drive gets full I either have to erase a show I have purcahsed or buy another overpriced XBOX 360 hard drive.

Or pay $2 per episode from Amazon and watch it on my PC, though I can stream it to my TV if I have a device that can do that or hook my TV to my PC( a pain ). You can burn them to DVD but only for back-up they won't play on a DVD player.

Or for about $2.50 an episode I can buy it on DVD and play it on whatever the fuck I want. DVD player, HD-DVD player, blu-ray player, PS3, XBOX 360, PC, laptop, portable DVD player. Having choices is nice. And a DVD is much more portable than an XBOX 360.

So downloading video over the internet has a LONG LONG fucking way to go before it overtakes physical media for many reasons.

I'm getting a PS3.

:thumbsup

But I think Steve at Vivid was going HD DVD. Usually Adult Studios are also making the difference between new technologies.

Toshiba said they are not going anywhere.

i must buy PS3 ... today :D

Tomud

I have a Blu-Ray and an HD-DVD Player.

Fight the battle.