Why are people trying to save HDDVD

[LordTheNightKnight]

Played_Out said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
It would not lead to all our movies being on it. It took mainstream success for that to happen to DVD, not getting rid of the DIVX format (which is not the same as the DivX codec).

DIVX? Ha ha ha. I had forgotten about that one! DVD didn't get rid of DIVX, it wasn't a competing format, it was just a ridiculous failed attempt at providing an alternative to video rental. A bad idea from the start.

@madskillz

The interactivity features of Java are actually a lot better than HDi. The reason you don't see them in early Blu-Ray is that they were not included as standard in the BD 1.0 profile.

I wouldn't worry to much about the region coding issue either. DVD is region encoded, but I sure don't know anyone with a player that's not region free.

Personally, I won't be getting on the HD format train for a while as I only have an SD TV, but it was pretty obvious from the get-go that BD was the superior format, and market dominance was assured by Sony crowbarring it into the market via PS3.

That's not my point. The point is that DVD didn't hit mainstream due to DIVX going away, so it is not a given this will happen to blu-ray, if HD-DVD goes away.