| whatever said: Umm, Sony made nothing off of the DVD standard. They will make ALOT of money off of BR. @Onimusha - your kidding right? I mean if you have an HDTV, it's a no brainer to get BR. It looks amazing. This Christmas should be HUGE for HDTVs and the PS3. I think it will outsell the 360 in all regions. BR is about the only thing Sony has done right so far this gen. |
So all in all, the most you can say for Blu-Ray is that it is pretty, which I fail to see how such a claim was in contrast to my allegations of its contributions being superficial and those of a luxury item.
DVD
- Shows improved picture and sound over that of VHS on any TV.
- Was a non-degradeable format unlike VHS.
- Allowed for easy navigation thus eliminating the inconvenience of Rewinding or aimless fast forwarding.
- Allowed for extra content and disc menus which were impossible on VHS.
Blu-Ray
- Shows improved picture and sound over that of DVD noticeably only on expensive HD TVs.
- Has more space than a DVD for reasons yet to be realized.
Somehow the leap from one format to the next is less impressive for Blu-Ray as oppossed to DVD's emergence as the replacement for VHS. Blu-Ray's improvements are fairly superficial and vain, while not bad improvements they don't really beckon the notion we've become familiar with as being a true step forward in formats.
