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Blu-ray won't help PS3 sales that much in it's first 5 years. Because there isn't a huge HD penetration. It's still to early for low prices like HD DVD. I do believe that Blu-ray will win the format war. FVD and EVD won't make it either. They are too late and I don't think they have the marketing budget to make it succesfull. Then there is HVD, it only has much more space than Blu-ray and HD DVD. Why would this be the new format? I still have high hopes for this disk, I think it should be introduced within 15 years from now. Around the 3dtv era.

Downloadable media will be niche in the upcoming years. Internet Speed is still too slow for HD content. Some countrys still have datalimits. The music industry still sells more thru warehouses, than online stores.



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If the PS3 drops to $399, I will buy it as soon as good games come out for it.



TheBigFatJ said:
If the PS3 drops to $399, I will buy it as soon as good games come out for it.

And rumble (AVT).



I doubt Sony will release this 399 PS3 this winter. It seems like to quick of a price drop and to smart of a move by Sony. If they do end up going down this road I think that the shares they just opened is going to cover the early losses, which will then be replaced by blu-ray and game income.

Now onto Blu-ray vs HD-DVD

To think that Blu-ray is just one > DVD is to be very uninformed. HD-DVD may be one > DVD, but Blu-ray is a tru leap to a new generation of disk format. At this point in time HD has played all of its cards. If it becomes the format of choice we will have what we have right now for the next 10 years. However if Blu-ray wins we will see a disk format that has twice the life and will see improvments throughtout its life. Mitsubishi is already talking about being able to film 3D in HD, and the only format that can hold enoughf data is Blu-ray. Everything about blu-ray is way better than HD-DVD. Blu-ray has a 75% faster required read speed for all players, it is scalable to 5x the capacity of HD-DVD, and it has better copyright protection. Anyone that does not want to support these formats doesn't have a clue about them. The people that support HD-DVD are only jumping off a bridge into traffic. Blu-ray is a real leap in technology, and can be a great format for years to come.



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What are you even talking about? Most bluray uses the same VC-1 codec as HD DVD. Bluray max is 50gig. Well, guess what. HD DVD is now 51gig APPROVED. Plus, the yield rate is 95% for 30gig for HD DVD, BD25 is only 80%, and BD50 is 50-60%. All specs are set for HD DVD such as all players being web-enabled (firmware upgradable through the required ethernet port), PiP enabled and all the 1080p 2ndgen and up players support 1080p24. Plus, hardware is required to have trueHD support, unlike bluray which does PCM and trueHD is only optional. Which means even if a bluray disc has lossless uncompressed audio, it doesn't mean the player can output that. Bluray profile 1.1 player doesn't even exist yet and some smaller studios had to delay their release because of production problems with bluray and compatibility issues with all players currently in the market.  And don't even start with the $299 Funai.  The "prototype" they showed at CEDIA isn't even a working version so don't expect it this holiday season, whereas Venturer is already releasing a sub-$199MSRP HD DVD player.  (And don't forget a lot of WB films that are coming out on both bluray and HD DVD are not exactly the same.  All features bluray has, HD DVD has as well.  But it's not true the other way around since PiP is not ready yet, and BD-J is costly and difficult to code.)  Please get your facts straight before you make any outrageous claims.



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Delusional said:
@KBG29

What are you even talking about? Most bluray uses the same VC-1 codec as HD DVD. Bluray max is 50gig. Well, guess what. HD DVD is now 51gig APPROVED. Plus, the yield rate is 95% for 30gig for HD DVD, BD25 is only 80%, and BD50 is 50-60%. All specs are set for HD DVD such as all players being web-enabled (firmware upgradable through the required ethernet port), PiP enabled and all the 1080p 2ndgen and up players support 1080p24. Plus, hardware is required to have trueHD support, unlike bluray which does PCM and trueHD is only optional. Which means even if a bluray disc has lossless uncompressed audio, it doesn't mean the player can output that. Bluray profile 1.1 player doesn't even exist yet and some smaller studios had to delay their release because of production problems with bluray and compatibility issues with all players currently in the market.  And don't even start with the $299 Funai.  The "prototype" they showed at CEDIA isn't even a working version so don't expect it this holiday season, whereas Venturer is already releasing a sub-$199MSRP HD DVD player.  (And don't forget a lot of WB films that are coming out on both bluray and HD DVD are not exactly the same.  All features bluray has, HD DVD has as well.  But it's not true the other way around since PiP is not ready yet, and BD-J is costly and difficult to code.)  Please get your facts straight before you make any outrageous claims.

I would like to see a link for a 51 GB HD-DVD seems like a very odd number?



NorthStar said:

I would like to see a link for a 51 GB HD-DVD seems like a very odd number?


It isn't finalized yet, but they are working on a triple layer HD-DVD which packs 17gb on each layer:

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33878/118/