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Legend11 on 21 August 2007

Wow, just as looked like HD DVD was on it's last legs and about to go down for the count it pulls a Rocky on us.

Edit: Oops I meant this for the other Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD thread :/



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Galaki on 21 August 2007

if it took 5 diggers 3 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take for 2 diggers to dig half a hole?



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kber81 on 21 August 2007

Also because of small capacity we have 1 HD-DVD + 1 DVD as a standard for movies... DVD is damn cheap but they still have to pay for it.



fuhraud on 21 August 2007
Galaki said:
if it took 5 diggers 3 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take for 2 diggers to dig half a hole?

 3 hours 45 minutes



Galaki on 21 August 2007
fuhraud said:
Galaki said:
if it took 5 diggers 3 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take for 2 diggers to dig half a hole?

3 hours 45 minutes


You can't dig half a hole. 



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fuhraud on 21 August 2007
Galaki said:
fuhraud said:
Galaki said:
if it took 5 diggers 3 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take for 2 diggers to dig half a hole?

3 hours 45 minutes


You can't dig half a hole.


 Yeah!?

Well...

You may be able to constrain and limit me in this finite world of physical law, but...

 

I BELIEVE in those 2 diggers! 



alpha_dk on 21 August 2007

@kber:

The reason we have 1 HDDVD + 1 DVD is not because of HDDVD's storage, it is so that the movie can be read in existing DVD players in preparation for a future HDDVD player OR so you can watch your movie that you paid for even if they stop making HDDVD players and yours breaks.

That feature, I might add, is one that Blu ray is (AFAIK) unable to copy.



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akuma587 on 21 August 2007
alpha_dk said:
@kber:

The reason we have 1 HDDVD + 1 DVD is not because of HDDVD's storage, it is so that the movie can be read in existing DVD players in preparation for a future HDDVD player OR so you can watch your movie that you paid for even if they stop making HDDVD players and yours breaks.

That feature, I might add, is one that Blu ray is (AFAIK) unable to copy.

 Because people like paying $4 more for a DVD they will never use.  I guess that is why Warner is reissuing a whole bunch of titles in the non-combo disc format.  If HD-DVD is all about price, then what the hell is the point of the combo disc?  It makes the consumer pay more for additional content he more often than not does not want in the first place.



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mrstickball on 21 August 2007

Um...HD-DVD IS cheaper, or are you just trying to extrapolate the data to suit yourself?

Yes, single layer HD-DVDs are cheaper, but the dual layers are cheaper by about 8/10ths of a cent per disk at the 100k level, and about 1.3 cents cheaper at the 5,000 level.

So I fail to see the arguement? And as stated; unless you NEED the extra space, weather it's 15gb, 25gb, or 30gb, there's no need to justify the size increase.



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alpha_dk on 21 August 2007

@akuma:

Hey, I am not saying I would purchase any... all i am saying is that blaming it on HDDVD's storage capabilities is wrong. Dead wrong.

Personally I am sticking with DVDs and Downloadable movies. I personally think my choice is much more likely to be what the market chooses. That said, I personally don't give a hoot about the HD video media wars, because I do not think a suitably large market for them exists.

Also, as i have never bought one of these titles, I am unsure: are they packaged as separate discs or as a dual-layer HDDVD/DVD disk? Because I am assuming the second (which is within the HDDVD specs) and if its the first, I take back what I said about bluray being unable to copy it.



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