Hd-dvd Rip!

[tifosi]

Looks like Toshiba have finally pulled the plug on HD-DVD after all the movie studio and retailer defection, leading the way for blu-ray to rule... for now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm

Time to develop my blu-ray & hdtv domains I think!

S

 

[SF]

I went for blu ray on PS3 as it was sort of free with it, quality i believe is much better than normal HD. I think just the blu ray players around around 500£ if not more...

 

[WaftyCrank]

I might start development of my blu-ray domains now that HD have dropped out. Glad I picked some up while the war was on. I suspect now the decision has been made, they'll start disappearing sharpish.

 

[stevebrowne]

indeed. i went for the Xbox 360 HDDVD addon, but didn't want to put down on a dedicated player until a winner was declared. Off course now there are rumours that there will be a BR add on for the 360 as well.

 

[aquanuke]

I got a 1080p 42" last week PS3 looks mental. hd dvd was never going to last with all the ps3 consoles sold.

 

[SF]

Apart from taylor does anyone else have a ps3?

 

[aquanuke]

Apart from taylor does anyone else have a ps3?

We should get some Acorn multi-player contest going on, only got mine last week and games are stunning on big screen running at 1080p.. the missies gets vertico climbing up those buildings in Assassins Creed :-D

Yet to try out the online stuff, How about some COD4 matches.

 

[SF]

oh chris - you have hit the spot!

COD is 10/10 and i am on that when i am not on here!

chris add me to friends my name is - billsburgers

 

[aquanuke]

kewl, mines aquanuke if anyone wants to add me. I put in aload of girls names but didnt work

 

[SF]

Online, added, and battling!

 

[curt_LFC]

Gonna be lots of HD DVD player bargains to pick up. I will definitely get one if they are cheap enough as there is a decent back catalogue of films that will eventually go for bargain basement prices. I also have a PS3 to fall back on for the newer HD releases. Should be a win win situation for me

 

[SF]

have you got call of duty?

Hey chris that was so funny last night

 

[rjs_essex]

I've got COD4 on the PS3!

Will have to take a look tomorrow night!

Rich

 

[SF]

Cool Richy - it was funny seeing aquanuke running around last night with a shotgun - he was cornered at one point with about 4-5 round him..

 

[aquanuke]

I was having a hard time telling the diff. between the two teams.. I probs. thought they where my buddies :-D

 

[aquanuke]

umm is the playstation network down?

Havent been able to log in all day keeps failing.. but can surf the web through the PS.

btw Sean stop stabbing me in the back :-D

 

[retired_member3]

Play a proper game like CS Source!

 

[woopwoop]

Sony are still in a war - Blu-ray may have beaten HDDVD, but the future is downloads directly to your TV. (Either through your computer and home network, or Apple TV, or your XBOX for example).

Apple, Microsoft & Hollywood Studios, even ISP's have their own solutions either out or in the pipeline.

Netflix had announced (pretty much within the same week) that they would drop HDDVD and that they plan on delivering movies to your XBOX

So the new war is Blu-ray v Direct Download. (directdownload.com taken btw )

Both can exist together sure - but as the price of memory goes down people like the ease of file, music and video storage on devices not a disk.

For example would you like to use a remote to start a movie on your screen, or get up open the drive and put a blu-ray disk in, then close the drive, then sit down again?

Humans innovate through technology, and the saying goes:
"The father to all innovation is laziness"

 

[aquanuke]

I dont see how that would effect anything as you can already d/l full games directly off the playstation network.

 

[woopwoop]

I dont see how that would effect anything as you can already d/l full games directly off the playstation network.

... but can you get all games? as soon as they're released? and movies and music?

My post was less about gaming consoles and more about the thread title (Hd-dvd Rip!). I just think that this is just the beginning and that Blu-ray isn't a winner yet! Both camps (Blu-ray and HDDVD) put so much money into this thing that Blu-ray still has to make money to recoup.

I'm just trying to think of in 10 years time how much of a market will there be for Blu-ray disks.

They can be used for:
1. Movies (either several per disk, or 1 movie with loads of extra features)
2. Music
3. Games
4. Software
5. File storage / Backups
6. A convenient / portable way to move files between devices (even cross-platform)

When you look at the above list there are just more convenient ways to do the job of delivering content (fixed internet and wireless - when it's faster), backing up content (servers or internal/external hard drives) and transferring content (device to device wirelessly).

RIP both Blu-ray and HDDVD