Comments on: Will falling Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player prices decide a winner?

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:17:10 +0000

I prefer HD-DVD over Blu-Ray because HD-DVD has better picture quality. Blu-Ray looks more compressed. I want HD-DVD to win the High-Def format war but Blu-Ray is mostly likely to win because they have more Movie Studios backing them up and a larger movie selection. But it’s not over until it’s over. When HD-DVD loses Paramount or Universal, then, I’ll say it’s over.
Even though Warner Bros. sold more Blu-Ray disc compared to their HD-DVD, did WB really make more money because of the volume of disc sold on Blu-Ray. Remember it’s cheaper to mass produce HD-DVD disc.

By: George

George — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:44:16 +0000

Someone mentioned competitive pricing for the hardware? Not sure why this didn’t get more attention but last week I was able to purchase a Sony BDP-300 for under $200 at the Sony Style website. It was on sale for $299 plus an additional $100 off if you applied and purchased it with a Sony Visa – this is a no annual fee credit card which I don’t plan on using again once I pay off the balance for the BDP-300. This deal also included no interest for 12 months, free shipping and the five free movies by mail.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:08:02 +0000

Hey, I have an MBA research work on this, thus, I have read widely on this issue on the internet and the business implication on text books. Presently, SONY is facing the war decently and Toshiba is playing really dirty; from bribery to faulty shipping of bluray box by warner brs and so forth spurns every reasonable person to know that HD DVD might be drowning. SONY has it figures right and Toshiba is trying to manipulate consumers perception by hammering on sales of more HD DVD players than SONY. The big question is ‘who sold more HD disc? SONY. Who is far more suported by content providers ? SONY. who pays attention to premium copyright for content? SONY. Who delibrately supported HD DVD because of it limited copyright security? Microsoft. Who is the ultimate monopoly driven organisation? Microsoft. So having looked at the facts above. You might as well have a rethink on how to invest your money further. We consumers should not get emotional because we are going to gain or loose value for money invested in a player. You might as well loose more if you don’t reseach rightly now. The big decider which was Harry potter movies was faulty because of foul play here and there. Have’nt you really asked your selfs if you need any of this two disruptive technologies! because the DVD is still a beloved picture quality technology. These organisations need to reseach on what consumers truly crave for before leaping.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:35:58 +0000

I forgot something.

When the history is written on this subject, the realization may very well be that Sony was lazy with development of the PS3 and with a strong Xbox 360 competitor, dumped a costly, not ready for prime time technology on its console to one up Microsoft, thus hurdling themselves into a quiet format war that will now cause many consumers alot of headaches when choosing which marginally better format to choose. I think that neither format was truly ready, but because of the fierce competition in a huge gaming industry, it had to be, quick, and the cheapest/easiest to develop will win, as always.

Apologies for the major runon sentences. ;)

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:28:00 +0000

We all really have gaming being responsible for dealing with this nonsense. Sony wanted to best Microsoft’s 360 with a higher capacity disk format. Microsoft immediately backed Toshiba to halt this advance. I think both formats are marginaly better than dvd.

I work at Best Buy and I honestly tell people, buy at your own risk. For some unexplainable reason other than my frustration with Sony and the PS3 debacle, I want HDDVD to win. Sony is relying too much on it’s name for products and is starting to seriously fall behind more innovative brands. Samsung has already eclipsed them in TVs, Microsoft and Nintendo in game consoles. I was a bit shocked when we dropped prices on BluRay players to 299. Just when HDDVD was really rolling too. Go figure. It would appear that despite player and disc cost, Sony is determined to go bankrupt.

As i’m writing this, I have also realized that Samsung was the first below 300 for BluRay, and has a dual format player as well. Perhaps Samsung (Sony’s main rival in TVs) is trying to lure Sony into a trap by dropping prices and forcing them to join them so they run even further into the red. lol… The things you write at 5:30 in the morning.

By: Sai

Sai — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:13:15 +0000

“Blu Ray cheerleaders seem infinitely more annoying than HDDVD ones.”

The one thats annoying here is you, posting it twice…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:36:25 +0000

Blu Ray cheerleaders seem infinitely more annoying than HDDVD ones.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:35:43 +0000

Only ten responses to this article should tell everyone here how little people outside of videophiles care about the format war. But, I will say that Blu Ray cheerleaders seem infinitely more annoying than HDDVD ones.

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:38:20 +0000

The one thing that will matter is cost…cost..cost.
who will buy 299 or 399 for a “player” when a good dvd player can be bought at 30 bucks…
when either blueray or hd comes out with a RECORDER at a good price, then wait and see who wins.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:33:41 +0000

For the poster above me, yes you can go to Amazon and get a $100 player with free movies, but then again, your only getting a 1080i picture. I currently have a home theater with a 52in Sharp Aquos LCD that displays 1080P, so therefore, I would have to spend more on HD-DVD or Blu-Ray regardless to get the most out of my TV. For $399 I get a PS3, that doubles as a Blu-Ray player and gaming machine that can connect to the internet using Wi-Fi, it does Profile 1.1, as well as play games, and I also get free movies as well. So, while it is great that you got a player your happy with, and I feel the same way as you but for Blu Ray because it has more movies that I personally like.

But on a real note, I don’t care about being able to go online to get more content, I just want to watch the movie. So both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray offer something that I truly believe not too many people care for.