Is anyone getting tired of this? BluRay/HD-DVD

No need to say anything but..

and..

 

Most consumers don't even have any idea what this all means. I think it's Blueray that will come out on top though. The PS3 gives Sony a massive advantage, even though the HD DVD players are cheaper to produce. The one wildcard in this deal is Wal Mart, who will only stock one of the formats.

 

I'm getting sick of it. I think the winning format will be DVDs, at least in the short run. Few consumers have any real reason to switch, and this fight just makes an upgrade even less likely. In the consumers' eyes, the jump from VHS to DVD was huge - no more rewinding, nice tables of contents, multiple subtitles/audio streams, etc. But what do they really have to gain from either High-Def format? Oh sure, eventually enough high-def hardware will be pushed down their throats to convince them to move, but for now, without even a clear logical next step, I'd say the consumer will stay with DVDs.

And don't forget a major advantage of HD-DVDs - backwards compatibility. Most consumers aren't going to be too keep on throwing out their old DVD collection, and adding another laser to Blu-ray players to allow them to play DVDs is only going to up the price.

 

For a while, people will be staying with DVD's, I know I will. The huge amount of space both these new formats is very nice, but its overkill for me right now.

 

I'm kind of getting annoyed with the large corporations constantly fighting over formats...then changing sides...and all over again.

Personally, I really do not care which one wins. I'm find with our current DVD's - I don't have enough data to put on a single layer 4.7GB disc, so why would I need 30 or 50G of storage?

When the transition happens, I guess I'll take it, but not if it is horifically expensive.

 

Ha, I remember when my family got a 486/66 with an 850MB hard drive...all of my friends asked "what on earth would you possibly need all that space for?" I can just see it now, HD-DVD games that require 100gb of HD space to play, or gigapixel cameras that shoot 150mb RAW files.

I think this whole issue is one of the few times the consumer will lose out due to having more choices...

 

I'm actually excited about it because within 4-6 months, I'll have a nice HDTV at home to watch these new HD disks on. So long as Netflix offers them...

 

I think that the move to the HD format is warranted, what with the sudden price drop in HDTV-capable hardware.

I had been out of the states for a few years, and upon returning, I couldn't believe how affordable they were.

Of course, most people are going to stick with their non-hdtv sets, but the growing number of hdtv owners is going to want something with better resolution and quality than DVD.

 

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates

 

Same old bs/overhyping...been tired of it.

 

i don't care who won the race. it would be nice if both format work on the same player.

 

In a way you care. Not so much now but later, when you want to either have more space on the dvd to store media and things on or when you want more flexibility with what you can do with it. And there's cost. I do honestly believe that the consumer will not lose out as much as many think that they will. I think the competition will be fierce enough and since it's more than just movies both formats can find their own niche perhaps.

I think gates is right in saying that physical formats are basiclly dead. There is a lot of obvious truth to that. Soon enough we'll be able to drive down a country road in Iowa and pick up a 54mbps wi-fi signal or download everything from our homes and offices from anywhere with ease.

I just want to move on from effing scratchable discs already. I love thumb drives and flash cards of all shapes and sizes. Can't stand the fragile disc anymore!!!!

 

I am confused. All I have heard about bluray is that it plays on really, really, good TVs(which a small percentage of people have, correct me if I am wrong) and its going to be in the PS3. So why in the world would it revolutionize the media storage. While gamers are a huge market, its not enough to push a more expensive format past a cheap convienent format out of the spotlight. I mean, jeez, why do you need all of that storage on one friggin' disc. Its using a hard drive to store one friggin' movie. I honestly don't think bluray will get past the gaming media.

 

The switch from vhs to dvd took about 4 years to hit an 80% penetration of homes across north america. The reasons for this is that dvd was a far superior product over vhs. No t just in video and sound quality, but size, and features . NO more rewinding , select scenes etc...alternate endings,.. When dvd players droped to 40 bucks market penetration reached saturation. Another significant factor in dvds success was new release vhs were only available for rental while you could buy the dvds on the day date of vhs release. The consumer embraced dvd with an enthusism that will be hard to repeat. I believe blue ray will go the way of the video disc (they were the size of an lp and required up to 3 of them for 1 movie.but at the time were a superior product.) and they will get the support of a very small niche market. And a very small niche market does not equall the billions of dollars that the studios pull in ach year from dvd sales.Don't forget no movies except Star Wars 3 have been filmed in HD. So whats the selling point to average joe consumer.

 

If softwares do not become more and more demanding, this would not be as dumb as it sounds now.