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Wayde wrote:
 Thanks WB.
I did some reading and research and it turns out that now is not the time to buy any BD players. The main issue is the blu-ray profiles. I'll write something of substance on this in the near future, maybe we can keep it around this forum for future reference.
It turns out that the BD isn't quite finished yet. That's not to knock bd as a format but there is an upcoming BD 1.1 and then 2.0 (which I beleive is what they're calling the BD-Live profile).
It also looks like Samsung is about to release the Ultimate dual format player. And Denon is about to release the ULTIMATE BD player you ever wanted with high end video processing.
If you're interested in the BD format - now is a good time to be patient. |
Funny, BD wasn't 'quite finished' or really even ready as far as their own standards from day one!
I have both formats, but honestly, I tend to like HD DVD a little better. Except for a couple titles that were mastered exceptionally well, the rest of the Bluray DVDs I have seen, although better than SDVD just weren't quite as good as the HD DVDs I've seen and own.
I think if it's true that Paramount and Dream Works animation went HD DVD, that's a huge shift in the tides and I think Black Friday is going to be big for HD DVD. Oh I am sure BD players will be on sale too, but not at the prices I expect Toshiba players to be.
I do like the PS3 though and am not trying to come off as a fan boy. I have mine setup as a media server where I have DVDs stored on an external USB drive in full DVD uncompressed quality (uncompressed for the majority of them to be honest, some have slight compression), and I just saw my first 1080p PS3 game over the weekend, so it's a bit more than just a player and I feel one of the few out there now that will be able to be updated to 2.0 compliance.
My brother is format neutral as well and overall I think he prefers HD DVD, but he feels ultimately Bluray will win, and right now I am leaning towards HD DVD.
The Samsungn player you mentioned, yes that is very interesting as long as it's not like the LG and just plays HD DVD and doesn't support some of the HD DVD features. If it's a full featured player for both formats then they got it right, but the price is going to ultimately kill it I think. So I agree with you, right now it's so close to the release of the new BD players that people should wait just a little longer and see what happens.