Blu-Ray or HD-DVD

[accordaffair]

During the vhs vs. beta conflict, Sony's betamax refused to let the porn industry use their tapes. That was part of the reason they lost.

Now, Sony has refused to let the porn industry use Blu-ray discs. We'll see how this ends.

http://slashdot.org/articles/07/01/11/213258.shtml

[d2privat11]

I'm on the HD-DVD side. Anyways, digital downloads are the future.

[sackingz123]

The PS3 is the cheapest blu ray player on the market right now...

but i am an honest believer of how history repeats itself. any one remember Betacrap? I think that was sony, too, wasnt it?

i am not sure about all of the technical specifications... But Im not completely sure about blu ray and its sucess

DVD i believe became an industry standard because it was such a radical step ahead to developers as well as the consumer markets. "A movie on CD? no WAI!!!!"

lets face it, the general consumers do not look at technical specifications like the media junkies. People will look at it as "Ok, its another disc.. but more expensive... wtf... I got a dvd player that works great!"

Let me use my parents as examples. Fairly new(2 yrs old) projection Hitachi HDTV 56"
Samsung DVD... they love it "it looks so good!"

i introduced them to the blu ray at work(gamestop)

my dad: "whats the fucking difference besides the price?"
my mom: "I dont know daniel, i just dont see us spending that much money on a dvd (me: mom, blu ray") whatever player, when we already have one that works good!"

I think it was the same with beta... VHS was already introduced.... "I already have a video cassette recorder... why the hell do i need another one for tapes that are more expensive?"

And as of right now, the HD market is a little to narrow to really appeal to the common consumer... not a whole lot of average Joes can/want to go out and buy a $800+ player and $30+ discs when you can go to your nearest liquor store, buy a $50 dvd player and $15 NEW movies.

A LOT of it has to do with marketing... I wonder how good the UMD market is doing now.....

i dont know, blu ray might take off but in the distant future, imo...

















death to sony

LOL...u hate sony really bad!!...LOL...

hmm...i like blue ray...idk..blue ray FTW!!! cb7s! ftw!!!!

[Leung]

i personally don't care for either as it just means it's another machine i have to find room to hook up to my already crowded entertainment center.

Neutral vote.