Netflix makes Baby Jesus Cry
Posted February 11th, 2008 at 07:23 by onebxr
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This comes as another blow to those of us that were early adopters of HDDVD. After the departure of Warner from the HDDVD camp it seems that all the rats(big companies) are leaving the sinking ship.
I for one dont see the big deal in any of the HD content on these discs. They look better and sound better than a normal SD(standard definition) disc. But I dont think they look and sound good enough for the premium that one has to pay to view the discs.
I own ~15 HDDVD discs and an A3 player. 9 of these movies were free and the player was a $99.00 Black Friday fiasco. So basically I am not out any money so I dont have much invested in either HD or BLU. So my advice to you if you are considering looking into either format is to WAIT!
My reasoning for telling you to wait is that soon you will be able to stream HD content through your computer essentially negating the use of a disc. Also if you arent unhappy with the current SD discs I would stick with them as they look pretty good on an upconverting player.
My predictions for both BLu and HDDVD are that they will both go the way of the Betamax, and Laserdisc. As of now these are just niche markets and not widely accepted. The price of admission is still pretty steep even with HDDVD's price cuts. You have to look at the price of a HD disc is ~ $30.00. At the same time you can get in a bargain bin for 9.99 for the SD version.
In 2 years you can thank me,
Richard (A.K.A. Nostrodamous)
This comes as another blow to those of us that were early adopters of HDDVD. After the departure of Warner from the HDDVD camp it seems that all the rats(big companies) are leaving the sinking ship.
I for one dont see the big deal in any of the HD content on these discs. They look better and sound better than a normal SD(standard definition) disc. But I dont think they look and sound good enough for the premium that one has to pay to view the discs.
I own ~15 HDDVD discs and an A3 player. 9 of these movies were free and the player was a $99.00 Black Friday fiasco. So basically I am not out any money so I dont have much invested in either HD or BLU. So my advice to you if you are considering looking into either format is to WAIT!
My reasoning for telling you to wait is that soon you will be able to stream HD content through your computer essentially negating the use of a disc. Also if you arent unhappy with the current SD discs I would stick with them as they look pretty good on an upconverting player.
My predictions for both BLu and HDDVD are that they will both go the way of the Betamax, and Laserdisc. As of now these are just niche markets and not widely accepted. The price of admission is still pretty steep even with HDDVD's price cuts. You have to look at the price of a HD disc is ~ $30.00. At the same time you can get in a bargain bin for 9.99 for the SD version.
In 2 years you can thank me,
Richard (A.K.A. Nostrodamous)
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 |  I will agree and disagree. SD is ok unless you have a really big tv 55' or bigger. If you have a large tv SD just looks like complete and total carp. In my opinion! The HD content makes a HUGE difference. If you only have a 37, 42 or something like that no big deal. But if you run with the big boys HD makes a BIG difference. Not to mention the new sound codex you get with HD and Blu. |
  Updated March 28th, 2008 at 20:38 by Captain Crunch |
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