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I don't know about that - I live a mile from a Blockbuster, but Netflix is still the superior service in metropolitan/dense suburban life.
The web isn't really fast enough to do away with discs just yet is it? Not at full quality anyway. Looks like HD-DVD and Blu-ray are 36 or 54MBps. Even a T1 at 1.5Kbps ain't cuttin' it. Am I missing something? Network stuff is confusing.
LG was fighting in the courts to release a player that would handle BlueRay and HD DVD formats. I have not heard anything lately but this seemed like a winner for we the consumers. I love watching movies on my Pioneer 50" Plasma and I have really wanted a higher definition player. However, I am one of the people who bought a betamax tape players back in the days of the VHS and Beta format wars. Beta had a superior picture but Sony lost the marketing war. Bottom-line is that I ended up with a player which presented me major problems in obtaining rental movies. I do not plan to duplicate that mistake this time around. Sometime earlier this year I told friends a this format war would be settled by Blockbuster. I see Netflix mentioned in an earlier thread but I cannot see Netflix being competitive with Blockbuster if you life in an area that has Blockbuster Stores. There new program is unbelievable and I cannot imagine this deal lasting too long!Ken
It will be many years before its fast enough to have 1080p movie downloads and even then, you just know they will try to pass 720p and core DD/DTS off as Hi Def....which is not going to cut it for most.
In our first head-to-head comparison, we found the HD DVD to be superior, but only slightly. We noticed a few noticeable compression artifacts and an overall darker cast on the Blu-ray, leaving the HD DVD presentation to be more consistently pleasing. However, Blu-ray hardware is still only first generation, so these deficits could be improved or even null and void as better players hit the market.
Video for me is an afterthought...so I'll embrace whatever wins eventually. Damn that opportunistic ChairGuy!! Thought this was interesting, tho...Quote from: High-Def DigestIn our first head-to-head comparison, we found the HD DVD to be superior, but only slightly. We noticed a few noticeable compression artifacts and an overall darker cast on the Blu-ray, leaving the HD DVD presentation to be more consistently pleasing. However, Blu-ray hardware is still only first generation, so these deficits could be improved or even null and void as better players hit the market.http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/trainingday.html
Quote from: Bigfish on 20 Jun 2007, 12:54 amLG was fighting in the courts to release a player that would handle BlueRay and HD DVD formats. I have not heard anything lately but this seemed like a winner for we the consumers. I love watching movies on my Pioneer 50" Plasma and I have really wanted a higher definition player. However, I am one of the people who bought a betamax tape players back in the days of the VHS and Beta format wars. Beta had a superior picture but Sony lost the marketing war. Bottom-line is that I ended up with a player which presented me major problems in obtaining rental movies. I do not plan to duplicate that mistake this time around. Sometime earlier this year I told friends a this format war would be settled by Blockbuster. I see Netflix mentioned in an earlier thread but I cannot see Netflix being competitive with Blockbuster if you life in an area that has Blockbuster Stores. There new program is unbelievable and I cannot imagine this deal lasting too long!KenA month or two ago, I was looking at the LG combo player, but it was over $1000. It was nice, but you could get a PS3 and the Tosh HD player for cheaper, these days, it is much cheaper.And, last weeked I saw a new Sony Bluray player advertised for $500. This may be a bigger problem for HD. I was thinking about buying a HD player, since they are so cheap now, but am reconsidering that, a bluray player around christmas time in the $3-400 range seems possible now, and would be nice for my soon to be completed HT/family roomRandy
Supposedly, there will be sub $200 Chinese HD-DVD players by the holiday season at Walmart. Walmart is the #2 CE seller. Anyone else think that the first format to break $200 is going to get a huge boost?Netflix may end up a big winner with Blockbuster giving them the HD-DVD rental business.
You can go to the different lobbying sites and forums for both formats, both claim victory on media sales (after they have normalized sales by extracting give aways, PS3 deals etc for the competing formats). The main HD need I have is music concerts, which Dish does very well with their Rave HD channelMy solution is a Dish HD DVR receiver - Dish are launching an option to back up HD recordings to an external HD with the cost of external HD's plummeting this will keep me going until the position has stabilized.
