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HD DVD / Blu-ray PollBlu-ray vs HD DVD remains one of the hottest topics in the world of consumer electronics. With both sides vying for the top spot, it’s become clear neither will quit until their format is deemed King of High-Def. This can be overwhelming to the average consumer. No one wants to invest in the format doomed for extinction. We reached out to the Blu-ray Disc Association and asked for ten reasons why Blu-ray is best. (In case you missed it, we did the same thing with HD DVD - “Top 10 Reasons to Buy HD DVD”.)
1. Today’s best movies - With support from the 6 of the 8 major Hollywood studios, the biggest hits are on Blu-ray. Through October 2007, 19 of the year’s 20 best selling high definition movie titles are available on Blu-ray Disc - the majority of them available in high definition only on Blu-ray Disc. Titles such as 300, the Harry Potter Series, the Matrix Trilogy are just some of the titles currently available or coming soon to Blu-ray Disc. And, titles such as the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the Spiderman Trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars and Ratatouille are available in high definition only on Blu-ray Disc.
2. The broadest range in player options - The biggest names in consumer electronics, particularly in DVD and HDTV - Hitachi, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp and Sony - all support Blu-ray Disc, giving consumers a range of hardware choices from their favorite brands. HP, Acer, Sony VAIO, Panasonic, Philips and Pioneer offer consumers an array of desktop, notebook and computer drive choices.
3. Every Blu-ray Disc player delivers full 1080p picture quality, the benchmark for high definition.
4. Blu-ray delivers the best possible picture quality of any high definition source. Because of its superior storage capacity (50GB - 6 times more than dual-layer DVD), Blu-ray Disc can use higher bit rates, which allows pristine video, uncompromised audio quality, and compelling interactive features.
5. It sounds as spectacular as it looks. With support for the latest audio codecs, including Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD Master Audio and uncompressed linear PCM, Blu-ray can deliver true lossless audio so you hear every sound with crystal clarity.
Well, hardly “spam” Steve. Just a couple of replies to all that blu ray hysteria. Anyway, by next autumn I’m sure we’ll see who the ‘evergreens’ are.
Well Dimitri, I have to say you sound like a worried Toshiba salesman to me. In particular since you felt the need to spam your comment in two places.
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Poor ol’ Mike, I wonder if he’s a worried Sony salesman, coming out with that rather hysterical response. Whoa there cowboy! The studio alliances are just put of the battles in a “war” that’s far from over - especially as cost and convenience is still on HD DVD’s side and for all the blu ray hoohah it WILL come done to money, especially to attract the mass markets around the world and not just the ps3 geeks. That’s when you’ll see the studios seeing and deciding where the money lies. Like my grandaddy used to say “When autumn comes you see who the evergreens are!”
Please name 1 HD-DVD that has been released on the 51gb disc….oh that’s right there’s not one. Let’s go back the “facts” statements all the HD-DVD’ers like to preach
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Just because I only get 2 emails about enlarging things, it doesn’t make those emails not spam. You talk about blu-ray hysteria but turn a blind eye to all the hd-dvd hysteria from the commenters on this site (and there are a lot more pro hd-dvd commenters than there are blu-ray commenters on this site). And you fabricate theories suggesting commenters are Sony salesmen based on nothing other than your internal fantasies.
Still looks like a canned lunchmeat to me. You can go stand in line with the guys from a few days ago who were reporting the “rumor” that Fox was going to leave the Blu-Ray camp for the HD-DVD camp.