HD DVD or Blu Ray?

Question

which one is better

Answer 1

It's basically a case of 6 in one and a half dozen in the other.  Another format war.  Can't we all just get along.  A prime example of that was when DVD came out.

If you're looking for a choice between the two, just get the one that has the features that you prefer, as that is pretty much the only difference between the two.  Similar to choosing between two different brands.

Answer 2

I think LG has a Bluray/HDDVD player now. Wait a year for others to come out and for the mpeg 4 format to be perfected then buy a better player for half the price.

Answer 3

There's really no difference between the two.  Both hold HD video and 7.1 audio.  Beyond that, the differences are very slight, and have no real impact on the main functionality - watching movies.

With the recent announcement that Warner Brothers switching from HD-DVD to Blu-Ray, many think that HD-DVD is finished, but I would wait a few months before deciding to buy into a HD video format.

Answer 4

Which one is better? The one movies will be available in!

HD DVD was hit hard and is scrambling to recover. They were surprised by Warners move to back BD and even cancelled the HD DVD event at this years CES.

http://www.cepro.com/article/warner_bros...

Warner chose to do this because Blu-Rays have outsold HD DVDs 2-1.

Many people beleive that this spells the end of HD DVD and a win for BD, me among them

http://www.avtruths.com/blurayvshddvd.ht...

Furthermore Paramount has a clause in their contract allowing them to pull out of HD DVD in the event that Warner went Blu-Ray exclusive. Well since that happened expect Paramount (and of course Dreamworks) to switch to BD.

I know that HD DVD will fight back. Expect great deals and free offers from HD DVD. But realistically the war is over.

Ultimately the only way for consumers to win is for one of them to win so that all of the studios will make HD movies in a format accessable to everyone. I also expect that once Blu-Ray wins (or HD DVD if that happens) you will see second and third tier manufacturers to make players driving the price to $100 by 2009-1010.

They have to make this happen or the window is going to close and internet HD movies are going to take over before BD has a chance to flourish. LG and Netflick have already announced an internet movie device and VUDU's machine is already available.

Buy now or buy later but buy Blu-Ray.

Thanks Dan. When people keep asking the same question they get the same answer. I'm just trying to get the BD news out. CES is this week and there have been alot of developements in just the last few days.

Answer 5

blu ray is better and is about to win the war. life is good

Answer 6

I read Miguels same answer in another question way to be proactive in answers ...copy and pasting!!!!!

They both are equally amazing but don't let all the hype get to you. Pick up a player that suits you and you are happy with.