Why is Blu Ray better than HD DVD?

Question

Does anyone prefer HD DVD over Blu Ray?

Answer 1

Since ur preferring video quality only...bluray is a bit better...the difference is so less u wont find a difference

Answer 2

In many ways Blu-ray isn't superior. From a performance perspective there is insignificant difference.

From a hardware perspective Blu-ray is much more expensive (at least at the lower end). But HD DVD hardware is more complete than most Blu-ray hardware (The Blu-ray spec STILL doesn't require players to have internet connectivity, and many existing players don't have Pin P, secondary audio or on board storage --- all HD DVD players have all these things)--- with the exception of the PS3.

BUT from the programming perspective there is a significant advantage to Blu-ray since about 70% of movies are owned by studios that support Blu-ray.

Personally I think HD DVD would have been the more consumer friendly format (supports lower end user equipment, less obtrusive DRM, no region coding, combo HD and DVD disks available (reported not possible under Blu-ray), lower cost to produce disks and less expensive hardware), but the Sony/BDA advertizing machine convinced a majority of consumers that Blu-ray was better, so ... unless you want primarily an upconverting DVD player for occasional HD use, I can't recommend HD DVD. The format isn't quite dead yet, but it's on life support. That said, an HD-A3 is an excellent upconverting DVD player that also plays HD disks.

See the link for an article that pretty much sums it all up.

Answer 3

Blue Ray holds a lot more memory than HD-DVD. Blue-Ray audio and video is also better than HD-DVD. Proffesionals can tell the difference but normal consumers cant.

Answer 4

HD DVD Cost less, but doesn't have the studio support it needs to be a long time contender.  If you were going to purchase one, your best bet is the Blu Ray.

Answer 5

There's really no discernible difference between the two.

They both hold  a full length feature film in 1080p HD video, with up to 7.1 surround sound.

The few differences that exist between the two formats are so minor that they're only important to fanboys and engineers who enjoy arguing technical minutiae that most consumers will never understand or experience.

About the most visible difference is that blu-ray holds more than hd-dvd...for now.  However multi-layer discs basically eliminate this advantage of blu-ray's.  Besides which, most DVD releases barely use up half of the capacity there - and blu-ray/hd-dvd releases are no different.