HD And Blu-ray DVD Competition Rages On

[mdvaldosta]

The war between Blu-ray and HD DVD’s is one of the biggest blowouts for the year and it doesn’t look like it will be dying down anytime soon. Both sides are throwing everything they got at each other and pushing their merchandise as much as they can (especially during the holidays) trying to persuade consumers [...]

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[hubersrj]

Here's a question to be tacked onto your statement:

Which one is worth buying at this point, if you could only get one? I'm not made of money, but I would like to get one of them. But I guess this is like back in the 80's when people were asking "Which one, Beta or VHS?"

 

[dt3]

My money's on Blu-Ray

 

[redsMULLT1]

Or is blu ray going to be another mini compact disc thing??? LOL Alot of my friends bought into that and it just fizzled out.

 

[hubersrj]

true...but that was about the time that the .mp3 format was being introduced...sound quality was crap there for a while, but then you were able to rip at higher bit rates. Blu-Ray, huh? Why, because Sony's backing it? I figured HD-DVD might win out because of Panasonic's new-found popularity.

 

[redsMULLT1]

Thats true too. I didn't really think about the mp3 explosion.

 

[hubersrj]

So does this mean I'm back at square-one?

Anyone hear the rumor that there's going to be a unit that plays both? Any truth to it?

 

[redsMULLT1]

I wouldn't see why not... but then again.. what do i know?

 

[hubersrj]

well, you still have a cool sig-graphic

 

[redsMULLT1]

I win

 

[hubersrj]

indeed my friend, indeed.