HD DVD vs Blu-ray: An end in sight? Nope not yet

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wei @ Mar 16th 2007 11:47AM

frankly, this format war is starting to get to me.. i have an xbox 360 hd-dvd player and i've picked up a few titles for some big releases.. but looking over the fence at some nice exclusive blu-ray titles, i'm starting to wonder who's really going to win.. i'd love to see casino royale in HD, but i ended up giving it a rent on dvd.. as much as i'd love to buy it, i don't have the hardware to buy the HD release.. and i don't want to put my dollars into a DVD release when there's a better one out there.. it's a bit unnerving at this point in the game.. but i'm definitely purchasing fewer movies now as a result

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Dave @ Mar 16th 2007 1:01PM

Wei, I totally understand what you're saying. I had the 360 HD-DVD player for a while myself... and I watched King Kong QUITE a few times. More often than not, I found myself wishing for many of the titles that Blu-Ray had. It was more than just a "Grass is Greener" kind of thing, there's just more to choose over there. Fortunately (or Unfortunately) the HD-DVD drive developed a weird skipping problem and was returned to the store.

I picked up a PS3 a little later on, and frankly it seems like the right choice as far as movies are concerned. There's just a ton of content right now, and it's content I actually want to watch rather than transfers of much older films that seem to be HD-DVD's lifeblood. Regardless of what the HD-DVD crew is saying, I don't know how much life the disc's got in it. Even if both formats are totally gone in 3 years due to some High Definition earthquake, I'll still have tons of movies that I like in a Blu-Ray collection... and that's what's important. I can enjoy that format now, and HD-DVD seems like a waiting game.

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n.p. @ Mar 17th 2007 7:24AM

you're never going to see Casino Royale on HD DVD. i don't know what possesses you to hold out that optimism, but not in your life, buddy.

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