Dvd Vs. Hd-dvd

[TheKissPolice]

i know that hd-dvd is better but is it worth buying a new player and spending more money on its discs?is the picture quality that better?

my brother's hdtv sucks. i was really disappointed at the quality of the video. it's worse than my CRT monitor.

[NeoSeminole]

wait to see which DVD format wins the media war. You don't want to spend $600 to buy a HD-DVD player only for it to become obsolete as the Blu-Ray DVD takes over the market.

[Frasbee]

Neither Blu-ray or HD-DVD are worth investing in.

Seriously, I just bought these dvd's, now I gotta buy them again just for a higher resolution?

Nah, **** that.

[LordOfTehVirgin]

I have heard good things about it as long as you actually have a decent tv that can support the quality that it offers.

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Originally Posted by lilwing

my brother's hdtv sucks. i was really disappointed at the quality of the video. it's worse than my CRT monitor.

He means the media format not crummy tvs heh. The HDTV's can be really good if you do know what you are looking for.

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Originally Posted by NeoSeminole

wait to see which DVD format wins the media war. You don't want to spend $600 to buy a HD-DVD player only for it to become obsolete as the Blu-Ray DVD takes over the market.

HD-DVD players are 200-300 not 600. That would be blue-ray that is way up there in price.

I can not say which one will win the format war but it seems that blue-ray has gotten off a good start but imo will fall on it's face later. The only reason it seems to be getting more sales at the moment is because ps3 owners are buying them (the movies in blue-ray format) since the ps3 comes with a built in blue-ray player. But the ps3 sales have not been that great lately and not many consumers want to dish out 500$ or more on a blue-ray player.

Also Toshiba is supporting hd-dvd and there is a mixed statement sent out by walmart that said that one of the formats would not be sold at there store at a certain time. It has been suggested that hd-dvd will be the format they choose to sell since they use Toshiba things a good deal and also they market the cheaper things most commonly (ala, hd-dvd).

I will also say though that for a while only one group (big one, don't remember what one though) has gone just hd-dvd and not blue-ray as well. Some others have chosen blue-ray only so yeah... it is still being decided who will win.

Just some things I have heard..... it is your choice but if you are not comfortable you should just stick with dvd until the winner becomes apparent.

oh, heheh. i have a question, now. i'm looking at a nice laptop for $2000, but i need it to have everything i want. it says there's a DVD/DVD RW, and basically that tells me that it reads and records DVDs. But can it read and write to just CD ROMs?

[Frasbee]

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Originally Posted by lilwing

oh, heheh. i have a question, now. i'm looking at a nice laptop for $2000, but i need it to have everything i want. it says there's a DVD/DVD RW, and basically that tells me that it reads and records DVDs. But can it read and write to just CD ROMs?

Yeah, they should be CD compatible.

Mine is.

[Kiechi]

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Originally Posted by lilwing

oh, heheh. i have a question, now. i'm looking at a nice laptop for $2000, but i need it to have everything i want. it says there's a DVD/DVD RW, and basically that tells me that it reads and records DVDs. But can it read and write to just CD ROMs?

Computer geek huh?

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Originally Posted by Kiechi

Computer geek huh?

yea, i guess, but that shit's confusing with the cd/dvd. i have never worked with a cd dvd combo. infact i don't really transfer media via cd. i just do it remotely.

i hhave seen cd/dvd players, but not writers.