HD or Blu ray

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delanvital

#30
October 23, 2007, 06:32:01 PM
Quote from: Dr Sadako;210956Here is one example that is on the way towards what I am meaning.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/22/sandisk-wants-to-simply-your-pc-to-tv-viewing/

Interesting.

I guess it would matter how movies are sold in the future. Like music, do we want to buy the disc and have it in the collection? And when we rent a movie is it okay to just have the right stream it for 24 hours? Music-wise I must admit that I have sold out to just buying downloads. It is just so darn easy. For a movie I would not mind streaming it either. Even buying it in the form of unlimited access to the movie online instead of storing a disk in my house.

If streaming is sufficient for most I guess we would just need temp storage in the form of whatever is in the PC or home entertainment system (and I take it flash it slowly killing magnetic storage, or...?). And if we want to buy a disk to store, flash could be a good option. Seems like either way, flash storage would be off to a good start?

kregoron

#31
October 24, 2007, 09:03:08 AM
Ive rented a lot of movies over the net so far, delan you might know tv2's sputnik service, where you can view their shows and rent quiet a few movie's.. tho its still a bit pricy with a cost around 40dkr for a movie for 24 hours...
 
On topic, i heard from a employee at Blockbuster yesterday that, HD dvd is to be announcing 24 hour hd dvd disks, a thing Blockbuster has already taken a great liking for in the DVD format version.
For those who dont know what a 24 disk is, its pretty much what the name says, you BUY the disk and take it home, and after you break the package the DVD starts degrading, and after 24-30 hours the dvd is unplayable.. tho some of the ones i bought could still be viewed after 48 hours... i like the idea, but it has the downside its rather hard on natural resources and will create a lot of garbage compared to normal dvd's :)
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Armitage

#32
October 24, 2007, 09:11:09 AM
I have bluray as I got it with my ps3, but can you see much life in any of the formats, I get all HD movies though Sky HD and use there anytime TV service. Not sure why anyone wants to go out and hire a disk.:2cents:

kregoron

#33
October 24, 2007, 04:04:50 PM
i still see a decade or so in the formats, before Streaming TV/movies is everyones home's... and people still want a media they can back/record stuff on.. will take a long time before that gets exchanged with hdd's/ssd's for everything... but it prolly wont see the same life lenght as VHS/dvd has seen
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delanvital

#34
October 24, 2007, 04:08:33 PM
Yeah sputnik is quite nice.

Quote from: kregoron;211054i like the idea, but it has the downside its rather hard on natural resources and will create a lot of garbage compared to normal dvd's :)

They just have to develop a DVD that turns into a BigMac. Problem solved!

kregoron

#35
October 24, 2007, 05:16:00 PM
BigMac's sux tbh ;) Strawberry milkshakes is the only reason i get near McD ;)
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GhostMjr

#36
October 24, 2007, 08:14:38 PM
I have never been in blockbuster and did so a couple of months ago for the first time. Unfortunately the dvds i rented were scratched to pieces and i asked for a complete refund. I asked whether they had any cleaning facilities and they said they didn't but they were being rolled out soon so that discs could be replaced. I can see the advantages to usb players as this has already been seen with the boom of usb enabled mp3 car radios. However at home i wouldn't mind using the flash media but in all fairness after having a think how cheap are flash drives to make. Are they cheaper than cds and dvds? A move to flash drives and no physical disk maybe a shock to some consumers as dvds/ cds have been around for a few years now.

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T-Bag

#37
January 16, 2008, 02:08:15 PM Last Edit: January 16, 2008, 10:00:45 PM by T-Bag
With Waner Brothers switching to Blu-Ray it looks like it's all over for HD-DVD.
Even Hitler agrees...

Contains subtitled strong language, you must be mature to view this (or one of the cool rebelious kids)
Here
Juggling Hard Disks over concrete floors ends in tears 5% of the time.

Armitage

#38
January 16, 2008, 02:16:47 PM
Quote from: T-Bag;219082With Waner Brothers switching to Blu-Ray it looks like it's all over for HD-DVD.
Even Hitler agrees...
Here

 
that was very funny
 
:roflmao::lmfao::roflmao:

Jewelz^

#39
January 16, 2008, 02:33:45 PM
Quote from: T-Bag;219082With Waner Brothers switching to Blu-Ray it looks like it's all over for HD-DVD.
is that true? :blink:
 
p.s got a ps3? Add Jewellsy  :flirty:

Gone_Away

#40
January 16, 2008, 03:37:58 PM Last Edit: January 19, 2008, 11:52:35 AM by TeaLeaf
Quote from: T-Bag;219082With Waner Brothers switching to Blu-Ray it looks like it's all over for HD-DVD.
Even Hitler agrees...
Here

This link contains foul language against community standards. While it is mildly amusing can a moderator please remove the link.
 
 
Soz.:crying:

kregoron

#41
January 19, 2008, 12:11:37 AM
honestly this war will continue the next 2-3 years, then one of em might turn into a product normal people will see in their homes, but by then, the next gen formats will already have arrived on the scene and start pushing out HD-dvd and Blu-ray..
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delanvital

#42
February 05, 2008, 11:57:10 PM
Quote from: kregoron;219402honestly this war will continue the next 2-3 years, then one of em might turn into a product normal people will see in their homes, but by then, the next gen formats will already have arrived on the scene and start pushing out HD-dvd and Blu-ray..

The war might already be over, with Warner's swing vote, now not supporting both formats but only using blu ray. There is a very good article in The Economist, which I cannot get away with providing here, but basically the market share lead has tipped severely to the blu ray side. blu Ray now has about 65% with HD DVD down to only Paramount and Universal with 27%, measured by box office revenues from the biggest studios. I am quite thrilled to see Microsoft in disarray, being a grumpy fella when it comes to Windows.

Things can still change, but better soon, with sales of DVDs gone down by 5% in US last year, and 3% worldwide.

Seems like people with the PS3 has a more future proof drive in their machines.

kregoron

#43
February 06, 2008, 12:38:49 PM
Yeah guessing so too, so now the ps3 is good for two things.. Folding and watching Blu-ray on :D
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GhostMjr

#44
February 14, 2008, 04:17:41 PM
QuoteBlu-ray sales reach 2 mil in Europe

                    Format accounted for 79 per cent of HD disk sales in the last year
                                      Europe has bought 2.37 million Blue-ray disks since the format went on sale in 2006, achieving the landmark figure faster than it took standard DVD to when it first appeared in 1997.

The news comes just three months after the format broke the one million European sales mark in November last year.

Blu-ray sales accounted for 79 per cent of all HD disk sales over the last year in the region, leaving the rapidly faltering HD-DVD format trailing behind with 21 per cent of sales.  

The flagship Blu-ray title over the Christmas period was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End which achieved nearly 100,000 units, closely followed by Simpsons: the Movie and Casino Royale.

This looks interesting. Can't wait to start using bluray as my primary drive tho :).

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