Dell Believes in Blu-Ray Win, Consumers Say Otherwise

[D-Bone]

Dell Inc., one of the largest suppliers of personal computers on the globe, said on Monday that the Blu-ray disc format will eventually win the war between next-generation digital video disc formats because of broad industry support. To confirm the claim, Dell introduced its new laptop with Blu-ray disc optical drive.

?Blu-ray optical drive technology has gained broad industry support and we believe it will become the optical drive standard of the future,? said. Alex Gruzen, senior vice president, Dell Product Group. The Blu-ray disc format is fighting against HD DVD format to replace DVD in future.

Internet Users More Positive about HD DVD

Meanwhile, monitoring of consumer discussions by Cymfony research firm reveal that more people are impressed by HD DVD rather than by Blu-ray and there are just a few discussions of Blu-ray advantages over HD DVD in the forums over the Internet.

Read More: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061212072221.html

[spawnman]

I forget, is Blu-Ray "Beta" or "VHS" ???

[Cheesus]

Shut it Sidewinder...

http://activewin.com/reviews/hardware/joysticks/microsoft/dual_strike/images/zulu.gif

[Dante]

Don't let that article fool you. The statement of "Internet Users More Positive about HD DVD" makes it out to more than it is. I recommend you read the whole article, but here's an interesting clip:

Cymfony conducted an independent study of discussion about new high definition video formats and players. Between October 1, 2006 and November 23, 2006, the research firm aggregated 17 664 posts from blogs, discussion boards and other social media sites. Discussion was evenly divided between HD DVD (50% of posts) and Blu-ray (45%), while the individual products using these platforms were rarely discussed (5% of posts). Here's a snippet from pcmag.com (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1982533,00.asp):
"Eighty-four percent of all the movies released last year were made by studios that have announced support for Blu-ray," says Jim Sanduski, senior vice president of marketing for Samsung's Audio and Video Products Group. "That is a huge strike against HD DVD." To be fair, some studios plan to release movies in both formats. But as Sony is one of the developers of Blu-ray, it will not release its movies on HD DVD.Now, I've read that people are saying just the opposite with more studios backing HD-DVD but I've heard more rumors about blu-ray being the dominate format here.

Reading several reviews it really seems like HD-DVD is a better format. I gleen this from High-Def Digest (http://www.highdefdigest.com/) where they do comparisons of movies pressed on both. I tend to think the picture quality comparisons are a bit unfair because the hardware they're playing the movies on are completely different, but you'll get basic idea of their message.

Get informed and decide for yourself. I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks. I'm putting my money on Blu-Ray.

[D-Bone]

"Eighty-four percent of all the movies released last year were made by studios that have announced support for Blu-ray," says Jim Sanduski, senior vice president of marketing for Samsung's Audio and Video Products Group. "That is a huge strike against HD DVD." To be fair, some studios plan to release movies in both formats. But as Sony is one of the developers of Blu-ray, it will not release its movies on HD DVD.
That statement is misleading. Its talking about movies in their current format. And then the after thought sentence of "to be fair, some studios plan to release movies in both formats..." Oh really? Did you account for those in your skewed percentages? It doesnt matter which one the studios support, its going to be the consumer who really decides with their buying power.

My vote is on HD-DVD. Sony can blow me.

[Malice]

Heh, I'm just going to keep my money in my pocket till both player prices come down and/or one has been clearly deemed the winner. Its still too early to tell. I don't want to buy one and then have people laugh like its a laserdisc or something! Better yet, a player that supports both! Thats how you get it done! Remember the +R -R nightmares?

[spawnman]

Shut it Sidewinder...

http://activewin.com/reviews/hardware/joysticks/microsoft/dual_strike/images/zulu.gif

Oooh the sidewinder!! Kick Ass Death Deliverer :cool:

[spawnman]

http://www.geeks.com/imageshare/A/150x150/A17-00016-unit.gif


ooohh Aaahhhhhhh

No more Dual Strike though :(

[Cheesus]

Since I originally derailed this thread and got Spawny reminiscing about Sidewinders, I'll attempt to get it somewhat back on topic. Here's an interesting link comparing some Lord Of The Ring screenshots from HD DVD and normal DVD. Mouse over the images to see the differences.

http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html

[D-Bone]

Impressive. It would be nice to see a similar comparison of HD-DVD and Bluray.

[spawnman]

I must say that is very cool. Still gonna wait until a clear winner comes out and the price comes down

[Dante]

More fire for the war. HD-DVD FTW!!

I think spawny can appreciate this news

Adult Film Industry Chooses HD-DVD (http://slashdot.org/articles/07/01/11/213258.shtml)

[spawnman]

NICE!!!!!:happy::happy::happy::happy::happy::happy ::happy::happy::happy::happy:

Can you say "DVD Exrtas??"""

[Dante]

More accurately "HD-DVD Extras" :p