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And The Winner is, Blu-Ray

Postby McGuyver » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:01 am

I've been hearing this for the past week or so now but it's over. The biggest supporter of HD has thrown in the towel. So if you have been waiting like myself the time has come and the war is over. The Winner is Blu-Ray.


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Postby roadrunner » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:38 am

I read this too. Good news and I will actually consider buying one now. I was going to stay on the sideline until the battle was won.
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Postby Valkyrie » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:41 pm

now all we need is to get rid of HD for cable tv
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Postby Socco » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:52 am

I may buy a PS3 with all of the craziness that is the BD 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 specs. It's $400, the best reviewed Blu-Ray player, a web browser, runs linux, and the Blu Ray spec is software upgradeable. The only compelling "must have" game would be Ratchet & Clank.

Once all of the good HD-DVD titles are released on Blu-Ray I'll probably join.

I wish HD-DVD won, as region coding didn't exist (probably better for the Europeans, region coding leads to prices of games in Europe being 2x of what they are here. Similar stuff happens with movies), encryption wasn't mandatory (camcorders come to mind), and the programming interface was supposedly a lot better for HD-DVD (from what I've read).

But, Blu Ray has better capacity (not important now), has been cracked (so encryption & region coding is kind of moot), has some pretty amazing anti-scratch coatings, and... it won. So that's worth something :)

I'm just glad it's over, and I didn't spend a dime yet, so no regrets.
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