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If MS offered both an HD-DVD and a Bluray add on, I think you'd see completely different results. It's not based on perceived quality or disc features or anything like that, it's simply 'pick your console' and everyone already knows that the blog community has been generally negative in its coverage/reception of the PS3.]]>Sep 20th 2006 1:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 1:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 1:54PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 2:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 2:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 3:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
The strongly anti-Sony sentiment at Joystiq makes for a very one-sided slant of the issue. They don't care about HD DVD, they just click on anything that takes a shot at Blu-Ray.]]>Sep 20th 2006 3:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
The PS3 alone is not enough to drive Blu-Ray, but it's certainly a sizeable force that doesn't hurt either.

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Blu-Ray is superior to HD-DVD...

Also, keep in mind I am sure many people's perceptions of the PS3 will change once the system comes out and people have a chance to play on it.

Plus Naturally, people who have a XBOX 360 are going to vote 360!

and...Joystiq is a pretty decent site but it is overrun with Xbox and Nintendo fanboys. Its obvious if you flip through a few pages of blogs and read some of the comments.]]>Sep 20th 2006 4:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 5:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
I'm the kind of gamer who usually ends up buying every console, eventually. I probably won't be able to hold out much longer on getting a 360 for purely gaming reasons, and then just a couple hundred more gets me HD optical media. I imagine I'll be able to hold out on getting a PS3 for a looooooong time (I held out on the PS2 until 2004!)]]>Sep 20th 2006 6:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 20th 2006 6:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
For me, I'm looking at the stand alone players, cost, quality, and content. At this point in time, I'd be far more inclined to purchase HD DVD than Blu-Ray.]]>Sep 20th 2006 10:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
BOTH FORMATS SUCK!

Here's why:
1. Neither format supports the other, making which ever one you choose a boat anchor when everyone else goes the other way. Ask anyone that owned a betamax.
2. Neither format is backward compatible with existing equipment. Yes there are dual type disks for one of the formats, but who would buy a movie for $35 dollars (and a bunch of promises) that plays on a DVD player when you can buy the same movie that plays on a DVD player for $15.
3. Neither has enough supply to satisfy demand. I have heard that there may be as few as 40,000 players at PS3 launch. Just enough to get it out to selected people but piss everyone else off who wants one but has to wait over a year after ordering it.
4. Neither is competitively priced. Come on $500 to $1000 for a device that may or may not working in the near future (not working meaning everyone else went the other way). The atom bomb of the format war is WALMART carrying players at under $200 and $10 disks.
5. Neither is well understood by the public at large. There is allot of misconceptions out there and the media along with the formats have done a lousy job smarting the public up.
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What a stupid comment.

A product no one has seen (BlueRay) is superior to a product that all most no one has seen (HD-DVD) and for those people who have seen both formats, all have said that HD-DVD is better.

Man, Sony fan boys are getting desperate for reasons for supporting Blue-Ray.

BLUE RAY IS THE NEXT BETAMAX!!!!
]]>Sep 22nd 2006 4:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/"9. Its been said once and it will be said a thousand more times...

Blu-Ray is superior to HD-DVD...

Also, keep in mind I am sure many people's perceptions of the PS3 will change once the system comes out and people have a chance to play on it.

Plus Naturally, people who have a XBOX 360 are going to vote 360!

and...Joystiq is a pretty decent site but it is overrun with Xbox and Nintendo fanboys. Its obvious if you flip through a few pages of blogs and read some of the comments.

Posted at 4:15PM on Sep 20th 2006 by AG 0 stars"


No, Blu Ray isn't "superior" to HD DVD. It just has more storage. Everything else Blu Ray does, HD DVD does at a cheaper cost.

If it's overrun by Xbox and Nintendo fanboys (why do people always use "xbox fanboy" and not "microsoft fanboy"), then you are a welcome Sony fanboy to the Joystiq community.

There is practically no reason to support Sony openly anymore. EVERY Sony arguments made by Sony fanboys can be countered EASILY. It's a shame for them, because just 1-2 years ago, those Sony fanboys were running their mouths everywhere praising Sony/PS while insulting Nintendo/Microsoft. Microsoft fanboys were retaliating, but as a huge minority, while Nintendo fanboys just kept quiet.]]>Sep 21st 2006 5:50AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
BOTH FORMATS SUCK!
by xjonx

Neither format sucks technically and in terms of price, the HDDVD is a great deal given the cost of first gen DVD players. Also the problem with two formats being out there are not Sony or Toshiba's fault. The movie studios could of easily had one format if they had of gotten together, also it is capable of making dual format players, and Warner says they have developed a HDDVD/BluRay/DVD triple format disc. I agree that things are in a bad state right now, im sure the movie studios are losing alot of money not being able to focus on one format, because alot of people arent will to jump off the fence to either side. But things like this happen and hopefully by next Christmas only one will remain, or all players will be universal allowing all of us to buy in worry free.]]>Sep 21st 2006 7:54AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
Grab a DVD and go see what it looks like upscaled to 720 or 1080 using an "Oppo" which costs $200 - $250. Then ask yourself why buy high def anything for the next few years? ]]>Sep 21st 2006 8:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/Sep 21st 2006 3:09PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/DAT
MiniDisc
Memory Stick
SACD
UMD
all nice formats (except memory stick who was completely useless the day it went out), but all were attemps by a company to get more out of the market with a complte disregard for user's needs.

I don't know if HD-DVD will fail, but I'm pretty sure Blu-Ray will.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 11:32AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/
Bottom line if your happy with SD DVD and you dont have a HDTV then stay with SD DVD's and remain as happy as you are now. If you own a HDTV or plan on owning a HDTV then dont fool yourself into thinking that the difference isnt justified. The difference between picture quality, sound quality and special features is staggering.

I was only going to upgrade the movies I really really loved when I first got my HD-DVD player and was just going to keep the SD for most of my movies but since I have had the unit for a couple months and have seen first hand the extraordinary difference between the two, Well I have stopped buying SD all together and will replace every single SD disc I have. HD-DVD owns and anyone who says differently is either blind, jealous or just plain ignorant.

Peace!!]]>Sep 29th 2006 11:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/20/gamers-choose-hd-dvd-over-blu-ray/PS3 will be the most expensive game console to come out in a long time. $599.99 for the big boy...mommy and daddy will be hard pressed for the most part to pop that much doe down on this thing, If they do great, now what about the games...$60.00 a peice and well you cant get 1080p without the magic of HDMI wich by the way doesnt come with the unit...sold seperatly...$100.00 and what about a second controller....50-60 dollars.....and we havnt even talked about B-ray movies.....get my point....now for the millions of 360's out there a little $200.00 add on is available with a picture now capable of 1080p via MS latest firmware update.....I mean its not something you can avoide right now, Hd-dvd has a huge advantage....Im sorry if I keep going but its pretty clear to me.....Check the stats over at thedvdwars.com see for yourself who is buying the most media!!!!]]>Nov 6th 2006 3:03PM