Dave I dont know why you think Blu Ray is better, at the moment it is more supported in terms of companies but HDDVD has more movies so I guess you could actually say at the moment HDDVD is more supported. It also has better movies, and when looking at all titles has better PQ, and has outsold Blu Ray titles by a huge margin thus far. On amazon the best selling Blu Ray is MI3, and MI collection for HDDVD, the Blu Ray has a sales rank of 1200 while the HDDVD version is 160. In fact the top 10 HDDVDs are all ranked higher than Blu Rays highest, and after MI3 all the Blu Ray movies sales plummit. If you think Blu Ray is better becasue of support your just a pawn to Sony. If you want to have any real judging power atlest give an argument on why Blu Ray vs HDDVD is better to the consumer. They both support the same 1080p resolution, the both support Mpeg2, Mpeg4, VC-1, Dolby True HD, and DTSHD. While Blu Ray has more room and Higher bit capacity it as shown no visible or audible differences, so in essence when at there best they are the same, except HDDVD is cheaper. The only true argument you could have is that you can have more extras on a BD50 vs a HD30, this doesnt hold true for current BD50s becuase of Mpeg2 space requirments but will hold true for titles like Kingdom of Heaven which will be a BD50 with Mpeg4 and DTSHD. So we could bring the MI3 two disc set down to a single disc. So what is a truely better product? one that gives you great PQ/AQ and great extras (iHD, Ucontrol, etc) at $500 or one that gives you great PQ/AQ and even more great extras (50GB)at $1000, Im sorry but at $500 savings I would rather deal having to have 2 disc sets and use the $500 saved to start my collection by buying 20 HDDVD titles (20 x $25 =$500), not to mention the three I now get free with a HDDVD player purchase.
OUCH!!! YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR STUFF. I JUST RESERVED MY XBOX HD DVD FROM AMAZON. COME TO PAPA!!!! If you think about it it's only $99 if you apply for the Amazon Visa you get an extra $30 off. Since the remote it's free ($29.99) and so is King Kong ($39.99) and free shipping ($10) you actually pay $99.99. TAKE THAT BLU RAY LOVERS!!!
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Dave I dont know why you think Blu Ray is better, at the moment it is more supported in terms of companies but HDDVD has more movies so I guess you could actually say at the moment HDDVD is more supported. It also has better movies, and when looking at all titles has better PQ, and has outsold Blu Ray titles by a huge margin thus far. On amazon the best selling Blu Ray is MI3, and MI collection for HDDVD, the Blu Ray has a sales rank of 1200 while the HDDVD version is 160. In fact the top 10 HDDVDs are all ranked higher than Blu Rays highest, and after MI3 all the Blu Ray movies sales plummit. If you think Blu Ray is better becasue of support your just a pawn to Sony. If you want to have any real judging power atlest give an argument on why Blu Ray vs HDDVD is better to the consumer. They both support the same 1080p resolution, the both support Mpeg2, Mpeg4, VC-1, Dolby True HD, and DTSHD. While Blu Ray has more room and Higher bit capacity it as shown no visible or audible differences, so in essence when at there best they are the same, except HDDVD is cheaper. The only true argument you could have is that you can have more extras on a BD50 vs a HD30, this doesnt hold true for current BD50s becuase of Mpeg2 space requirments but will hold true for titles like Kingdom of Heaven which will be a BD50 with Mpeg4 and DTSHD. So we could bring the MI3 two disc set down to a single disc. So what is a truely better product? one that gives you great PQ/AQ and great extras (iHD, Ucontrol, etc) at $500 or one that gives you great PQ/AQ and even more great extras (50GB)at $1000, Im sorry but at $500 savings I would rather deal having to have 2 disc sets and use the $500 saved to start my collection by buying 20 HDDVD titles (20 x $25 =$500), not to mention the three I now get free with a HDDVD player purchase.
OUCH!!! YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR STUFF. I JUST RESERVED MY XBOX HD DVD FROM AMAZON. COME TO PAPA!!!! If you think about it it's only $99 if you apply for the Amazon Visa you get an extra $30 off. Since the remote it's free ($29.99) and so is King Kong ($39.99) and free shipping ($10) you actually pay $99.99. TAKE THAT BLU RAY LOVERS!!!