Awesome, price is the main reason I got the HD DVD add on for my 360. Sure Blu-ray holds more data but both have plenty of room for a full 1080p movie. Plus I like the audio potential of HD DVD better than BR. So maybe Blu-ray can win out on storing data for your computer but for movies I'm rooting for HD DVD simply because the hardware is cheaper and the movies look just as good sound better on high end audio equipment.
KissTheRing: You mentioned being more interested in HDDVD's audio features than Blu-Ray's, and you also mentioned that you have the Xbox 360 add-on. This is wrong in so many ways.
First, HDDVD players are required to decode Dolby TrueHD lossless audio which is always at 16-bit/5.1 channels. The catch is that due to HDDVD's low bitrate limit, it's very tough to implement lossless audio without taking a picture quality hit. There are very few HDDVDs available that actually have Dolby TrueHD audio streams also. The Blu-Ray exclusive studios almost ALWAYS put completely uncompressed PCM audio tracks on their releases and sometimes they are 24-bit as well.
Although you may be interested in HDDVD's limited audio "features", you won't be able to experience them. The Xbox 360 can only output in Dolby Digital 5.1 (the lossy version) so you will never be able to hear those Dolby TrueHD audio tracks with your current HDDVD player.
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Awesome, price is the main reason I got the HD DVD add on for my 360. Sure Blu-ray holds more data but both have plenty of room for a full 1080p movie. Plus I like the audio potential of HD DVD better than BR. So maybe Blu-ray can win out on storing data for your computer but for movies I'm rooting for HD DVD simply because the hardware is cheaper and the movies look just as good sound better on high end audio equipment.
KissTheRing: You mentioned being more interested in HDDVD's audio features than Blu-Ray's, and you also mentioned that you have the Xbox 360 add-on. This is wrong in so many ways.
First, HDDVD players are required to decode Dolby TrueHD lossless audio which is always at 16-bit/5.1 channels. The catch is that due to HDDVD's low bitrate limit, it's very tough to implement lossless audio without taking a picture quality hit. There are very few HDDVDs available that actually have Dolby TrueHD audio streams also. The Blu-Ray exclusive studios almost ALWAYS put completely uncompressed PCM audio tracks on their releases and sometimes they are 24-bit as well.
Although you may be interested in HDDVD's limited audio "features", you won't be able to experience them. The Xbox 360 can only output in Dolby Digital 5.1 (the lossy version) so you will never be able to hear those Dolby TrueHD audio tracks with your current HDDVD player.