of kids want an iPad
The Nielsen Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the iPad as one of them.
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Dude You just keep contradicting your self. You say that Blu-ray supporters must be lying if they say they see a difference, but then say that you think HD-DVD has better quality ????
I tried to reply to your response, but it wouldn't go through.
I bought a Sharp Aquos LC52D62U right before Superbowl for $2600 a far cry from your $4000 and it's 1080p. I've known several people who've bought TV's since and the smallest has been 47" and it was 1080p( Westinghouse)
VC-1 was designed for interlaced content and has had problems with 1080p nothing major but was one of the reasons blu-ray hasn't used it yet. Even so unless HD-DVD ups it's capacity it won't be able to support higher resolutions in the future.
You do understand how they made the 51gb disk don't you. they added 2gb per layer and added a layer. The problem here is that the current hd-dvd players will not be able to support it. The reason HD-DVD players are so much cheaper is because Blu-ray requires a more complex lens for it's laser so that it can focus on more than 2 layers. HD-DVD uses a very similar laser to current dvd players which can only focus on 2. In order to increase capacity HD-DVD will have to use the more complex lens, essentially turning it into Blu-ray with slightly less storage per layer.
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Dude You just keep contradicting your self. You say that Blu-ray supporters must be lying if they say they see a difference, but then say that you think HD-DVD has better quality ????
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First of all I'm not contradicting myself. I have BOTH, unlike MOST Blu-Ray asshats who are praising something without really experiencing the other. I say Blu-Ray people saying that Blu-Ray looks better ARE lying or imaging. I have both HD DVD in my house and Blu-Ray and I play them on my Pioneer Elite 50" plasma with audio components from Denon and 7.1 Klipsh Reference series setup. HD DVD almost ALWAYS outperfoms Blu-Ray visually. So when I say that it looks better, I'm not speculating, I'm talking from experience. EVERYONE who has both agrees with me.
So there's no contradicting here.
I did underestimate the pricing a bit. The prices you mentioned for TVs are still around $3k for 50"+. This is still a lot. Not for me personally, but for a majority of people. I did underestimate the pricing a bit, I'm looking at a bit better quality TVs anyways. Sharp Aquios is not bad though. That's a good deal.
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VC-1 was designed for interlaced content and has had problems with 1080p nothing major but was one of the reasons blu-ray hasn't used it yet.
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Rubbish. This is why HD DVD from the begginning outperformed Blu-Ray with VC1 encoding. Because it looks like shit right? This is why Toshiba's HD DVD player won SOUND & VISION Player of 2006 Awards. Cause it's all crap, right.
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Even so unless HD-DVD ups it's capacity it won't be able to support higher resolutions in the future.
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And Blu-Ray players today will? Now you are talking STRAIGHT out of your ass. They both support 1080p resolutions and IF higher res technology comes out, you will have to throw away your Blu-Ray player as well sorry.
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You do understand how they made the 51gb disk don't you. they added 2gb per layer and added a layer. The problem here is that the current hd-dvd players will not be able to support it.
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Jesus Christ, where do you get this information. This is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
Sure they added 2gb per layer AND? They increased the freakin' storage capacity. WHO TOLD YOU they won't be supported by current HD-DVD player. Can you point me to that article please.
==== Toshiba continues to improve HD DVD storage capacity. At the HD DVD Promotion Group's press conference this evening, the company announced it has developed 51GB triple-layer rewritable and ROM media.
This capacity is up from the company’s previous explorations of a higher-capacity 45GB triple-layer disc. Currently, HD DVD maxes out at a 30GB dual-layer disc. This capacity is 1GB greater than rival Blu-ray Disc, which tops out at 50GB.
The company spoke in terms of getting the disc approved as part of the HD DVD spec by the end of 2007. ========
You see when THEY said they have it and are waiting for certification by HD DVD Group, this means it's A MATTER OF TIME when the discs will come out. Having STRICT HD-DVD Group requirements, all new advances in technology for HD DVD will BE APPROVED by the Group. Being part of HD DVD Specs, means that it will FULLY COMPLY with current HD DVD players. This is the ESSENCE of HD DVD, compatibility.
It is more likely that your existing Blu-Ray players WON'T play new content that conforms to BD+ protection as new players will run protection in virtual memory space of the player.
You are just blurting out, I'm sorry to say it, complete nonsense.