Early adopters are always the sort to pay through the nose for the latest and greatest, and HD DVD and Blu-ray are no different; we know such technologies evolve and decrease in price. When DVD players with Component video outputs hit the market, very few TVs with Component video inputs existed (or widescreen TVs for that matter), so we all had at some point to get new TVs to take full advantage of the new video format---no small chunk of change. That being said, HD DVD was rushed to market simply to be first after many, many broken street date promises, and shoddy products were rampant. It certainly didn't help matters when Blu-ray products were pretty much as unpredictable. Neither format performed as implied when they first hit the market. HD DVD suffered from numerous hardware and firmware glitches, as did Blu-ray. That both maintain a fairly high degree of updates is a good sign, no matter how you slice it. Regardless, DVD was far from perfect for several years after its release. Anybody remember "The Matrix" debacle?
You're incorrect. You mean early adopters of blu-ray only. All HD DVD players can play any HD DVDs. If blu-ray wins, I won't buy a blu-ray player until profile 2.0 works. I feel sorry for my nephew who bought $1,000 1.0 player last year just because he needed it to play a Sony Camcorder recordings. He feels he was scammed twice by Sony - the camcorder and the 1.0 blu-ray player. I don't blame him.
Where does this misinformation keep coming from. All Blu-Ray discs will play on all Blu-Ray players. The only difference is that an older player might not be able to show all of the special features.
Didn't you read all the articles? Sony has basically accepted that old players will not play profile 2.0 movies. Hopefully PS3 will work whenever the firmware gets updated.
There is a huge difference going from 1.0 to 1.1 and from 1.1 to 2.0. If you think studios will make two programs (If 1.0/1.1 player then run this, if 2.0 player then run this) dream on. Don't forget when Fox said its not their fault 1.0 players can not play their latest movies.
@rg23 Not sure how that's the case, my understanding (could be wrong here) is HD-DVD players may not accept the newer triple layer discs that were to come out. Original DVD Players never played blank DVD media either.
An early adopter that cries over his technology not working, needs to get out of the fire and join the "normies" a few years after the technology settles down.
Profile 2.0 adds internet connectivity and increases the required storage space. Older players will still play discs at the 2.0 spec, but will not be able to access the internet.
Does it cause people on the street physical pain to learn that consumers like me have no desire to buy a Blu-Ray player until the format stabilizes? So what? If it's as spectacularly awesome as you fanboys and the studios think it will be, it stands to reason it's worth waiting for...right?
OK, so the format war is over, and HD DVD lost. And if consumer confidence wrt the global economy and on a smaller scale the stability and cost of entry on Blu-Ray doesn't improve, so will it, and then all of us who want on-demand high-def movies at home lose.
Saying 'it beat HD DVD handily' isn't enough. It's still a niche format and that isn't likely to change real soon.
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Early adopters are always the sort to pay through the nose for the latest and greatest, and HD DVD and Blu-ray are no different; we know such technologies evolve and decrease in price. When DVD players with Component video outputs hit the market, very few TVs with Component video inputs existed (or widescreen TVs for that matter), so we all had at some point to get new TVs to take full advantage of the new video format---no small chunk of change. That being said, HD DVD was rushed to market simply to be first after many, many broken street date promises, and shoddy products were rampant. It certainly didn't help matters when Blu-ray products were pretty much as unpredictable. Neither format performed as implied when they first hit the market. HD DVD suffered from numerous hardware and firmware glitches, as did Blu-ray. That both maintain a fairly high degree of updates is a good sign, no matter how you slice it. Regardless, DVD was far from perfect for several years after its release. Anybody remember "The Matrix" debacle?
You're incorrect. You mean early adopters of blu-ray only. All HD DVD players can play any HD DVDs. If blu-ray wins, I won't buy a blu-ray player until profile 2.0 works. I feel sorry for my nephew who bought $1,000 1.0 player last year just because he needed it to play a Sony Camcorder recordings. He feels he was scammed twice by Sony - the camcorder and the 1.0 blu-ray player. I don't blame him.
@rg23
Where does this misinformation keep coming from. All Blu-Ray discs will play on all Blu-Ray players. The only difference is that an older player might not be able to show all of the special features.
@ceilingfanboy
Didn't you read all the articles? Sony has basically accepted that old players will not play profile 2.0 movies. Hopefully PS3 will work whenever the firmware gets updated.
There is a huge difference going from 1.0 to 1.1 and from 1.1 to 2.0. If you think studios will make two programs (If 1.0/1.1 player then run this, if 2.0 player then run this) dream on. Don't forget when Fox said its not their fault 1.0 players can not play their latest movies.
@rg23
Not sure how that's the case, my understanding (could be wrong here) is HD-DVD players may not accept the newer triple layer discs that were to come out. Original DVD Players never played blank DVD media either.
An early adopter that cries over his technology not working, needs to get out of the fire and join the "normies" a few years after the technology settles down.
@rg23
Profile 2.0 adds internet connectivity and increases the required storage space. Older players will still play discs at the 2.0 spec, but will not be able to access the internet.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9808376-1.html
Does it cause people on the street physical pain to learn that consumers like me have no desire to buy a Blu-Ray player until the format stabilizes? So what? If it's as spectacularly awesome as you fanboys and the studios think it will be, it stands to reason it's worth waiting for...right?
OK, so the format war is over, and HD DVD lost. And if consumer confidence wrt the global economy and on a smaller scale the stability and cost of entry on Blu-Ray doesn't improve, so will it, and then all of us who want on-demand high-def movies at home lose.
Saying 'it beat HD DVD handily' isn't enough. It's still a niche format and that isn't likely to change real soon.