Blu-ray and HD-DVD are just a couple of intermediate storage devices, used en route from the source material to the 1080p screen or projector.



So if we have, hopefully, some great hi def film source, a lot depends on the codec and the level of compression used to reformat the source onto these storage types and the ability of the hard or software player to output this.



Remember that, as with jpeg compression, you can compress a picture into oblivion, so you can with the newer video codecs. Also all DVD players are not the same; $30 ones do not render the same quality as $1000 ones.



So when we are comparing the costs of $500 HD-DVD and $1800 Blu-ray devices lets not forget that we really want is as close to source material quality on our display device - no matter which middleware is used.



A lot of my videos and all of my music are on hard drives - isn't yours? So my CD's and DVD's are pretty redundant - bring on holographic storage as HDD replacement ...



In this sense Warner's releases shown on 1080p Pioneer or Sharp will give us a clue as to what to purchase assuming the price is right!



Bring on the quality reviews ...

Blu-ray and HD-DVD are just a couple of intermediate storage devices, used en route from the source material to the 1080p screen or projector.

So if we have, hopefully, some great hi def film source, a lot depends on the codec and the level of compression used to reformat the source onto these storage types and the ability of the hard or software player to output this.

Remember that, as with jpeg compression, you can compress a picture into oblivion, so you can with the newer video codecs. Also all DVD players are not the same; $30 ones do not render the same quality as $1000 ones.

So when we are comparing the costs of $500 HD-DVD and $1800 Blu-ray devices lets not forget that we really want is as close to source material quality on our display device - no matter which middleware is used.

A lot of my videos and all of my music are on hard drives - isn't yours? So my CD's and DVD's are pretty redundant - bring on holographic storage as HDD replacement ...

In this sense Warner's releases shown on 1080p Pioneer or Sharp will give us a clue as to what to purchase assuming the price is right!

Bring on the quality reviews ...