So is HD-DVD losing to Blu-ray?

I cant tell because they say Blu-ray is destroying it, but then it is said they are toe-toe and pretty much even, then they say HD has a higher attachment rate and stuff. I mean I know BR has a larger selection but HD has good movies too like 300 and Hot Fuzz.

300 is on Blu-ray.Hewkii

i like sony and all, but it seems like another Betamax. a proprietary system that will be rejected in the end.

more info on betamax

I see a lot more Blue Ray titles on sale than HD-DVD, this may be an indicator.

I see a lot more Blue Ray titles on sale than HD-DVD, this may be an indicator.

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Blu-Ray is winning because of the PS3. Conanfan1

HDDVD is being pwned in the buttholeblazinpuertoroc

i'd give it at least a year if not more. people like myself haven't even watched a b-r or hddvd yet and no need to. if you looked at the betamax link you'd see that betamax was on top for 2 yrs before VHS crushed it.

Blu-ray has all of sony's backing so it looks good now but it may slow down. we'll see.

[QUOTE="blazinpuertoroc"]HDDVD is being pwned in the buttholemgmeek

i'd give it at least a year if not more. people like myself haven't even watched a b-r or hddvd yet and no need to. if you looked at the betamax link you'd see that betamax was on top for 2 yrs before VHS crushed it.

Blu-ray has all of sony's backing so it looks good now but it may slow down. we'll see.

lets not worry about it until blu-ray turns into what we have now, dvd... everyone has dvd, & players are freaking cheap, when blu-ray REALLY catches on then it will be worth getting and probably cheap.mjk_1

i agree, blu ray and hd dvd want people to go HD, but the problem is is thatmany peopleare content with dvd, and don't really see the need to upgrade.

Keep in mind the porn industry has embraced HD-DVD, and that usually determines the winner in the long run.sieg6529

I told someone else that a while back and they just ignored it. i was like well they DO sell a lot of videos and people like there dirty, dirty on widely available formats. I actually saw a CNN interview with a porn producer and he said that sony pretty much blew them off when they were first trying to use Blu-ray.

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[QUOTE="blazinpuertoroc"]HDDVD is being pwned in the buttholeGreasyFetus69

i'd give it at least a year if not more. people like myself haven't even watched a b-r or hddvd yet and no need to. if you looked at the betamax link you'd see that betamax was on top for 2 yrs before VHS crushed it.

Blu-ray has all of sony's backing so it looks good now but it may slow down. we'll see.

it's not as clear cut as that but here is a blurb from the WIKI site:

Sony introduced the Betamax home video system in 1975 with the LV-1901 Trinitron/Betamax console. It was the most popular video format in 1983, gaining almost a third of the UK video recorder market, while Sanyo's VTC5000 was the top selling UK video recorder. By 1985, however, the market had turned sharply towards VHS.

so beta seemed to be winning in the early 80s but failed marketing and not working with player manufacturers didn't help

more info on betamax.

I think Blu-Ray is seeing better sales so far, but I hope HD-DVD wins. Ignoring the fact that Blu-Ray has larger discs, I'd like to see HD-DVD win because I think 'Blu-Ray' sounds dumb.

In the end, though, I'd imagine we'll all have combination players except for the silly people who jumped on the bandwagon early. I see it happening in a similar way to the 'big' argument about recordable DVD formats, where all writers support DVD+R and DVD-R and the existence of both types of media on shelves only serves to confuse the holy hell out of the average consumer.

DVD is still beating the crap out of both new formats, of course. DVD had a ton of advantages over VHS (cost of manufacture, digital format - no rewinding, ability to jump to scenes, special features, etc - longevity, quality, etc) and HD-DVD/Blu-Ray only offer increases in picture and sound quality. Sure, they can do silly things like PiP style commentaries, but those aren't all that compelling (and they have been done on DVD in a few cases), and most people don't care anyway. Hell, most people with HDTVs are just watching regular cable squashed to fit 16:9, so I doubt they care much about picture quality, and they're just listening to shows and movies through the built-in speakers, so 7.1 audio isn't going to excite them either.

i dont care.

what the heck, they look the same on my tv.