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Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD: the latter is the winner
Posted on Thursday, 3 August 2006 by Speed, source: HighdefDigest
HighDefDigest is the first site to actually test both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and they've done so by launching a couple of movies on both formats to see which of the two is better.
Result: HD-DVD wins
Training Day, Rumor Has It and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang all had better quality on HD-DVD.
I guess Sony isn't really going to be happy with this, especially seeing that one of their main selling points for the PS3 is its Blu-Ray player (unless they know it's technologically inferior to HD-DVD and hope to win the "war" by including it in the PS3 and getting market share that way)
Result: HD-DVD wins
In our first head-to-head comparison, we found the HD DVD to be superior. The unfortunate cropping of the Blu-ray image, coupled with more noticeable compression artifacts and an overall darker cast, can't compete with the more consistently pleasing presentation of the HD DVD. Also a strike against the Blu-ray version is that both the Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital-Plus soundtracks have been dropped in favor of plain old Dolby Digital, and even the disc's menu navigation is more clunky and with less interactive functionality. Certainly, this Blu-ray release delivers fine video quality in its own right, but the format's backers will need to step it up if they are going to win the hearts and minds of early adopters over HD DVD.
Training Day, Rumor Has It and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang all had better quality on HD-DVD.
I guess Sony isn't really going to be happy with this, especially seeing that one of their main selling points for the PS3 is its Blu-Ray player (unless they know it's technologically inferior to HD-DVD and hope to win the "war" by including it in the PS3 and getting market share that way)
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MonkeyManUK
Anonymous
Herrdidi
Zwan
A standalone HD-DVD player costs 800$ or more. How on earth you do you think MS will keep the price beneath 200$? And even then: don't forget the PS3's HDD is still 3 times larger, it offers HDMI and 1080p support (which WILL be a big thing in three years or so) and is supposedly more powerful.
If you ask me, the PS3 costs a shitload of money, but it's value for money far outreaches that of the X360.
Speed
Anonymous
If any of you guys think there will be 1080p games for the PS3 you are very blinkered.
I have seen Blue Ray films running next to HD-DVD films on the same panels and HD-DVD wins hands down. I actually thought that they were showing a comparison with old standard def DVD and the new HD format. It really was that much of a difference I was shocked to be told one was Blueray.
As for 1080p being different to 1080i most people would not be able to tell the difference. I have seen a decent up scaling standard definition dvd player do amazing things with standard def dvd’s.
HD in my opinion should stand for Hardly Different I think a lot of people will be disappointed with both formats unless they use a very large display or a projector to view there HD movies. On a 32” panel most people find it hard to see the difference when compared to a decent up scaling player that can be had at a fraction of the price.
HD and Bluray will be flogged to death just like DVD the only thing that makes this generation different is the studio support for the different formats, which sucks arse imo and of course Sonys promise to Studios that there format will be impossible to copy lol. What a joke….
Anonymous