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Apple RulZ!!! Dang, wrong one again...

What's that stupid, useless arguement I keep seeing on threads like this? Oh yeah...

HD-DVD is sooo much better.

Or something like that.]]>Jul 14th 2006 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
HD-DVD will seem like the next logical purchase for consumers.
"Blue-ray... what's that ?"]]>Jul 14th 2006 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
I personally don't want a dual format player. I hope either Toshiba or Sony ends up taking it in the shorts over this debacle. At least with the BetaMaxVHS debate there was a clear technical advantage to BetaMax.







]]>Jul 14th 2006 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/It can't be that clear on HDTivo if you mistook Terminator for Robocop!]]>Jul 14th 2006 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
BTW, what cridentials does PCmag have as a videophile to bring a worth 'review' of Blu-ray? I'd much rather read a review by someone like WideScreen Review, but then again I'm just a PITA, too.]]>Jul 15th 2006 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Also i saw $3750 HD prototype player and BRs are only $1000 or less :)]]>Jul 15th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 15th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
By Thomas K. Arnold
1 hour, 20 minutes ago



LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Raising the bar in the Blu-ray Disc vs. HD DVD battle, Walt Disney Co. is creating a series of short films to be shot in high-definition to accompany select films the company will release in the Blu-ray format.



-good to see Disney finally making moves on this format war. It would be cool to see pixar films on Blu-ray.

]]>Jul 17th 2006 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
I'd recommend reading this article on the state of the "war": http://www.projectorcentral.com/blu-ray_2.htm
]]>Jul 17th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
On the other hand all of the initial reviews indicate that HD-DVD has much, MUCH better PQ than Blu Ray. You can also pick up an HD-DVD player for as little as $364 shipped, 1/3 the price of the Blu Ray player. That buys you the HD-DVD player and virtually the entire HD-DVD library.

Blu Ray is single layer 25GB with ancient MPEG2 compression and looks like crap (go look at the movie 50 First Dates and you will see tons of artifacting, noise and banding). At least HD-DVD is using VC-1 which is an excellent codec, using 1/2 the space of MPEG2 with better picture quality. Also, HD-DVD is already shipping with 30GB dual layer. Blu ray is nothing but promises at this point.

I think Matrix, Harry Potter and several other heavy hitters are releasing for HD-DVD in Q4 of this year.

Also, Sony has shown extreme arrogance in all of this claiming that Blu-Ray is "higher definition", "can not fail" and that "the future starts when we say it does".

I hope consumers vote with their wallets and put the smack down on Sony for once and for all (and I could give two craps if HD blanks only store 30GB right now, they've already shown they can do 45GB triple layer very affordably, Sony can't even release movies yet in dual layer).]]>Jul 17th 2006 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
What is all this talk about the size of Blu-Ray not meeting up to HD-DVD?

Didn't TDK make an 8 layer 200GB Blu-Ray disc already that surpases any HD-DVD?

It is true HD-DVD is already shipping 30GB HD-DVD dual layer discs. But it is also true TDK is shipping 50GB Blu-Ray dual layer discs also.

People seem misinformed about this whole format war...

Blu-Ray will most likely win because they are putting the product out faster than the competition. Companies will choose them over other formats because, they have a final product available for mass manufacturing.]]>Jul 18th 2006 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=22593 , no titles have been released in the 50GB format because of the "high failure rate of 50GB discs . . . due to their complicated manufacturing needs"

Seems like my prediction of Sony's 0.1mm protective coating vs the 0.6mm thickness of DVD and HD-DVD becoming a problem is already biting them in the ass.

Plus thanks to the encoding decisions for the pre-recorded movies (MPEG-2 vs VC-1, PCM vs Dolby Digital) uses up more storage space than what is used on HD-DVD that the HD-DVD movies don't need as much storage capacity as Blu-ray movies do. So, at least until something changes, the extra storage capacity of Blu-ray is pretty much null and void in the grand scheme of things.

Me? I'll wait this little skirmish out for now. I got plenty DVD and Laserdisc movies to watch in the meantime . . .]]>Jul 18th 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Industry_Forecasts/Disc_Sales/Early_Sales_Encouraging_for_Blu-ray,_But_Still_Lag_Behind_HD_DVD/124

"Of the twelve Blu-ray players the store received in stock, Zohn said it has sold only two, compared to backorders of over 2,000 units for Toshiba's first two HD DVD players the store has yet to fulfill"

Not a good sign so far for Blu-ray . . .]]>Jul 18th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
Same reason people were perfectly happy with CD-R, CD+R, CD-RW and CD+RW formats. In the end it meant all new drives were able to use any of the formats and the disc costs dropped down to pennies each. People are hoping for the same resolution here.]]>Jul 18th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/
"Personally I think HD-DVD will come out on top. Not because of any technical differences, but because of branding. Consumers are used to the name DVD, and most people already know about high definition.

HD-DVD will seem like the next logical purchase for consumers.
'Blue-ray... what's that ?'"

But the naming could also backfire, as the general public is looking for something better than DVD and they may just think that HD-DVD is just a fancy DVD. On the same token, they go to the store and say, "Blu-Ray... what's that?" and the salesperson takes that as interest and tries to sell them on the product with his/her explanations.

Never underestimate the ignorance of the common consumer and their willingness to let the saleperson decide the purchase for them. Especially on technology purchases.]]>Jul 18th 2006 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/samsung-bd-p1000-blu-ray-player-reviewed/Jul 22nd 2006 11:48AM