Originally, even though I wanted Bluray (blu-ray?) to win, looking at it from someone who's not that tech-saavy, I would think, "Oh, I have an HD tv and I want HD. Hey! There's an HD-DVD which must be a DVD that's HD. What's that bluray thing?"
Well apparently names that are common sense just don't work anymore. I think it started with Google (what? where did that name come from) then it began to expand to the rest of the web and now the console and format wars. Many people thought the Wii was a terrible name, many still do, but it sells like hotcakes especially compared to the PS3 (PS2 + 1, easy right?..lol)
Personally I like Blu-Ray just because I can say Blllllllluuuuuuuuuuuu! ;-)
Just to further piss off any other neurotic people who are anal-retentive about English (like me), I looked at the last 133 posts regarding HD-DVD and that other thing, and here's what I found:
Ways to spell HD-DVD: 37 HD-DVD 64% 14 HD DVD 24% 7 HDDVD 12%
Ways to spell "Blu-ray:" 15 Blu-ray 37% 13 Blu-Ray 32% 3 BluRay 7% 3 blu-ray 7% 2 Blu Ray 5% 1 bluray 2% 1 blu ray 2% 1 Blu ray 2% 1 blue-ray 2% 1 blue ray 2%
For the record, I counted only the first instance of a spelling in each post (unless the poster changed spellings within the post, which happened very often with "Blu-ray").
And to answer your next question, yes, I am avoiding doing a paper.
Relax people. Only thing you need to remember about blu-ray is that there's no "e" like in "blue", nobody cares if you cap one, or two, or none of the letters, and if you put a dash or not. Personally I'll be just writing it as BR and be done with it.
Haha while reading your post I thinking of saying that you have a whole lot of free time on your hands and avioding a paper would do that to someone, I would know..lol.
And Blu-Ray and Blu-ray is spelled the same, they just have different capitalization on the "r". And this most likely has to do with people's lazyness..lol. With that in mind more people spelled Blu-Ray right the first time, 69%, to HD-DVD's 64%.
Who cares what way Blu Ray is spelt in comments or articles. Regarding the name itself, HD DVD is more of a tongue twister than Blu-ray ever was. Besides it is in vogue now to have abstract or aloof brands and trade marks etc. Why have black and white when u can have speckled metallic grey.
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Am I the only person who decided that HD-DVD was better than Blu-Ray based solely on grammar?
HD-DVD is simple. It makes sense. A DVD that's in HD. It can't be misspelled.
But with Sony's thing, is it Blu-Ray? Blu-ray? blu-ray? BluRay? Bluray? How many people will call it Blue Ray? Blue-Ray? Blue-ray?
Originally, even though I wanted Bluray (blu-ray?) to win, looking at it from someone who's not that tech-saavy, I would think, "Oh, I have an HD tv and I want HD. Hey! There's an HD-DVD which must be a DVD that's HD. What's that bluray thing?"
Well apparently names that are common sense just don't work anymore. I think it started with Google (what? where did that name come from) then it began to expand to the rest of the web and now the console and format wars. Many people thought the Wii was a terrible name, many still do, but it sells like hotcakes especially compared to the PS3 (PS2 + 1, easy right?..lol)
Personally I like Blu-Ray just because I can say Blllllllluuuuuuuuuuuu! ;-)
You ARE!
Just to further piss off any other neurotic people who are anal-retentive about English (like me), I looked at the last 133 posts regarding HD-DVD and that other thing, and here's what I found:
Ways to spell HD-DVD:
37 HD-DVD 64%
14 HD DVD 24%
7 HDDVD 12%
Ways to spell "Blu-ray:"
15 Blu-ray 37%
13 Blu-Ray 32%
3 BluRay 7%
3 blu-ray 7%
2 Blu Ray 5%
1 bluray 2%
1 blu ray 2%
1 Blu ray 2%
1 blue-ray 2%
1 blue ray 2%
For the record, I counted only the first instance of a spelling in each post (unless the poster changed spellings within the post, which happened very often with "Blu-ray").
And to answer your next question, yes, I am avoiding doing a paper.
Relax people. Only thing you need to remember about blu-ray is that there's no "e" like in "blue", nobody cares if you cap one, or two, or none of the letters, and if you put a dash or not. Personally I'll be just writing it as BR and be done with it.
Blough-Reigh = awesome! :D
Let me add my own - Blew-Rey
Bleu-rai?
@Meat!
Haha while reading your post I thinking of saying that you have a whole lot of free time on your hands and avioding a paper would do that to someone, I would know..lol.
And Blu-Ray and Blu-ray is spelled the same, they just have different capitalization on the "r". And this most likely has to do with people's lazyness..lol. With that in mind more people spelled Blu-Ray right the first time, 69%, to HD-DVD's 64%.
I think I'll just use BD-ROM all the time.
Try saying HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. HD-DVD just sounds really clunky to me. Blu-ray just rolls off your tongue a lot easier.
Get a life!!
Who cares what way Blu Ray is spelt in comments or articles. Regarding the name itself, HD DVD is more of a tongue twister than Blu-ray ever was. Besides it is in vogue now to have abstract or aloof brands and trade marks etc. Why have black and white when u can have speckled metallic grey.
I'm sorry, but five syllables is about three too many. BD is just right.
When you say "HD-DVD" out loud, it's likely to confuse people
"hd-dvdbdbdbd?"
Blu-Ray has about 3 syllables less