Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD: A Common Sense Approach
Author: AF Duncan
October 16th, 2007
The most irritating (and quite possibly useless) format war ever, Blu-ray versus HD-DVD, gets a straightforward, thoughtful, and insightful point-by-point analysis courtesy of the folks at CNET. Check out the article HERE.
Their very forthright and down-to-earth conclusion? In so many words, don’t even mess with this stupid bullcrap yet.
If you’re on any kind of a budget and still want to enjoy the beauty of high-definition movies on disc, you’ll have to decide between HD DVD and Blu-ray. The question now becomes: which is the horse to bet on? At this point in September 2007, from the perspective of the editors at CNET, the answer is still: neither. As much as we enjoy watching HD movies, we think the industry’s failure to offer a single DVD successor makes it impossible to recommend either of the two rival contenders. As such, CNET is recommending that you refrain from buying any Blu-ray or HD DVD player–or movies–in the immediate future. We’ll revisit this opinion as soon as events warrant.
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4 Responses to “Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD: A Common Sense Approach”
October 16th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I’ve been following that advice of my own accord for quite a while. I’m not going near this whole thing until the dust settles and they’re only hurting themselves.
Vic
October 17th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Man, so, so true.
Sometimes I half wonder if the studios are just coasting with Blu-ray and HD-DVD and really spending their energy trying to figure out HD downloads, since that’s obviously where everything’s going to go eventually. But that would take foresight and planning.
October 17th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Friend of mine downloaded an HD movie (or was it a TV show?…not sure) off Xbox Live, said it was awesome.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Yeah, HD cable is pretty much the shit of all time. Steve will back me up on this. I’ve actually gotten to the point where I’ll skip a movie’s DVD and wait a few months to see if it shows up on HD cable.
Be warned though, cable programming is still overall mightily, even painfully, uneven. Along with the good comes lots and lots and lots of crap played over and over and over for months on end.