DVDFile Dan Ramer Parting Thoughts

[Whyser]

From
http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?opt...k=view&id=6412

In a bit more than a month, we’ll have a clear picture of the performance of both formats for calendar year 2007. But that will not diminish the fervor of proponents on either side. Patience, open-mindedness, and the purchases of better displays will. A while ago, a skeptical reader who owns players and discs in both formats wrote to disagree strongly with my contention that the higher bit rate and greater storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc results in better images than are produced by HD DVD. He insisted that HD DVD looked better. That same kind reader more recently wrote to say that he purchased a new high-quality 1080p display and is now changing his position. He can now see that BD produces a more satisfying, more detailed, and more film-like presentation. I can only hope that as display price-performance ratios become ever-better and more high quality displays are made available that everyone will perceive the differences as well.

But perceived cost is still an impediment. If all BD-exclusive studios priced their discs as competitively as Warner, and if the BD player manufacturers would lower their hardware prices to amortize their development costs over a longer period (the parts cost for equally featured players in both formats is essentially the same), the format war would soon be over. Regardless, it is my hope that quality prevails.

I'm glad to be hearing so much support for Blu-Ray, even though Dan Ramer tries to be as neutral as possible.