Total HD: Good idea or bad idea?

[Lord_Stewie]

Hey guys,

just wondering what your stand point to total hd discs. would it be a good idea, or bad?

since paramount decided to join the other side, i bet more consumers would stand aside until one format wins the war. it isn't healthy for business, having more reasons for consumers to get confused. before paramount took a side, BD sales were excellent beating HD DVDs life support. now we don't know how things are going to turn out until paramount start releasing exclusively on HD DVD. with that being said can't BD and HDDVD coexist together the idea is possible, and there would be some benefits from it. for example:

1) you wouldn't have to worry about studio exclusivity issue anymore.
2) consumers wouldn't and shouldn't be confused, knowing that they don't have a adopt a certain format.

but then I don't know many negative aspects, but i do know for sure maybe that it could affect the capacity on BD. being that warner bros were able to develop a 25 gb side for both hd and bd. and also dealing with the stupid double sided discs.

with that being said i am interested to know where each individual on this forum stands.

[ReduxInflux]

terrible idea. promotes confusion and indecision at the price of quality.

[IamNhobdy]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

terrible idea. promotes confusion and indecision at the price of quality.

bingo

[monkyman]

Not total hd, if EVERY studio made HD-DVD and 50gb bluray discs it wouldn't bother me. We would get what we want and they would get what they want.
I don't care if they co-exsist, as long as I get all my movies on BD.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

terrible idea. promotes confusion and indecision at the price of quality.

I thought so. the timing was bad to post, just heard the rumor that steve nickerson stepped down. hopefully warner becomes exclusive now to BD.

[CAB]

Would seem like higher licensing cost per disk, manufacturing risk, and the potential to get the crappy HD-DVD transfer duped to the superior BD side. I want my bit rate, less compression and the full 192Hz sampling rate for the audio. I also like my cases being Blu blue.

-CB

[richteer]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

terrible idea. promotes confusion and indecision at the price of quality.

What the man said. Plus, I happen to like silk screened art on my discs!

[blublublu]

It would be better than WB going HD DVD only, but otherwise "no thanks"

[hyperdine]

Sorry, THD is a bad idea. I don't want to have to compromise quality for convenience.

[Chris Gerhard]

Blu-ray on one side and HD DVD on the other is the stupidest idea yet with the next generation formats and I don't believe it will ever happen.

Chris

[reiella]

It increases cost too much for me.

Eventually costs will go down on the reducable components [the mechanical aspect of pressing two discs together like that], but I'm more concerned about the non-reducable costs in the form of having to pay TotalHD, BDA, and DVD Forum royalty costs on every release.

[Smackos]

Originally Posted by reiella

It increases cost too much for me.

Eventually costs will go down on the reducable components [the mechanical aspect of pressing two discs together like that], but I'm more concerned about the non-reducable costs in the form of having to pay TotalHD, BDA, and DVD Forum royalty costs on every release.

Exactly.. could you imagine how much money it'd cost to buy a Fox film on THD (lets face it they are the most expensive studio to buy films from in HD) or how about a Paramount THD release where it's a 2 disk release, film on one and extra's on the other.. No thanks.. not even for Transformers and co..

[WickyWoo]

You'd be talking a most a quarter a disc

The royalties are not the factor. Stamping them and paying for the coasters is