Buying Blu-ray..

[dipset420]

some of my family came over from california this week and i was talking to them about hdtv's and stuff like that and i asked them if they ever heard of blu-ray or saw any of them and he said that he bought a blu-ray of the departed and thought he could play it on a regular dvd player and i was explaining to them that you need a blu-ray player for BR movies and an hd-dvd player for HD-dvd movies and that hd-dvd is a loosing format. they were interested in a dual format player because they dont want to buy into the wrong format.

so i was wondering do you know people that accidentally buy a hd-dvd or a blu-ray disc and try to use it in a regular player. and what do they end up buying more the hd-dvd or the blu-ray disc.
i just wonder how many people do this because i want blu-ray to win out and if people are holding back and buying dual format players it is going to take a while, unless fox and disney and our "exclusive" studios release the blockbusters they need to win

[The Don]

Originally Posted by dipset420

some of my family came over from california this week and i was talking to them about hdtv's and stuff like that and i asked them if they ever heard of blu-ray or saw any of them and he said that he bought a blu-ray of the departed and thought he could play it on a regular dvd player and i was explaining to them that you need a blu-ray player for BR movies and an hd-dvd player for HD-dvd movies and that hd-dvd is a loosing format. they were interested in a dual format player because they dont want to buy into the wrong format.

so i was wondering do you know people that accidentally buy a hd-dvd or a blu-ray disc and try to use it in a regular player. and what do they end up buying more the hd-dvd or the blu-ray disc.
i just wonder how many people do this because i want blu-ray to win out and if people are holding back and buying dual format players it is going to take a while, unless fox and disney and our "exclusive" studios release the blockbusters they need to win

about almost a year ago I knew someone who purchased an hd-dvd player and told me "yeah, I have a blu-ray player...it's hd-dvd".....I had to correct him and tell him what he really had....

luckily he was able to return it.....you should have seen the look on his face...

[gand41f]

I know, some people think "Blu-ray HD DVD" is the full name....

"Blu-ray" is clearly a name, but "HD DVD" sounds more like a description than a proper noun...bad marketing....

enjoy
gandalf

P.S. Did I mention that my nearby Fry's has "Blu-ray DVD" on the BD shelves? OK, that will abbreviate to "BD" too, but....

[ussrelativity]

We may be getting closer to Fox beginning to release more Blu-Ray titles:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=234

This story is regarding Japan releases, but it may be a sign of more to come.

[Weez_Dawg]

I had a few friends buy HD DVD's thinking they would play in a regular DVD player. Never heard of anyone buying a BR the same way untill now