Amazon compares Blu-ray & HD DVD

[bluskiff]

They don't talk about pcm, video bitrates, or studio support not very informative.
they make it seem like there's no difference at all.




http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...blurayforum-20

[Mericalis]

You will also notice that they were viewing the 300 movies on HD DUD. It's gotten to where AMAZON, I'm afraid, is pulling for the DUDs.

[WickyWoo]

That list is very old, and meant for the layman who doesn't understand or care about such things

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

That list is very old, and meant for the layman who doesn't understand or care about such things

It may be, but if I were a layperson, who didn't understand audio, video and everything else, that chart sure looks more like a plus for the DUD side.

[smiley]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

You will also notice that they were viewing the 300 movies on HD DUD. It's gotten to where AMAZON, I'm afraid, is pulling for the DUDs.

Yes it looks like it. I wonder how much M$ secretly paid for that?

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by smiley

Yes it looks like it. I wonder how much M$ secretly paid for that?

Sounds like $150M is the going rate on that...so, who knows.

[BluCrusader]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

You will also notice that they were viewing the 300 movies on HD DUD. It's gotten to where AMAZON, I'm afraid, is pulling for the DUDs.

that is because the HD DUD version has more features than bluray version.

honestly, it looked pretty accurate.

[smiley]

What's on that site is accuate. The problem is that it's incompleteness favors HD-DVD. Like audio quality on the chart doesn't even mention PCM. Also bit rates are not mentioned on the chart. The average person may not understand this but that's why it needs to be explained to the right. For the most part the chart shows features and capabilities that don't explain why blu-ray is better. It does show capacity, but doesn't explain the extra quality and features that blu-ray can offer because of the higher bit rates and increased storage space.

[dobyblue]

Amazon you fookin' morons - region coding on Blu-ray is OPTIONAL!!!

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by smiley

What's on that site is accuate. The problem is that it's incompleteness favors HD-DVD. Like audio quality on the chart doesn't even mention PCM. Also bit rates are not mentioned on the chart. The average person may not understand this but that's why it needs to be explained to the right. For the most part the chart shows features and capabilities that don't explain why blu-ray is better. It does show capacity, but doesn't explain the extra quality and features that blu-ray can offer because of the higher bit rates and increased storage space.

Thank you smiley, I started to explain what you are saying here...it is very incomplete.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by BluCrusader

that is because the HD DUD version has more features than bluray version.

honestly, it looked pretty accurate.

It may have looked accurate, but they should have placed both versions on there for people to look at. As it is appears here, Amazon, supposedly being neutral, is showing bias by not showing the Blu-version as well. If the information was being shown on hddvd.com or blu-ray.com, I might expect biased information, but sorry friend, appearances shows there is bias there.

[Maxell]

I'm scared to see what their LCD/Plasma comparision is
1080p/1080, sound/sound, widescreen/widescreen

They could have at least named the studios involved. I'm sure that makes a big difference to many.