why hd-dvd's have dual sides... - Blu-ray Forum

sega_smasher · 02-18-2008, 05:11 AM

so many people up to this point have thought that hd dvd's come with a dvd side and an hd dvd side to play on either your dvd or hd player. WRONG. the truth is because hd knew it wasnt going to survive past blu ray's release so instead of getting flooded with all their titles on ebay and a bunch of used titles in gamestop, the movies can be upconverted on some nice blu players. =) lol. but seriously folks. why would you want to have a sd version of a movie you bought in HD? i can see people wanting to take it with them on trips, then why not protect it with the coating that blu's have? all un important questions now...

sleazypig · 02-18-2008, 05:20 AM

They did it because they thought that people with a standard Dvd player could buy Hd Dvds now. They then hoped if you had enough of these combo discs you would get a Hd Dvd player. Also it would allow you to do playback on a portable dvd player if you have one. The problem was that all of us who have Hd dvd players hate the combo discs. Especialy those uf us who own both Hd Dvd and Blu-ray. Youll get some Reds who say there great but there full of crap.

02-18-2008, 05:11 AM	#1
sega_smasher Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Santa Monica, CA PSN: SecretAgentHam Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:1	why hd-dvd's have dual sides... so many people up to this point have thought that hd dvd's come with a dvd side and an hd dvd side to play on either your dvd or hd player. WRONG. the truth is because hd knew it wasnt going to survive past blu ray's release so instead of getting flooded with all their titles on ebay and a bunch of used titles in gamestop, the movies can be upconverted on some nice blu players. =) lol. but seriously folks. why would you want to have a sd version of a movie you bought in HD? i can see people wanting to take it with them on trips, then why not protect it with the coating that blu's have? all un important questions now...

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02-18-2008, 05:20 AM	#2
sleazypig Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	They did it because they thought that people with a standard Dvd player could buy Hd Dvds now. They then hoped if you had enough of these combo discs you would get a Hd Dvd player. Also it would allow you to do playback on a portable dvd player if you have one. The problem was that all of us who have Hd dvd players hate the combo discs. Especialy those uf us who own both Hd Dvd and Blu-ray. Youll get some Reds who say there great but there full of crap.

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