HD DVD: 5 stages of grieving a dying format - Blu-ray Forum

Spankey · 05-05-2007, 03:17 AM

I knew when I decided to "go blu", that I was not making any kind of emotional decision. It was easy. Blu-ray had the better specs, studio and manufacturing support. Storage space was the key tech spec. Anyone involved in DVD as part of a true home theater hobby, saw the problems lack of storage space caused. Poor encoding due to low bit starvation. Half bit-rate audio tracks. Movies being split across two discs. With HD, I wanted none of it.

HD-DVD is already cutting corners in ways that it tood DVD years to discover. Low bit rate VC-1. Lack of HD extras. Rare lossless audio tracks.

The HD-DVD supporter is in this for some emotional reason, whether it be an irrational hatred of a consumer electronics company, the desire to see "the little guy" win, etc. Nothing to do with delivering the best home theater experience.

When and HD-DVD person goes "neutral", they are really saying that they do not have faith that HD-DVD will be the dominant format. The HD-DVD price argument no longer holds up as they have now bought a "more expensive" blu-ray player along with their HD-DVD player.

Blu-ray has delivered on almost evrything it promised. I love reading stories from HD-DVD converts who realize they bought into a bunch of BS, that had no basis in reality. They won't admit it, but the FUD worked on them.

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05-05-2007, 03:17 AM	#10
Spankey Power Member Member since:Oct 2006	I knew when I decided to "go blu", that I was not making any kind of emotional decision. It was easy. Blu-ray had the better specs, studio and manufacturing support. Storage space was the key tech spec. Anyone involved in DVD as part of a true home theater hobby, saw the problems lack of storage space caused. Poor encoding due to low bit starvation. Half bit-rate audio tracks. Movies being split across two discs. With HD, I wanted none of it. HD-DVD is already cutting corners in ways that it tood DVD years to discover. Low bit rate VC-1. Lack of HD extras. Rare lossless audio tracks. The HD-DVD supporter is in this for some emotional reason, whether it be an irrational hatred of a consumer electronics company, the desire to see "the little guy" win, etc. Nothing to do with delivering the best home theater experience. When and HD-DVD person goes "neutral", they are really saying that they do not have faith that HD-DVD will be the dominant format. The HD-DVD price argument no longer holds up as they have now bought a "more expensive" blu-ray player along with their HD-DVD player. Blu-ray has delivered on almost evrything it promised. I love reading stories from HD-DVD converts who realize they bought into a bunch of BS, that had no basis in reality. They won't admit it, but the FUD worked on them.

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