TDK: HD DVD has no chance in HD war

[bdrex28]

This is something alot of the format war "talking heads" seem to always forget.

Not ony is BD a great medium for High-Def movies, but it's THE up and coming format for storage. In storage and recordable media it simply blows away HD-DVD.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by bdrex28

This is something alot of the format war "talking heads" seem to always forget.

Not ony is BD a great medium for High-Def movies, but it's THE up and coming format for storage. In storage and recordable media it simply blows away HD-DVD.

add in the fact it also has SOFTWARE NOT JUST PLAYSTATION 3 Blu-Ray SOFTWARE but also PC Blu-Ray software already. Blu-Ray just sell's more DISC's compared to HD DVD its nocontest.

[ESUNintel]

Not only is Blu a superior movie and gaming format, it is also the best format for storage. I rather store my data (whatever it may be, videos, music, etc...) onto a single Blu disk rather than a few HD-DVD disks. It's also a whole lot easier to find blank Blu disks than it is HD-DVD disks. On the retail level all I see is blank Blu media, only newegg.com seems to have blank HD-DVD media. There is also greater company support for Blu recorders than HD-DVD recorders.

Why people still think HD-DVD is superior, or will win the format war is truly beyond me (other than price and nice menu's and extras).

[kaliraver]

I totally agree Mt. Eekhout about Blu-Ray being the future winner of this war. HD-DVD doesn't even have finalized specs for an HD-DVD RW drive let alone disc. How do these HD-DVD fans think is a positive thing? Then they point fingers about Blu-Ray not having finalized specs? They really have to look at themselves in the mirror and realize the real picture, thats all about the movies.

[ESUNintel]

Originally Posted by joeorc

add in the fact it also has SOFTWARE NOT JUST PLAYSTATION 3 Blu-Ray SOFTWARE but also PC Blu-Ray software already. Blu-Ray just sell's more DISC's compared to HD DVD its nocontest.

If I were some sort of exec for a software I would choose Blu over HD-DVD in a heartbeat. Especially for a gaming company, the more the disk capacity the more extras, the better the sound and graphics. Even non gaming, for stuff like VB.net or other such programs that require multiple discs, wouldn't it be cost efficient to fit everything on one single Blu (of course Microsoft has to support Blu first and Blu drivers need to become a bit more affordable first, so that's in the long run)?