If blu-ray Didn't Exist...

[Marcusarilius]

Would you be just as enthusiastic about home theater and waste all your free time on a DVD website like I do here on blu-ray.com?

[tommyboy81]

I was even before Blu-ray came out.

[AaronSCH]

I do a lot of work at my computer. This hobby is a diversion from my responsibilities.

[nycomet]

I would just look at free porn on that xtube.com web site.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

Would you be just as enthusiastic about home theater and waste all your free time on a DVD website like I do here on blu-ray.com?

Well, I would be just as enthusiastic about home theatre but not about posting on any websites other than the one I review for (see signature for a link). Basically, if HD DVD was the only choice ever offered for HDM I wouldn't spend any time online about it.

[BirdManJr]

I would probably have a little more extra money

[Beta-guy]

I'm probably just as entusiastic as I used to be b4 Blu-ray came on the scene, however during the format war my passion for home theater was greatly increased as I was quite actively debating on forums about blu-ray...

[saprano]

ps3 and blu-ray is the resone why i even have an HDTV and a surround system, if it wasint for those two things i wouldin't care,or know about HT they way i do now. thank you sony and i would not be on these forums ether.

[saprano]

I was interested in home theater, but i never really felt the need to buy it until blu-ray came out.

[Roland1919]

Originally Posted by nycomet

I would just look at free porn on that xtube.com web site.

[musicman1999]

I remember taking sides in the great VHS==Beta war and being amazed when the first Pro-logic pieces started coming out. Only the names have changed, at the time all those innovations were considered the way Bluray is now.

bill

[canonbomb1987]

I would have alot more cash, but instead i watch hi-def movies. I know its a tough job but someone has to do it.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by canonbomb1987

I would have alot more cash, but instead i watch hi-def movies. I know its a tough job but someone has to do it.

Cash is fleeting. Movies are forever!

[Polyh3dron]

If Blu-ray didn't exist I'd be buying HD DVDs.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by saprano

ps3 and blu-ray is the resone why i even have an HDTV and a surround system, if it wasint for those two things i wouldin't care,or know about HT they way i do now. thank you sony and i would not be on these forums ether.

I had a great surround system and DVD player before with lots of movies - however, I wasn't about to spend the money on a HDTV with just a few channels of hi-def to choose from.

Once I saw hi-def movies and games available in one product - I went and got a 65" 1080P DLP and haven't looked back. Good times.

[Beta-guy]

Originally Posted by Polyh3dron

If Blu-ray didn't exist I'd be buying HD DVDs.

no you wouldn't atleast not now, HD DVD was a reaction to Blu-ray entering the scene...

Sony started two projects applying the new diodes: UDO (Ultra Density Optical) and DVR Blue (together with Pioneer), a format of rewritable discs which would eventually become Blu-ray (more specifically, BD-RE).[6] The core technologies of the formats are essentially similar. The first DVR Blue prototypes were unveiled at the CEATEC exhibition in October 2000.[7] In February 2002, the project was officially announced as Blu-ray,[8] and the Blu-ray Disc Association was founded by the nine initial members.

The DVD Forum (which was chaired by Toshiba) was deeply split over whether to go with the more expensive blue lasers or not. Although today's Blu-ray Discs appear virtually identical to a standard DVD, when the Blu-ray Discs were initially developed they required a protective caddy to avoid mis-handling by the consumer. (Early CD-Rs also featured a protective caddy for the same purpose.) The Blu-ray prototype's caddy was both expensive and physically different from DVD, posing several problems.[9] In March 2002, the forum voted to approve a proposal endorsed by Warner Bros. and other motion picture studios that involved compressing HD content onto dual-layer DVD-9 discs.[10][11] However, in spite of this decision, the DVD Forum's Steering Committee announced in April that it was pursuing its own blue-laser high-definition solution.[12] In August, Toshiba and NEC announced their competing standard Advanced Optical Disc.[13] It was finally adopted by the DVD forum and renamed to HD DVD the next year,[14] after being voted down twice by Blu-ray Disc Association members, prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to make preliminary investigations into the situation.[15][16] Three new members had to be invited and the voting rules changed before the vote finally passed.[17][18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-DVD#...m_Blu-ray_Disc

if Blu-ray didn't exist we'd still be watching DVD's...

[david2189]

i had a little 14" 8 year old tv before blu came and the orginal ps2 as my dvd player (collection of dvds = around 3) so probably not

[Septimus Prime]

In all honesty, probably not. I only have a modest DVD collection, and I only really got into Blu-ray because my PS3 came with the capability, and I wanted to see what movies looked like in high-def.

If HD DVD were the only high-def media available, I probably would have gotten it eventually but much later than when I got my PS3. The exception, of course, would be if the PS3 played HD DVDs, in which case, things would be about as they are now, except with an inferior format.

[Beta Man]

I have 1,100 DVDs, and double-dipped to get remastered versions and Superbit etc.... and already had my Sharp Aquos, so I would still be doing what ever I could to "tweak" my system to make my DVDs look better, but I was running out of movies I didn't have that I wanted anyways

I would probably be building up my Audio more if there was no blu-ray.


EDIT.... I also never got on any DVD forums.... this one got me hooked with the "Hot Deals" section!!!! But I originally came here for suggestions on players!

[Blaumann]

I have a few hundred dvds and never really was active on any dvd-related forum. Friggin' highdef is addictive!