HD-DVD playable on PS3??

[Snake-V2]

I apologise if this has already been posted (I ran a very quick search but nothing came up).

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Consumers have pretty much always been the most affected party in a format war. With each format having its own share of exclusives, those who have picked one over the other have become left out of what the other has to offer.

There's some good news for Blu-ray supporters, though. Someone who goes by the handle of ps3videohelp has posted a video on Metacafe that supposedly works as a guide on how to convert HD-DVD content to Blu-ray without any re-encoding or loss of quality.

The content can then be burned onto a Blu-ray disc or multiple DVDs. Converted HD-DVDs can also reportedly be played using the Sony PlayStation 3 home video game console.

Anyway, you can check out the video below. Be warned, though: the quality's a bit on the low side, so you may have to be a little creative in trying to ascertain what the guide says.

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Link and video below (sorry, I'm a forum noob).

http://ps3.qj.net/Video-HD-DVD-exclu.../49/aid/103292

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Snake-V2

There's some good news for Blu-ray supporters, though. Someone who goes by the handle of ps3videohelp has posted a video on Metacafe that supposedly works as a guide on how to convert HD-DVD content to Blu-ray without any re-encoding or loss of quality.

The content can then be burned onto a Blu-ray disc or multiple DVDs. Converted HD-DVDs can also reportedly be played using the Sony PlayStation 3 home video game console.

I'm sure it can be done, but the cost of the hardware to do it would be a killer for most people.

[Snake-V2]

I agree - hardware costs would be astronomical.

However, it only takes one enterprising with a working Blu-ray copy of something like 'Transformers' and the ability to mass produce them - and said person could rake in some cash on that front.

Not that I condone piracy - but there's always someone willing to exploit the situation and if we can't get our movies legitimately then some people would gladly pay their $20 for a pirated copy I think.

Then again, if Paramount didn't want their movies copying they should have stuck with Blu-ray!

[ryoohki]

It Cost

BD Writer + BD-R + Ton of Freeware, 2 software

I don't do it, but my friend is a dual owner, own a lot of HD DVD, and he done some and it work beautifully...

[The Guardian]

You forgot HD DVD ROM drive on your list Ryoohki.

Also there was a post in the past month or so of a device that can do this all by itself, was there not?

You'd probably run into a few HD DVDs that are just slightly too big to fit on a BD25 I would imagine...?