HD, BluRay?
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No, but HD DVD and Betamax both died. I would assume that's the meaning to be honest.
That's the whole point of Blu-Ray players, the only upscalers are DVD players
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HD DVD is dead.
A small range of films can be had on the cheap but investing any kind of money in HD DVD just isn't worth it even if the films are £2 each, the last film that was pressed to HD DVD was in June 2008. HD DVD films are becoming increasing hard to find and it makes no sense what so ever to seek them out, unless you are some kind of collector.
Reasons for the HD DVD death are due to Bluray being able to hold much more data per disc than HD DVD, Warner Bros backing out of HD DVD, and the massive boost that the PS3 gave to the bluray wave.
A small range of films can be had on the cheap but investing any kind of money in HD DVD just isn't worth it even if the films are £2 each, the last film that was pressed to HD DVD was in June 2008. HD DVD films are becoming increasing hard to find and it makes no sense what so ever to seek them out, unless you are some kind of collector.
Reasons for the HD DVD death are due to Bluray being able to hold much more data per disc than HD DVD, Warner Bros backing out of HD DVD, and the massive boost that the PS3 gave to the bluray wave.
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You will spend more on a dual format player than you save in HD-DVDs
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Its not hard to believe considering the ps3.
Even when both Microsoft and Apple were backing the HD DVD?
To no where near the same level, apple didn't make it the standard drive in it's pc's and microsoft simply made it a addon for the xbox simply for music.
Sony backed blu ray to the point that they made it standard on a system they knew would sell well, even at a large loss.
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debatable.
TBH, i still can't fathom why super huge disks are still being used when you can get tiny memory sticks.
We have been using cd's for far too long now, it seems we will be jumping from cd to digital with no real in-between such as a small memory stick.
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not everyone is a nerd doc
Memory chips are more expensive to produce than simply pressing a disc.
because CD's and blu rays are cheap, memory sticks are relatively expensive.
Not to mention more fragile and more prone to failure
Every memory stick I have ever had, has failed.
They just fall apart really, far less robust than a disk in constant usage terms.
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I use mine to clean the bathroom and polish up my brass
Does that sound like a euphomism
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You'll be happy to know that HD-DVDs and Blu-rays have always been 1080p, since they launched in 2006
Nope..
The PS3 and most BR players are 1080p/24 which the hardware will upscale it to your HD tv.
Now TRUE HD is 1080p/60 and the only way to find out if your tv is 1080p/60 is to try to play a 1080p/60 film.
This is how I understand it anyway.
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Well there is FA 1080p/60 source material, seeing as 99% of films are 24fps. The only stuff you'll get in 1080p/60 is documentaries or maybe sport and its very very uncommon. There is no need for it.
1080p/60 is part of the BR spec but theres simply nothing out there that needs it.
Its not going to 'scale' your fps if your tv supports 1080/24, as most will nowadays to avoid pulldown judder.
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