Fraction of the cost, many dvds are as cheap as £1.99 for titles released only a few years ago.
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Fraction of the cost, many dvds are as cheap as £1.99 for titles released only a few years ago.
Price and availability?
Because I'm perfectly happy with DVD quality, Just as I was happy with 480p CRT or my CRT monitor. The only reason I changed was they look nicer and save space otherwise I'd have stayed CRT.
For watching a film once or twice and then having it sit on the shelf I'd rather just go DVD.
Price. Blu-Rays are still a tad expensive for me even though i bought a PS3 specifically for it.
I don't think you can back up anything legally in the UK can you?
But any-dvd HD offers the ability to rip to disk if you live in a country that does allow legal 'backups'..
I thought HDDVD allowed managed copy or something to another source. Could be mistaken. All it would take, a couple of years down the line, would be to transfer your HDDVDs to Blu Ray via PC if you were that concerned about a HDDVD player dying.
'cos DVDs are fine! Look good, sounds good, not to mention cheap, what's not to like?
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yeah dvds are still very good , but last night i watch a bluray on the ps3 (ratatoulie) and it was so 3d , if i buy a new film now it has to be in hd but i do rent standard dvds still
I watched Ratatoullie last week - what a great film - looked fab in 1080p. A definite benchmark for HD in general.
Here's my 2 pennies worth.. In England where you are running 576P on a regular DVD Unless you have a HD set 42inch or above, then really the comparisions between blu-ray and dvd are very very minimal. Especially when you start throwing upconversion DVD platers into the mix. A regular 32inch LCD thats probably common place amoungst many of your homes really isn't going to make that much of a differnce.
Likewise, anyone who says oh you need 1080P over 720P has just swallowed the marketing hype.
Go 50inch or 60in then the difference becomes more apparant, and EVEN Then 720p vs 1080p is only just starting to come into play 60+
Likewise, anyone who says oh you need 1080P over 720P has just swallowed the marketing hype.
Go 50inch or 60in then the difference becomes more apparant, and EVEN Then 720p vs 1080p is only just starting to come into play 60+
The issue is the no-one is making the HD-DVD hardware anymore.. so there is a very very very limited market for HD-DVD, you may get the odd release if you are lucky, but to all intents and pursposes, it's dead...
I sit about 5 feet away from my TV and the difference between 720P and 1080P is noticeable, however I've yet to compare a 720P version of a film against a 1080P of the same film, so maybe not the fairest test.
But still.
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Infact the series itself shows you the difference due to certain aspects of the show being shot in lower than HD res due to location problems
And yes, I have a slight obsession with that particular HD series
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A few years yet? I think DVDs are going to have a very long life, another 10 years+. Look how long CDs have lasted – DVDs could be similar.
The improvement from VHS to DVD was massive when the players came down to <£50 everyone jumped. Blu-ray on the other hand doesn't offer anything like the same improvements over DVD that DVD offered over VHS.
In fact I'd even go as far as saying DVD will be the dominant standard until network distribution (download/streaming/IPTV etc) becomes the dominant standard. Similar to how CDs are dominant and only being challenged by MP3.
I certainly don't regret buying mine when they were first released, and, for £30, I'd consider picking a second one up as a backup unit.
I only own a handful of HD DVDs, but I've rented dozens and will continue to do so as long as LoveFilm keep them stocked.
I'm not in any hurry to move to BluRay.
I only own a handful of HD DVDs, but I've rented dozens and will continue to do so as long as LoveFilm keep them stocked.
I'm not in any hurry to move to BluRay.
I'm actually pretty tempted to pick one up for a knockdown price.
There's a fair few HD-DVD's I fancy, mainly older films such as The Thing, which will probably be sold off pretty cheap.
Plus it'll be a nice addition to my video games hardware collection.
There's a fair few HD-DVD's I fancy, mainly older films such as The Thing, which will probably be sold off pretty cheap.
Plus it'll be a nice addition to my video games hardware collection.