23
Nov
2007
Nov
2007
And I have chosen my HD format
Not that it matters to 99.9% of you, but I have chosen my High Def format and… I went HD-DVD. I ordered my Toshiba HD-A35
So why did I finally decide on HD-DVD over Blu-ray? (In no particular order)
- Cost - HD-DVD is bringing their prices down much faster than Blu-ray.
- Promotion - I got 10 free movies in addition to the excellent price.
- Installed User Base - No matter how Sony tries to spin it, the people with HD-DVD players are purchasing more movies per player than Blu-ray.
- Quality - Again, it’s a matter of spin, but the only MAJOR advantage Blu-ray has over HD-DVD is storage capacity, and when you get up to these numbers, does a person really need THAT many special features? Otherwise they’re very close to be negligible.
Now that I’ve picked a side… expect a surge in Blu-ray sales.
Roy | November 27th, 2007 at 9:20 am #
Right after you posted this the BDA announced that Blu-ray owns 97% of the HD market in Japan and 73% in Europe. If HD-DVD catches on in the US we may end up with one format in North America and another everywhere else ;-(
Sean P Aune | November 27th, 2007 at 11:21 am #
Roy… see? *laugh* Course, it may be a fudging of the numbers again by the Blu-ray group. Similar to their number of installed players counting all PS3’s, but only 40% of those people had actually purchased a Blu-ray disc to play. Who knows, both sides are slinging mud, and knowing how companies love to mess with us, they may dump both formats and announce something totally new!
Roy | November 30th, 2007 at 3:01 am #
More news:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=706
Not trying to rub it in or anything. Just providing the details :-)
Sean P Aune | November 30th, 2007 at 10:39 am #
When they provide numbers with the PS3 broken out of the data, and measure stand-alone players, I’ll say “sure”. But I know how they’re fudging the numbers. And if I lose, I lose *shrug* I mean, my god, anyone wanna see my Laser Disc collection?
Roy | December 4th, 2007 at 1:48 am #
I don’t know why you keep bringing up the PS3. These figures are for movies titles and not players.
Sean P Aune | December 4th, 2007 at 9:56 am #
Because you didn’t say there for movies :-p That’s a whole different beast then.
Roy | December 7th, 2007 at 2:36 am #
Blu-ray Owns 95% of Australian HD Market
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=724
So Europe, Japan and Australia are all becoming blu. What wrong with people in North America?!!
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