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HD or BluRay?
AZ Nomad wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:26:50 +0000 (UTC), Steven Sullivan wrote: Randy Yates wrote: Steven Sullivan writes: willbill wrote: Randy Yates wrote: Who's winning the war? I haven't been following this too closely, but sometime in the next few months I think I'm going to spring for a new player and I'd like to know which one to get. i just got, 10 days ago, a Toshiba A35 player Pity. Blu-Ray just won the format war. Are you referring to Warner Brothers' decision? Yup. It's not quite a slam-dunk, but it's pretty dire news for HD-DVD. FWIW, I have no stake in either. I'm one of the people waiting on the sidelines for the 'format war' to settle itself, before buying. I'm waiting for the encryption to be broken before buying. If I can't play my media where, when, and how I want, I'm not buying. I like having my media copied to a central server, instead having my household littered with little plastic disks. If the encryption is never broken, that is OK with me too. Ditto. However, one trend that is going to **** the heads of Hollywood suits is the penchant for playing movies on handhelds ie everything from phones to dedicated MP3/MP4 players and PDAs. For everyone who splashes out on a BluRay disc ten more will probably download the postage stamp version ripped down from a normal DVD. And the stronger the encryption the fewer discs will be sold. -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK Remote Viewing classes in London |