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Re: Mommy I need to take a Wii.
« Reply #45 on: May 17, 2006, 04:02:31 pm »
Yeah, HD-DVD isn't a next-gen format.  It's a last-gen format with slightly higher capacity. 

BRD is the future.  Like Betamax it's way better than its competition.  I just hope it wins (like the CD and DVD) and doesn't lose just because it's Sony (like the Minidisc, which is still the best format for live digital recording available today).
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Re: Mommy I need to take a Wii.
« Reply #46 on: May 17, 2006, 04:36:01 pm »
Quote from: jough on May 17, 2006, 04:02:31 pm
Yeah, HD-DVD isn't a next-gen format.  It's a last-gen format with slightly higher capacity. 

BRD is the future.  Like Betamax it's way better than its competition.  I just hope it wins (like the CD and DVD) and doesn't lose just because it's Sony (like the Minidisc, which is still the best format for live digital recording available today).

Because this bares repeating.
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Re: Mommy I need to take a Wii.
« Reply #47 on: May 18, 2006, 04:17:12 am »
That doesn't mean it's actually worth having.
Minidisc might be superior but from what I've read sony's exhorbitant licensing fees basically priced them out of the market, I'm seeing a similar thing happening with umds.
People want superior quality in theory but most people will settle for less. My father recently bought his first dvd, he never would have done so if VHS was available. In his world he understands vhs and most importantly already has a vhs player. Backwards compatability will be very necessary to popularise this techn especially since DVDs are still relatively 'new' in many people's minds.
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Re: Mommy I need to take a Wii.
« Reply #48 on: May 18, 2006, 12:56:14 pm »
Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players will be backwards compatible w/ current DVDs from what I've heard. As far as I can tell the only real difference (other than laser color) is capacity.
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