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  1. January 7th, 2008 11:57 AM #1
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    HD disc format, gaming console wars

    http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsr...700383,00.html

    Does this mean the PS3 can handily survive the console war? Is this the end of the HD-DVD format?
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  2. January 7th, 2008 01:48 PM #2
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    The PS3 has already established itself as a rousing failure.
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    The format war is silly, but luckily standard DVDs are still fine for me. The idea of potentially ending up with the high-definition equivalent of a Betamax player really pisses me off.

    I've always preferred owning physical media for music/movies/etc, but the format war definitely makes movie downloads look sexy. I could see a lot of people jumping right from DVD to HD downloads. I think at the least, downloads are a cool approach to rentals. When you just want to watch something once, a download seems like a slick way to go. Something like the upcoming Netflix/LG box would probably do the trick.

    I don't know if I'd officially pronounce HD DVD dead yet, but things look pretty grim. And I can't see either format getting too big while there are two workable options. Most people don't want to shell out the cash to have two players or an expensive combo player, and then have a mixed bag of DVD/Blu-Ray/HD DVD media hanging around. What a pain in the ass.
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  4. January 7th, 2008 03:28 PM #4
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    Originally posted by Talsek
    I think at the least, downloads are a cool approach to rentals. When you just want to watch something once, a download seems like a slick way to go.
    I'm not so sure there. Especially a high-definition movie, it's a lot to download and then see only once. I'd say renting/borrowing is still going to have its place - even if only a personal thing ("hey Joe, I bought this movie, you wanna borrow it?") - and downloading it puts all the stress on your internet connection. Not everyone can handle that.
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    HD DVD Blu-ray article

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  6. January 8th, 2008 09:51 AM #6
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    In North America, films on Blu-ray disc are outselling those on HD DVD by more than two to one.
    Interesting enough. Good news for me because even if the PS3 goes the way of the Dreamcast, I still have a viable HD player. As for downloads being a popular purchase option, I don't think that'll be a reality for another few decades when everyone everywhere has access to very speedy broadband. I get 300k a second here at work and I can watch movies on Netflix well enough, but there's no way I can download them in HD with dolby surround. I will pay to have my movies snail-mailed that way. The extra quality is worth it, to me.
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