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Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid
What the heck are you talking about? Yours and my HD DVD player(s) are doorsteps now. And If your BD player last another 3 years because of some vague plan DVD is concocting the BD format still would have lasted much longer than HD DVD ever did. Also I doubt you would have ever said the same thing about your HD DVD player while that format was still alive.
Why fixate so much on things that "could" happen. That just doesn't make sense since anything "could" happen. Anyone of us could be creamed by a bus tomorrow. So I don't see the point in not enjoying what we have today. Blu-ray plainly has vastly more potential in delivering the kick ass than anything you describe above. Why spread FUD over something inferior? And why not defend a superior cause like Blu-ray?
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Yeah, I guess fear of BD dying that's not really it. I mean, any excessive media I buy I know I'll be able to eBay with little loss just like I did when HD DVD died. Plus players still play the discs anyway. Although I still don't understand how J6P is going to give up his $5 DVDs anytime soon.
One problem with early format death is that the player technology gets frozen in time. I wasn't satisfied with the HD-XA2 being the best it gets for HD DVD. While the A/V quality was most definitely more than enough and still a lot better than most $500-$800 Blu-ray players, the speed of the player was not what I'd want to permanently use. The doorstop comment was in jest, but really part of the reason I dumped most of my HD DVDs is because I know there would be BD players in the future I'd much rather use than the best standalone HD DVD had to offer before its death. Hopefully before anything threatens BD we will get some really fast and high quality standalones. I have high hopes for the BDP-51FD.
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Though what happens if your right and DVD or shitty HD downloads somehow kill Blu-ray, wouldn't that royally suck? And all you could say then is that you were right, but that's little comfort.
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It would suck, but I would like to have the option of both. While I don't want HD downloads to kill Blu-ray, I want a more mainstream HD download option so that I can rent in the comfort of my own home. I think there is something cool about being able to rent a movie with the click of a button, even if I don't use it all that often. We just need the interface to do it; vudu looks close to what I want, but they seem to be doing poorly in making content deals. Can't have a great rental download service without all the latest and greatest movies + catalogs.
Most of all, I think talking about new potential technologies like this is fun. I really enjoyed the format war and debates within, so picking up on some of the potential new stuff makes things a bit more exciting again
