Taking Sides - HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?

I've seen some of these "HD" downloads and they don't look very good. Similarly, the on demand HD stuff from cable doesn't look nearly as good as HD programs. Going to get a PS3 within the next couple months for sure.

spencer it all depends on who what and where you're getting your HD from.

about a month ago i decided to call all discs that look like CDs "CDs" but i haven't put it into practice yet

I was just thinking the other day about how we call movies on VHS "videos" and movies on DVD "DVDs," even though they're both videos.

LaserDisc FTW!!

spencer it all depends on who what and where you're getting your HD from.

-- s1ocki, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:00 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

What would be best?

about a month ago i decided to call all discs that look like CDs "CDs" but i haven't put it into practice yet

-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I intermittently do this and it was not a decision, just woeful ignorance generally

What would be best?

-- Spencer Chow, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:09 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

a few sites did a side-by-side with apple's new service and apparently while it's not as good as blu-ray it's still pretty competitive.

OPTICAL MEDIA IS DEAD

Tom, so I love 2001. When will I be able to download the highest picture quality and all the extras that are on the BD?

WHAT DO YOU LOOK WITH THEN YR NOSE HUH?

burn

i have a feeling optical media will be around a lot longer than ppl think

I WANT TO DOWNLOAD MOVIES INTO MY FLYING CAR

obviously optical media is not actually dead. I still think blu-ray is this decade's laserdisc

i dig those Laserdisc though

i dunno everyone i know before they have an HD-TV is like "who cares DVD is fine"

after they get an HD TV they are all "OMG Blu Ray i luv uuuuuu"

i only have a regular tv so i'm waiting but that seems to be the pattern

there's definitely no reason to care about this stuff if you have a regular tv.

no offense.

I hope we'll start seeing some better movies coming out on blu-ray now. It's amazing how shit the blu-ray library is, honestly...

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/what-are-the-lessons-of-the-blu-rayhd-dvd-battle-a-freakonomics-quorum/

seriously the quality of what we consider an expert in this country becomes more depressing by the day.

and once again I would like to ask everyone to do whatever they can not to prop up Sony in any way whatsoever as their notorious hatred of consumers and death grip on a vast content library means only good things for whenever they're forced to relent

(this from a guy who bought the james bond ultimate collection (MGM/UA is all sony) but only on regular DVD and only at a steep discount)

LOL @ TOMBOT

:-P

BOOOOO

recommend me something currently on blu ray that will fascinate me.

planet earth ftw

^

Also, Verhoeven's Black Book

also, verhoeven's planet earth

also, planet book

i think the first blu ray disc I will buy will be A Bug's Life, because that was also the first DVD I bought, and it isn't anamorphic and looks like shit.

i kind of want to buy the neil young archives except I'm not that big a fan and can't imagine actually messing with it.

The thing about blu-ray that has brought me the most joy is seeing older films given a spanking hi-def transfer. Plenty of recent films look great on br, but watching stuff that I've only ever seen on tv or crappy old 4:3 VHS can be a true revelation. Specifically: The Thing, Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior, all the Kubricks, and Black Narcissus.

I got the restored Godfather box set for my birthday. Haven't put it on yet, but I'm hoping it will be the one to finally make blu-ray seem worth the bother.

oh it's amazing, esp if you're used to the shitty dvds

the thing that should most be on blu-ray - "playtime" by jacques tati

it is!

you know what looks insane on blu-ray? Dr. No.

tracer read this

http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2009/07/the-blu-sweeties.html

obviously optical media is not actually dead. I still think blu-ray is this decade's laserdisc

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Laserdiscs were around for almost 2 decades as the best home video format, before DVD came around. So if Bluray is the next laserdisc, you should upgrade immediately, unless you want to wait 20 years for the next format.

Obvious choice but Blade Runner: The Final Cut is one of the best bluray's out there.

they will be streaming HD quality straight to my TV soon enough. I'm with tombot on that. xp

I think they'll cut corners with HD streaming just like cable companies cut corners with their HD channels. Even if your internet connection is good enough to hack it (mine certainly isn't), I don't think a streaming service will be comfortable giving you 1080p streaming at a reasonable price. They'll just cap it at a level they think the consumer is ok with.

s1ocki - holy shit.

ts: dvd vs blu-ray

Can't currently play blu-ray on my laptop.

blu-ray looks better

i own speed racer blu-ray

i do not own a blu-ray device

this is the way i live

i have owned an HDTV for three years. i have never seen an actual HD signal on it (and no, .mkv bluray transcodes don't count).

what do you have hooked up to it?

http://www.gamersover40.com/images/pong_game.jpg