Comments on: Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Format War: Both Will Lose Out In The End http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/ All Your Geek Are Belong To Us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:17:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Format war ended? http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-12182 Format war ended? Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-12182 Actually now with warner on blu, HD dvd is going to suffer. I think downloads will become big but not this nor next year, not till internet speeds become amazing. Actually now with warner on blu, HD dvd is going to suffer. I think downloads will become big but not this nor next year, not till internet speeds become amazing.

]]> By: Krispy Demon http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-11633 Krispy Demon Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:43:52 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-11633 It's an entertainment media that has gone from primarily being listened to and purchased on disks to being distributed and utilized more and more in a pure digital format. You can buy downloads of individual songs and whole albums from places like Amazon.com, ITunes and wherever people go for Zune stuff. It's not 100% everywhere yet, but I bet a fat wad of cash that there are still people using cassette tapes, vinyl record players, and even eight track tapes somewhere. Not saying that CDs are dead like the eight track, but these things don't happen overnight. Some people, myself included, still stand by the superior sound of vinyl even though it's been dead for decades. As far as movie downloads being ten years off, you could be right, but there are already things in place that are doing it, like Netflix, XBL marketplace and PSN. So I don't think it's as far off as people think. It’s an entertainment media that has gone from primarily being listened to and purchased on disks to being distributed and utilized more and more in a pure digital format. You can buy downloads of individual songs and whole albums from places like Amazon.com, ITunes and wherever people go for Zune stuff. It’s not 100% everywhere yet, but I bet a fat wad of cash that there are still people using cassette tapes, vinyl record players, and even eight track tapes somewhere. Not saying that CDs are dead like the eight track, but these things don’t happen overnight. Some people, myself included, still stand by the superior sound of vinyl even though it’s been dead for decades.

As far as movie downloads being ten years off, you could be right, but there are already things in place that are doing it, like Netflix, XBL marketplace and PSN. So I don’t think it’s as far off as people think.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-11629 Dennis Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:18:12 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-11629 ooooohhhhhhh! ooooohhhhhhh!

]]> By: macksteez http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-11562 macksteez Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:35:02 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-11562 <p>You might be right but digital distribution is a LONG way off IMHO. Say 10 years. The current infrastructure in Europe and the US suggest this.<br /> Also ISP won't welcome millions of people using their bandwidth.</p> <p></p> <p>Although I agree DD will be the future, it will be a long time off before the mainstream will accept/use it.</p> <p>The analogy with music escapes me.. If I have a 1080p HDTV set at home. and I would only get upscaled (480P) content I would agree. but If I would have seen HD content(in 1080p) why would I take the lesser format?</p> You might be right but digital distribution is a LONG way off IMHO. Say 10 years. The current infrastructure in Europe and the US suggest this.
Also ISP won’t welcome millions of people using their bandwidth.

Although I agree DD will be the future, it will be a long time off before the mainstream will accept/use it.

The analogy with music escapes me.. If I have a 1080p HDTV set at home. and I would only get upscaled (480P) content I would agree. but If I would have seen HD content(in 1080p) why would I take the lesser format?

]]> By: Krispy Demon http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-11500 Krispy Demon Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:15:41 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-11500 That's already the case with music. They had a "better" format than CDs in the minidisc that never caught on because of MP3s. It seems to me that it would be pretty easy for Apple and Amazon to start selling digital rights to movies as well as music since they already have systems for that sort of thing in place. That’s already the case with music. They had a “better” format than CDs in the minidisc that never caught on because of MP3s. It seems to me that it would be pretty easy for Apple and Amazon to start selling digital rights to movies as well as music since they already have systems for that sort of thing in place.

]]> By: Tone Capone http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/comment-page-1/#comment-11475 Tone Capone Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:56:58 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/07/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-format-war-both-will-lose/#comment-11475 I agree Digital download will be the winner at the end and both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be a thing of the past. I agree Digital download will be the winner at the end and both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be a thing of the past.

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