1. Price: It's cheaper now, with only 3 or 4 players announced, but most Blu-Ray players had no price given. Dollars to donuts they've got accountants working on equivalent pricing right now.
2. Both formats are backward-compatible, and every player announced for either format states CD/DVD compatibility. And for those niche folks with SACDs, chances are the Blu-Ray players will do that too.
3. DVD in the name: This could work against them. Somebody might say "Hey, I've already got something that says DVD, what this Blu-Ray I've been hearing about?" Not to mention the poor shmuck who gets an HD DVD and tries to play it on his DVD player. Won't he be pissed? Remember, this is America, stupider things happen all the time.
4. Support from Microsoft and Intel in the PC platform: And how many average Americans do you know that play DVDs on their computers? Not that it matters, because not does Intel (and Sigma Designs, and Broadcom) all support playback for both formats, but Nero, WinDVD, PowerDVD, Sonic, and Ulead all support both formats as well.
5. Supports copying to a media center pc and streaming over the network: Ah, managed copy. It's part of the AACS specs which, again, apply to both formats. That "managed" means you have to ask Microsoft and the studios for a copy, which they might just ask you to pay for. Whoops!
6. "PS3 will be too expensive" Costs the same as those Toshibas and RCAs, and just $100 more than a 360.
"Xbox 360 will have HD-DVD drive option. The millions of people who have already bought the 360 will just add this to it." For probably an extra $200+? Right... "Eventually, MS will probably ship an internal HD-DVD drive with the 360." And further dilute an already fractured release line? I doubt it.
7. No porn companies have announced support for either format. And with online porn, it's no longer the 500lb gorilla it was with videotapes.
8. Two syllables: Play. Station. Show me again where either one has failed to outsell it's rivals?
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1. Price: It's cheaper now, with only 3 or 4 players announced, but most Blu-Ray players had no price given. Dollars to donuts they've got accountants working on equivalent pricing right now.
2. Both formats are backward-compatible, and every player announced for either format states CD/DVD compatibility. And for those niche folks with SACDs, chances are the Blu-Ray players will do that too.
3. DVD in the name: This could work against them. Somebody might say "Hey, I've already got something that says DVD, what this Blu-Ray I've been hearing about?" Not to mention the poor shmuck who gets an HD DVD and tries to play it on his DVD player. Won't he be pissed? Remember, this is America, stupider things happen all the time.
4. Support from Microsoft and Intel in the PC platform: And how many average Americans do you know that play DVDs on their computers? Not that it matters, because not does Intel (and Sigma Designs, and Broadcom) all support playback for both formats, but Nero, WinDVD, PowerDVD, Sonic, and Ulead all support both formats as well.
5. Supports copying to a media center pc and streaming over the network: Ah, managed copy. It's part of the AACS specs which, again, apply to both formats. That "managed" means you have to ask Microsoft and the studios for a copy, which they might just ask you to pay for. Whoops!
6. "PS3 will be too expensive" Costs the same as those Toshibas and RCAs, and just $100 more than a 360.
"Xbox 360 will have HD-DVD drive option. The millions of people who have already bought the 360 will just add this to it." For probably an extra $200+? Right... "Eventually, MS will probably ship an internal HD-DVD drive with the 360." And further dilute an already fractured release line? I doubt it.
7. No porn companies have announced support for either format. And with online porn, it's no longer the 500lb gorilla it was with videotapes.
8. Two syllables: Play. Station. Show me again where either one has failed to outsell it's rivals?