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Has anyone here bought into either HD DVD or Blu Ray yet? I know jmanz has the built in Blu Ray on his PS3 these days I guess, but anyone else? I was just discussing this with some coworkers the other day. I really haven't researched either option much, as far as quality, price, etc. as I figured that one way or the other I wouldn't want to start looking at higher definition until one format won and became the clear standard, or at least not until there was a player that could do both formats. This leads to the main point of this post.
First this a.m. I saw that LG plans to release a player which will do both Blu Ray and HDDVD formats. No price information that I saw, but they plan to have it in stores by March. I lost the link strictly about this player, but the following link discusses LG's player as well as the new discs mentioned below. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6230925.stm
Secondly, I just saw another article that Time Warner is planning to unveil yet another HD format called Total HD. This format would allow the discs to contain both Blu-ray and HD-DVD content. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/technology/04video.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
I'm still wary of entering into any new format, as if one wins out, movies in the opposing format would eventually be useless as players get old and the losing format has been forgetten, but perhaps some of these developments will soon make it less of a worry to start purchasing movies in HD.
First this a.m. I saw that LG plans to release a player which will do both Blu Ray and HDDVD formats. No price information that I saw, but they plan to have it in stores by March. I lost the link strictly about this player, but the following link discusses LG's player as well as the new discs mentioned below. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6230925.stm
Secondly, I just saw another article that Time Warner is planning to unveil yet another HD format called Total HD. This format would allow the discs to contain both Blu-ray and HD-DVD content. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/technology/04video.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
I'm still wary of entering into any new format, as if one wins out, movies in the opposing format would eventually be useless as players get old and the losing format has been forgetten, but perhaps some of these developments will soon make it less of a worry to start purchasing movies in HD.