Are Blu-ray players better than in attendance HD DVD players or did Sony a moment ago buy the Victory? After Blu-ray won the format war it seem that
After Blu-ray won the format war it seem that you hear more and more about things that the Blu-ray players cannot do. The first piece that comes to mind is the fact they cannot play decipher the new audio formats such as the Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio your beneficiary has to do that which your antiquated one can't do so you have to buy a modern receiver. There player are a great deal more money than there HD DVD opponent and Blu-ray discs are still very expensive, even though the HD DVD disc seem just as expensive because they enjoy the regular dvd format combined with in attendance HD DVD discs. I just hold a weird awareness the better product lost and Sony just salaried movie studios to go blu-ray exclusively.
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A few other follow-up:
- New blu-ray player prices are going UP, not down
- Sony is limiting sales of BluRay disks to NetFlix and BlockBuster to force consumers to purchase a bit than rent.
- Sony put TV companies out of business by selling (for a while) televisions directly to stores resembling Sears below cost.
So yes, Sony did things to put HD-DVD out of business, and now the consumers are going to payment.
Blu-ray memory capability are much more superior to HDDVD's. The best format won. With all this memory the consumer can really transport advantage of masses more features, alternate endings, extra director length movie cuts, long movies, extras and more extras. In some ways HD DVD be more "consumer friendly" (no region coding, no BD+ DRM, cheaper to produce disks since they were closer to majority DVDs, etc) but Blu-ray has some advantages too (more space allowing greater bitrate).
Overall the technically superior format "won", but the readiness of the hardware and capacity to produce disks is still constrained.
The biggest problem will be that because Blu-ray is more expensive to produce and hardware is more complex prices are going to be a bigger barrier to assumption my the mainstream consumer than HD DVD would hold been. In enhancement HD DVD hardware was more inclusive of the average consumer, since at hand was a broader capacity of player capability (and price) than Blu-ray. Realistically, both formats would hold had a tough time against DVD since they don't provide much more than a bit better picture and nouns ... and then lone to those with equipement that allows them to shine. And they help yourself to away convenience in that you can't play any format (except combo HD DVDs which were a minority player) on a portable or saloon player or on the DVD player in the kitchen, cottage or kid's room.
While Blu-ray is technically superior, HD DVD fitted the expertise of most consumer's equipment better. In other words much of the benefit is only adjectives to the small portion of consumers with dignified end equipment. To everyone else it is more expensive than it needed to be ... and they will enjoy to pay for that.
So ... overall I agree next to you. We would have be, overall, better off beside HD DVD. The result will almost certainly be that Blu-ray will remain a premium priced niche format ... an alternative to DVD, to some extent than a replacement. HD DVD on the other hand might hold been a replacement.
I consider studios made an error choosing Blu-ray ... and they are beginning to realize it.