Comments on: Format Wars: Possibly Now Over http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/ Guard your jewels... we're coming for em Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:33:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CJ http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/comment-page-1/#comment-23087 CJ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:55:38 +0000 http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/#comment-23087 Good news for Sony. And yea the average Joe won't be buying a Blu-ray player quite yet. But TV's are being pushed to 1080p and are becoming alot cheaper, I think in a few years we might see 42" LCD 1080P tv's selling for 6 or 700 dollars. It will be a slow transition, but give it a few years and I bet you half the people will move from DVD to Blu-ray. And ofcourse once bandwidth catches up we will have some wireless satelite 1080p movie downloading service where we store all are movies on one central server that can be viewed simultaneously from any TV in the house. Good news for Sony. And yea the average Joe won’t be buying a Blu-ray player quite yet. But TV’s are being pushed to 1080p and are becoming alot cheaper, I think in a few years we might see 42″ LCD 1080P tv’s selling for 6 or 700 dollars. It will be a slow transition, but give it a few years and I bet you half the people will move from DVD to Blu-ray. And ofcourse once bandwidth catches up we will have some wireless satelite 1080p movie downloading service where we store all are movies on one central server that can be viewed simultaneously from any TV in the house.

]]> By: nostars http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/comment-page-1/#comment-23076 nostars Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:09:53 +0000 http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/#comment-23076 The way I see it, the hop this format took over DVD is not enough to get Joe Consumer to buy a player anyway. VHS to DVD was an enormous leap in technology and capacity, and although HD-DVD/BluRay hold a ton more than DVD, it's just not enough IMHO. The way I see it, the hop this format took over DVD is not enough to get Joe Consumer to buy a player anyway. VHS to DVD was an enormous leap in technology and capacity, and although HD-DVD/BluRay hold a ton more than DVD, it’s just not enough IMHO.

]]> By: Fragloser http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/comment-page-1/#comment-23066 Fragloser Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:37:47 +0000 http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/#comment-23066 Sweet. Even though I wanted HD-DVD to win, I'm not going to complain. All the sony fanboys are going to flip out, but congratulations to sony for not getting fucked in the ass like they did with Betamax :) They fixed the problems that made betamax a problem before (VHS was easier / cheaper to pirate, and you could get more space for cheaper). They came out with a disk that has more space then its competitor, pretty much costs the same prices in terms of DVD sales, and really advertised it well. I'm happy that is over though. Sweet. Even though I wanted HD-DVD to win, I’m not going to complain. All the sony fanboys are going to flip out, but congratulations to sony for not getting fucked in the ass like they did with Betamax :)

They fixed the problems that made betamax a problem before (VHS was easier / cheaper to pirate, and you could get more space for cheaper). They came out with a disk that has more space then its competitor, pretty much costs the same prices in terms of DVD sales, and really advertised it well.

I’m happy that is over though.

]]> By: JfTheophilus http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/comment-page-1/#comment-23059 JfTheophilus Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:47:39 +0000 http://loot-ninja.com/2008/01/05/format-wars-possibly-now-over/#comment-23059 eh, I guess that's good. I would have liked for them to make it for both formats but this is probably more cost efficient. One winning is really good anyways b/c you don't have to worry about what others are using, say when you bring a movie over to a friends. eh, I guess that’s good. I would have liked for them to make it for both formats but this is probably more cost efficient. One winning is really good anyways b/c you don’t have to worry about what others are using, say when you bring a movie over to a friends.

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