HD DVD format dead?

[psychos2]

Well said, spaceCADETzoom!

johnnyapallo,
with the recent HD DVD news, prices should be dropping fast. You will be able to get HD DVD's for about the same price as a standadrd def DVD....

Standard def DVD upscaled through a Renon processor in unbeleivable

Best,
James

The chip is a reon not renon. And there are some blu players that have the same chip. And you will not have to put it in the corner with the Beta player. I just cannot justify spending $700 or even $100 for something that I will not be able to use in the future. shawn

[snowtrooper1966]

Shawn,
I stand corrected! The Reon-VX HQV® video processor is available in the high end Denon DVD-2500BTCI Blu transport, and the lower end model Samsung BD-P1200 Blu player.....
I think 700 is a small price to pay to make my standard def DVD's look better than ever. Oh yea, the 5K also plays Blu and HD DVD, so that will not be sitting in a corner
Even if I just had the Toshiba XA2 HD DVD player, I still think that would be a good investment, with it's top notch reon HQV processor your standard def DVD collection picture quality would be greatly enhanced, and the fact that you will recently be able to inexpensively build up a great HD DVD collection...
Best,
James

[Bulldoggie]

http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/4647/want_support_for


???? Blu Ray 2.0 ????? Most players not upgradeable????

Get your checkbooks ready

[LittleBeast]

Yupe that is why the PS3 is still the best "bang for your buck" piece of electronics out there right now.

[johnnyapollo]

Toshiba quits:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23204819

-- John

[WormGod]

Toshiba quits:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23204819

-- John

Its sad, but the future isnt about disks anyways. Never should have been. What we need is DVR meets downloadable/streaming data meets OnDemand. All that in one package and you have all you need. God knows, I am tired of staring at shelf upon shelf of friggin dvd disk boxes. Maybe Toshiba can find a niche for pushing tjis in their R&D now.

[JHarris1385]

Very true the future is not disks at all its flash storage or something similar. Think about renting movies and only having to bring home a small flash drive. Or better yet not ever leaving to rent just downloading to a dvr.

[Bulldoggie]

Its sad, but the future isnt about disks anyways. Never should have been. What we need is DVR meets downloadable/streaming data meets OnDemand. All that in one package and you have all you need. God knows, I am tired of staring at shelf upon shelf of friggin dvd disk boxes. Maybe Toshiba can find a niche for pushing tjis in their R&D now.

I'm ripping a lot of DVD's to a back-up Hard Drive.
No quality issues, same format.
Easy to manage, just like music and iTunes.
No buffering or streaming issues, same as having the disc in.
My kids keep scratching my favorites or misplacing them at least the sticky finger prints can be washed.
With firewire, you can daisy chain as many Hard Drives as you need

[nfpgasmask]

Its sad, but the future isnt about disks anyways. Never should have been. What we need is DVR meets downloadable/streaming data meets OnDemand. All that in one package and you have all you need. God knows, I am tired of staring at shelf upon shelf of friggin dvd disk boxes. Maybe Toshiba can find a niche for pushing tjis in their R&D now.

Oh its coming. The problem with OnDemand streaming movies, is that a lot of bandwidth will be required and simply put, our current infrastructure will be vastly deficient for some time. But it is happening. We just bought a new house, in a brand new development here, and part of the house plan is a "structured wiring package" which was a feature, not an option. This includes a fiber line into our home in anticipation of heavy future bandwidth requirments. I can't wait for the day I can sit on my couch and scroll through the entire Netflix catalog and just click "play" on whatever movie I want. But, even that is a ways off. I have read that the movies that will be initially available OnDemand will likely only be blockbusters and mainstream hits. Basically, it will take some time for companies like Netflix to be equipped with the storage capacity necissary to house thousands and thousands of digital movies....especially in HD.

Bart