HD DVD format dead?

[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.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Frankly, I don't care. I've bought into neither of them. Regular DVDs look good enough to me on a 42" 1080i TV. They'd look even better if I had an up-converting DVD player, and I still wouldn't be out upgrading my library AGAIN.

But the best part is that I haven't sold my soul to Hollywood any more than I already have. Really, the only player I'm looking for right now is one that ignores the "Prevented User Operations" codes.

I get livid every time a disc won't let me skip the endless FBI warnings and disclaimers and commercials...

I with you....plus..I thought it was ironic that I had to read the FBI warning about anti-piracy laws while trying to view "Pirates of the Caribbean 3"!

[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