HD-DVD Vs. Blu Ray

[DemonEyez]

Ok it's like this...... HD-DVD does cost around $500 while Blu-ray is at Best Buys for $999.99 right now from Samsung and Sony to follow. Look people HD-DVD shows in highest resolution of 1080p and the Blu-ray in 1080i. Now!.... Most plasma and LCD and DLP tv's show in 720p(highest) with only a few that shows in 1080p and one(at best buys by Samsung) that shows in 1080i!! Yes sooner or later the plasmas LCD's and DLP tv's will show in 1080p and 1080i resolution. The PS3 is in blu-ray format but do you honestly think it's going to be the same as the Blu-ray DVD players???....NO!! Why in the hell would Sony have their PS3 put out the same 1080i format as there DVD player that's coming out??? That would be STUPID!! Why would you pay $999.99 for the DVD player when you can pay $599.99 for the PS3 and have the same player AND the game too!!! Come on Sony is not going to cut themselves like that!! The blu-ray player inside the PS3 will be a down graded version of the "real" blu-ray DVD players in the store. How downgradable??? Don't know. But I'll say this unless you are a COMPLETE GEEK you WILL NOT be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i resolutions and even if you do it wouldn't matter becuase when you go to Best buys and walk through the tv section and see "demo" movies playing on the nice plasmas or LCD's tv's they are in 720p format!!! That's right...UNLESS other wise stated.

Look damn good doesn't!! So why would 1080p and 1080i make a difference?? Yes the X-Box360 will have a HD-DVD "add-on" for $179.99 in November that will show in 1080p format. $179.99 versus $500 for the HD-DVD player!! sound good....well it's what... $399.99(360)+179.99(HD-DVD add-on) which comes out to $480+tax so it's about the same, it;s just you have a great gaming system too. So there you have it. Hope that helps.

In the future when all plasmas and LCD and DLP tv;s show in 1080p and 1080i format then this discussion will be inrelavent. Oh you guys with a lot of money shouldn't even waste your time reading this cause you can just go buy whatever that sounds like it's the best and move on and so forth.... must be nice

wow you msut be reallly confused

blu-ray is 1080p 1920x1080

hd-dvd is 1080i 1366x768.

xbox 360 = 1080i
ps3 = 1080p

also most lcd's are full 1080i at 1366x768 resolution where as plasmas are 1024x720 or 1280x720 if ur lucky.

also if you can do math, 399.99 + 179.99 is not 480.. thats 580...

furthermore you'd have to be blind to not be able to see the difference between a 1080i resolution tv and 1080p. you can easily notice the pixelation in the 1080i. also there are ALOT of lcd's available in 1080p and alot of projections as well. Not yet plasma's as the ones that are 1080p are extremely expensive.

in fact toshiba has a 42" 1080p lcd u can get for under 2300 as does sharp.





yes toshiba has sold more hd dvd players now under 50k..

by the end of the the year there will be 400,000 blu-ray players in the US and more world wide. thanks only tot he ps3 add the standalone units and the market already has about 10:1 blu-ray:hd-dvd players on the market.

[TeeJay]

wow you msut be reallly confused

blu-ray is 1080p 1920x1080

hd-dvd is 1080i 1366x768.

xbox 360 = 1080i
ps3 = 1080p

also most lcd's are full 1080i at 1366x768 resolution where as plasmas are 1024x720 or 1280x720 if ur lucky.

also if you can do math, 399.99 + 179.99 is not 480.. thats 580...

furthermore you'd have to be blind to not be able to see the difference between a 1080i resolution tv and 1080p. you can easily notice the pixelation in the 1080i. also there are ALOT of lcd's available in 1080p and alot of projections as well. Not yet plasma's as the ones that are 1080p are extremely expensive.

in fact toshiba has a 42" 1080p lcd u can get for under 2300 as does sharp.





yes toshiba has sold more hd dvd players now under 50k..

by the end of the the year there will be 400,000 blu-ray players in the US and more world wide. thanks only tot he ps3 add the standalone units and the market already has about 10:1 blu-ray:hd-dvd players on the market.

yeah im gonna agree here, i have a HP 1080i lcd tv, and i have seen 1080p programming, and i can definitely tell the difference....i = integrated, p = progressive, meaning you cant see the lines nearly as much as integrated. thats why i usually watch HD programs in 720p format, because it usually looks better than 1080i, IMO.

[112480]

wow you msut be reallly confused

blu-ray is 1080p 1920x1080

hd-dvd is 1080i 1366x768.

xbox 360 = 1080i
ps3 = 1080p

also most lcd's are full 1080i at 1366x768 resolution where as plasmas are 1024x720 or 1280x720 if ur lucky.

also if you can do math, 399.99 + 179.99 is not 480.. thats 580...

furthermore you'd have to be blind to not be able to see the difference between a 1080i resolution tv and 1080p. you can easily notice the pixelation in the 1080i. also there are ALOT of lcd's available in 1080p and alot of projections as well. Not yet plasma's as the ones that are 1080p are extremely expensive.

in fact toshiba has a 42" 1080p lcd u can get for under 2300 as does sharp.





yes toshiba has sold more hd dvd players now under 50k..

by the end of the the year there will be 400,000 blu-ray players in the US and more world wide. thanks only tot he ps3 add the standalone units and the market already has about 10:1 blu-ray:hd-dvd players on the market.

NO I'm afraid you are confused...go to your local best buys if you don't believe me. HD-DVD is in 1080p and blu-ray is in 1080i. And yes I had a typo on the 399+179 so you got me there.

And yes I know the difference between 1080p and 1080i but to the average consumer does it really matter... the difference between the two??? Think about it....all marketing. And still half U.S consumers do not have LCd or plasma tv's.

[DemonEyez]

NO I'm afraid you are confused...go to your local best buys if you don't believe me. HD-DVD is in 1080p and blu-ray is in 1080i. And yes I had a typo on the 399+179 so you got me there.

And yes I know the difference between 1080p and 1080i but to the average consumer does it really matter... the difference between the two??? Think about it....all marketing. And still half U.S consumers do not have LCd or plasma tv's.

hd-dvd = 1080i
blu-ray = 1080p

sorry the guys at best buy are wrong. Here is the true specs tho

hd dvd is capable of 1080p but no one is producing a 1080p player in hd format or producing at 1080p movies. They are all 1080i

whereas the blu-ray players are 1080p players and have 1080p movies.

Now when i say capable, the formatting is available, the technology is available but no one is implementing or has stated plans to. therefor it doesnt truly exist in the market. So the guys at best buy who are saying that the hd dvd at their store is 1080p are full of shit. in fact most of my experience with the people working at best buy is that they dont know shit about anything in their store.

[StupidBikerBoy]

NO I'm afraid you are confused...go to your local best buys if you don't believe me. HD-DVD is in 1080p and blu-ray is in 1080i. And yes I had a typo on the 399+179 so you got me there.

And yes I know the difference between 1080p and 1080i but to the average consumer does it really matter... the difference between the two??? Think about it....all marketing. And still half U.S consumers do not have LCd or plasma tv's.

Fail

[DemonEyez]

Fail

yeah biker i went to a best buy a while ago and a worker there was trying to tell me the samet hign that hd is 1080p and bd is 1080i i told him hes an idiot and completely wrong. he asked me where i got my info and i walked him to the boxes of the players and to bestbuys website and product information. then went to a amanger and told him about the dumbass