Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? Place your vote.

I voted Standard since I bought that Denon 2900 which I really didn't need and I'm not blowing anymore money on DVD players until the ones I have are kaput. I could have watched movies on the Panasonic and purchased 1 M80 instead. Live and learn.

Personally I think PS3 will flop... or at least not be as dominate as a lot of folks think. And thus if BR's hopes lie on the back of the PS3 well... meh.

DVD now and HD DVD in a year or so for me.

I'm hoping

(ATI did the graphics engines for Wii and XBOX 360, NVidia is doing the graphics engine for PS3)

Normally I'm an Nvidia guy all the way, but not this time.

my vote is for hd dvd,because I have the x1 and I love it. Never had any problems with it,picture rocks. I will be buying the ps3 also.

Man, I totally forgot about checking the results of the poll. Well, there are now available.

Blu-Ray or HD-DVD?
Users may choose only one (74 total votes)
Blu-Ray!
24 votes or 32%

HD-DVD!
30 votes or 41%

Standard DVD will never die!
20 votes or 27%

Looks like HD-DVD is the favorite.

My money is going to audio. I have no intensions on going with either one in the near future.

Blue-Ray 25GB 1080P
HD-DVD 15GB 1080i
DVD 4.7GB 480P

I think Blue-Ray is the winner.

HD-DVD software does support 1080p. It's supposedly the 1st gen hardware player that limits it to 1080i (for now).

I imagine if this is true, it will be widely available in future hardware, and when there are more sources available.

Neither. Don't get me wrong I would love to have a high def dvd format. However, every month we learn something new that makes everyone think twice about buying into either of these formats. For example, both camps came up with this great idea of a hybrid disk to ease the transition from dvd to high def dvd's. It essestially has standard dvd on one side a high def on the other. I thought that this was a great idea until I saw that these things are $40! Are they insane? I could just buy the standard def dvd right now for $20 and IF either of these formats are even around still in a couple of years when I upgrade to a high def player then I am sure that I could get a high def copy for no more than $20. Who are these supposed to be marketed to? Just one more reason why both camps are out of touch with reality and the best interest of the consumers.