Worth the hd-dvd

i have a 60inch projector tv HD in 1080i is it worth buying the hd addon? will i see a drifference because in games i dont see that much in 1080i but in my friends i see a huge difference in 720p

 

the HD-DVD drive is only for HD-DVDs you don't use it to play your games! If you want it for HD-DVDs I would say no! I feel that HD-DVD is the next BetaMax! I feel that Blu-Ray kicks HD-DVDs ass! The question! NO it is not worth it!

 

i'd say,it depends on how rich your are.see either format could win,or they could both stay in place for a while,so if you wanna take a gamble get hd-dvd add-on,but personally i'd go and buy they LG HD-DVD/BLU-RAY combo player,it comes out in a couple of weeks,now it's $1100,but it seems worth it if you must absolutely have one now...so to round that off,you could get the add-on,but u might get dissapointed,or you can wait till either format wins,which might take a while,so if you have teh cash,get lg combo player...

 

I can already tell you that Blu-Ray is going to take it!
Just look at the comparisons!

Capacity-
Blu-Ray-
ROM single layer:23.3 / 25GB
ROM dual layer:46.6 / 50GB
RW single layer:23.3 / 25 / 27GB
RW dual layer:46.6 / 50 / 54GB
Highest test:100GB
Theoretical limit:250GB

HD-DVD-
Single layer:15GB
Dual layer:30GB
Highest test:45GB
Theoretical limit:60GB
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Studios (movie and game) listed as supporting members-
Blu-Ray-
20th Century Fox
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Electronic Arts
MGM Studios
Paramount Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Bros.

HD-DVD-
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
New Line Cinema
Paramount Pictures
The Walt Disney Company
Universal Studios
Warner Bros.
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Companies listed as Members of the Board or Managing Members-
Blu-Ray-
Apple Computer Corp.
Dell, Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
TDK Corporation
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures and Television

HD-DVD-
Memory-Tech Corporation
NEC Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co.

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Companies listed as Members, Associate Members, or Contributors
Blu-Ray-
3oh!5 Creative, Inc.
Adobe Systems
Almedio Inc.
Alpine Electronics Inc.
AMC Co. Ltd.
Anwell Technologies USA
Aplix Corporation
ArcSoft Inc.
Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co.
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
ATI Technologies Inc.
AudioDev AB
B.H.A. Corporation
Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.
BASF AG
BenQ Corporation
Broadcom Corporation
Canon Inc.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc.
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Coding Technologies GmbH
Conexant Systems Inc.
Cryptography Research Inc.
CyberLink Corp.
D&M holdings, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation
Daikin Industries
DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
Degussa
Deluxe Media Services Inc.
Digital Theater Systems Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Eclipse Data Technologies
Electronic Arts Inc.
Elpida Memory, Inc.
ESS Technology Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Fuji Photo Film Co.
Funai Electric Co.
Horizon Semiconductor
IMAGICA Corp.
Imation Corp.
Infomedia Inc.
Intersil Corporation
InterVideo Inc.
Kadokawa Holdings Inc.
Kaleidescape, Inc.
Kenwood Corporation
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
Laser Pacific Media Corp.
Lead Data Inc.
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
Linn Products Ltd.
LINTEC Corporation
LITE-ON IT Corporation
LSI Logic
M2 Engineering AB
Maxim Integrated Products
MediaTek Inc.
Memorex Products Inc.
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Mitsumi Electric Co.
Moser Baer India Limited
MX Entertainment
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
Nero
Newtech Infosystems Inc.
NEXAPM Systems Technology Inc.
Nightjar LLC
Nikkatsu Corporation
NTT Electronics Corporation
nVidia Corporation
Onkyo Corporation
Ono Sokki Co.
OPT Corporation
Optodisc Technology Corporation
Pixela Corporation
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
PowerFile
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co.
Ricoh Co.
Ritek Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co.
SDI Media America
ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd.
Sigma Designs Inc.
Singulus Technologies
Sonic Solutions
Sonopress
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
ST Microelectronics
STEAG ETA-OPTIK GmbH
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sunext
Taiyo Yuden Co.,
Tao Group Limited
Targray Technology International Inc.
Teac Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
Toei Video Company Ltd.
Toho Company
Toppan Printing Co.
TOPTICA Photonics AG
Ulead Systems Inc.
UmeDisc Ltd.
Unaxis Balzer AG
Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures)
VDL-ODMS
Victor Company of Japan (JVC)
Vidiom Systems Corporation
Visionare Corporation
Yamaha Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
ZOOtech Ltd.
Zoran Corporation

HD-DVD
Acer Inc.
Almedio Inc.
Alpine Electronics, Inc.
Altech Ads Co.
Arcsoft, Inc
B.H.A Corporation
Bandai Visual Co.
Canon Inc.
Cyberlink Corp.
D&M Holdings Inc.
Daikin Industries
Daiko.Co,Ltd.
Digion, Inc.
Digital Site Corporation
Digital Theater Systems
Disc Labo Corp.
Diskware Co.
Ebistrade,Inc.
Enteractive Gmbh
Entertainment Network Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Finepack . Co.,Ltd
Fuji Photo Film Co.
Fuji Seiki Co.
Funai Electric Co.
The High-Defition Marketing Company
Hitachi Corp.
Hitachi Maxell
Hoei Sangyo Co.
Imagica Corp.
Imation Corp.
Interchannel
Intervideo, Inc.
Itri
Jp Co., Ltd
Justsystem Corporation
Kadokawa Holdings, Inc.
Kaleidescape, Inc.
Kenwood Corporation
Kinyosha Printing Co.
Kitano Co.
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
M2 Engineering
Mcray Corporation
Memory-Tech Corporation
Mitomo Co., Ltd
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Moser Baer India Ltd
Nec Corporation
Nec Electronics Corporation
Nec Fielding
Nero
Nichia Corporation
Nihonvtr Inc.
Nikkatsu Corporation
Omnibus Japan
Onken Corporation
Onkyo Corporation
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pico House Co.,Ltd
Pixela Corporation
Pony Canyon Inc.
Ponycanyon Enterprise Inc.
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pryaid Records Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co.
Q-Tec,Inc.
Ricoh Co.
Ritek Corporation
Sanken Media Product Co.
Sanyo Electric Co.
Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
Sonic Solutions
Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Ltd
Super Vision, Inc.
Taiyo Yuden Co.
Teac Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
Toei Video Co.
Toho Company, Limited.
Tokyo Laboratory Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co.
Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Digital Frontiers Inc.
Toshiba Entertainment Inc.
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation
Toshiba-Emi Limited
Toyo Recording Co.
Transmix Co.
Trendy Corporation
Tri-M, Inc.
Ulead Systems, Inc.
Unaxis Balzers Ltd.
Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures)
U-Tech Media Corp.
Vap Inc.
Video Tech Co.,Ltd.
Visionare Corporation
Warner Home Video Inc.
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As you can see Blu-Ray has the huge guns compaired to HD-DVD! But if you don't want to take the change get the combo from LG next mounth!

~Domries

 

i would say dont buy it. 200 bucks for a player that you would need an xbox 360 for is too much. the xbox 360 shouldve of just came with a hd-dvd player like the ps3 has a blu ray which is way better. dont waste your money.

 

i dont know about that whole list there Dom.....the adult business did decide to go with HD-dvd from what ive read on here. so that could greatly boost the HD sales.....just my two cents here.

 

Do you have a source? As in adult bussinuss do you mean porn? I haven't heard that!

 

i ment will i see a difference in 1080i with hd? since 1080i is the lowest hd right?

 

I doubt it, I can't even see a difference watch a HD-DVD in 1080p at best buy! I can see a difference watching a Blu-Ray movie though!

 

i seen it on the main page here at AD a few weeks ago under the news stuff. and im assuming it ment porn, i cant remember if it actually said porn, but thats the only adult business i can think of.....

found the article....

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8420.cfm

 

I'm currently studying film studies, and the thing which determined the Betamax/Vhs battle, was which one had more major studios behind it. The five major studios being Paramount, Universal, FOX, MGM, and Warner Bros. At the moment each format has 3 behind it, so it will probably be decided on which format Paramount choose to support(they currently support both).

 

I feel that Blu-Ray has it because they have 20th Fox and HD-DVD dosen't, they aslo have MGM behind them! Another thing loook at how many makers of Blu-Ray make the players compaired to HD-DVD!

 

Okay what about blue ray on 1080i will i see a difference p.s i have no hdmi only component and dvi.

 

ok i am so tired of the fanboys flaming this or that. here is the truth about hd-dvd and blu ray. as of right now eventhough this company or that company is in this camp or that camp right now most of them are producing in both formats. not all but most. now as for which one is better..... when something is said to be 1080i 720p 1080p 480p 540p... whatever the number is, is a set spec that has to be followed and it pertaning to the pixal count. so 1080i is 1080i no matter what! now on to which is better 1080i 720p 1080p if and i mean if you sit real close and have a tv bigger than 65 inches you will see a slight improvement from p to i and that is only because of the fact that i means interlaced which shows small black lines in the picture.at normal viewing distance the HUMAN EYE CANNOT SEE THEM! proven fact!
now then on to size differnace. have you ever heard "its not the size of the ship, but the motion of the ocean!"? well its true here as well. yes it is a fact that bluray has bigger storage size but it is also a fact that bluray uses ancient video encoding mpeg-2 which has long been surpased. hd-dvd uses newer more robust video encoding which as far fewer artifacts in the picture and takes up alot less room on the disc. that is why most peoples OPINION that really takes video viewing to the exstreame right now prefer HD-DVD for the picture quality and the sound quality. wait what was that did i say sound quality? yes thats right sound right now hd-dvd is packing better sound and more sound options right out of the box than bluray because they have more room on the disc thanks to their better video encoding. so to answer the orginal posts question. right now just to watch movies on and you dont have $1100 but want true 1080i or 1080p or 720p or whatever then for $200 if you want it then you have a choice, and go buy the add on. oh and one last thing the porn industry is now publishing in HD-DVD only right now. and hd-dvd has sold alot more true players (not players pretending to be gamesystems) and has out sold week to week bluray in movie sales

 

simple question will i see a differnce from normal dvd on 420p compared to blue ray or hddvd on 1080i? jeez

 

yes.

and amen, h8breed.

 

thx auslander. i just get tired of it day in and dayout. and to the orginal poster any hd source any time will always look better than standard def. so run dont walk to the store and buy it and enjoy!

 

I have tladaga Nights in both Blu-Ray and DVD, and I qued them up at the same time and I swiched between the 2 players on the same TV and I saw a diference, Blu-Ray was alot brighter...

 

don't forget the popcorn, either. it's going to be beautiful.

 

No,even after reading that,i'd have to say that certain people's opinions don't really affect the fact that either format could win...it's far from over,and as consumers you have a difficult choice to make.if i had it my way,there would only be one format,but that's not gonna happen,so i'd just get the combo player so to get teh best of both worlds.think about it,if you go an buy a hd-dvd add on,you'll never get to see casino royale in 1080p HD,and vica versa...so i say,either get the combo player,or wait a couple of years till a format wins.unless your rich and have money to blow.Then you should just go and buy everything.LOL...