tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736810000699453506.post4291858065033461106..comments2023-05-11T00:49:36.314-07:00Comments on Ruminations on Computing: HD-DVD LaunchesSteve Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17905356014908630180noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736810000699453506.post-90168484012387798282006-04-19T08:59:02.000-07:002006-04-19T08:59:02.000-07:00I honestly think blueray is doomed. Here is why. H...I honestly think blueray is doomed. Here is why. HD-dvd is backward compatable in many ways or at least supposed to be I have not heard though anyone reviewing if they actually came out this way or not. With allowing people to just go buy the HD dvd disk and still have the older version of the movies on it for the old dvd players or at least that was what was promised back in many of the original wars. My old dvd player died last year. So I was left buying a new one, or waiting. Well I enjoy DVD's So now I just bought a brand new one. Of course buying a new one and beeing a geek I went out and bought a 400 disk dvd changer that played MP3 dvd's and cd's music cd's and would display slide shows and everything all this hooks up to my surround sound system. Ok I am not about to go buy a new HD DVD player. Yet I will buy hd dvd movies as long as I can play them in my existing dvd player. From what I have read blue ray is not even going to support this kind of backwards compatability, which really sucks since the dvd player I bought was a sony dvd player. Ok so as long as this promise is delivered as the discs themselves being backward compatable then HD-DVD will win. <br><br><br>However Sony has become the evil empire anymore. After the root kit fiasco I am not buying anything sony. Anyway there are other reasons like most DVD plants do not have to completely retool to made hd dvd and things along those lines. Blueray claims to have more space on it, but do we really need it, also Blueray is also more expensive.<br><br><br>Anyway just my 2 cents.Jeff Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736810000699453506.post-37418207363095199212006-04-25T13:05:28.000-07:002006-04-25T13:05:28.000-07:00He who provides the most content wins this battle....He who provides the most content wins this battle. Compatability is also a keen factor but content, as they say, is King.Greg Miskinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736810000699453506.post-40525425709392372442009-06-02T13:00:07.000-07:002009-06-02T13:00:07.000-07:00PingBack from http://woodtvstand.info/story.php?id...PingBack from http://woodtvstand.info/story.php?id=83803Steve Rowe s Blog HD DVD Launches | Wood TV Standhttp://woodtvstand.info/story.php?id=83803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736810000699453506.post-54886292413111766562009-06-17T19:39:53.000-07:002009-06-17T19:39:53.000-07:00PingBack from http://thebasketballhoop.info/story....PingBack from http://thebasketballhoop.info/story.php?id=2845Steve Rowe s Blog HD DVD Launches | basketball hoophttp://thebasketballhoop.info/story.php?id=2845noreply@blogger.com