Delithic asked:

HD DVDs use some sort of extra compression format to increase the amount of data over regular DVDs. Blu Ray used a different laser paradigm that can read things closer together. I am not talking about a player that plays both, I am talking about using the compression scheme on the HD DVDs on the smaller wavelengh Blu Ray disks to make them higher capacity. I am not really sure exactly how the HD DVDs work out their increased capacity.

Kyle

Kurt asked:

On August 20, 2007, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation, announced they would no longer be supporting the Blu-ray Disc format. Citing HD DVD’s lower consumer equipment and disc replication costs (due to its similarities to the standard DVD format), all future Paramount/Dreamworks titles will be released exclusively on HD DVD. Together, Paramount and DreamWorks are currently the 2007 box office leaders, and their first two HD DVD-exclusive titles Shrek 3 and Transformers are both poised to be top sellers during the 2007 holiday season. In an interview with PC World, Alan Bell, the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Paramount Pictures, stated the exclusive support for HD DVD is currently indefinite. Blu Ray exclusives are found on HD DVD in defferent regions under different studios, and vice versa for HD DVD exclusives but HD DVD players are not restricted on playing them as Blu ray can’t.

WHO/WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Andy

FALCONKING asked:

I own a samsung bd-p1000 blu ray player.

Gonzalo

Nobody L asked:

Slysoft’s AnyDvd and Elaborate Byte’s Clone Dvd allows the copying of these high definition disks. I’m sure that these softwares allow you to copy the formats to itself (Blu ray to Blu ray), but I’m not sure if it can go to the opposite format(Hd dvd to Blu ray). I don’t think it would work, but I’m not entirely sure.
If you go the LG website and find the “GGC-H20L” model it lists that it is a combo drive that can actually write Blu ray for $300. It does not advertise it directly, but under product details.

Jovany

tricolore_21 asked:

I’m planning on getting an upscaling DVD player or a Blu-Ray player shortly. I already have a 5.1 surround sound system that has a 5 disc changer, but the video quality is fairly bad… Since most of the players do not connect to surround sound directly, how would I connect the two?

I figure that if I hook up the DVD player to my TV and then project the sound from my TV to my surround sound system (which only accepts standard 2 cable audio input), I would lose the surround sound.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, both great answers already, I’ll try and pick a best answer soon.

Also, I’ve noticed that I get a MUCH better picture quality through my XBOX 360 than my home theater system. My Xbox is hooked up by HDMI (so I’m already up to date with the technology in that department).

When I use my surround sound with this setup, I still get sound in the two rear speakers, although it’s not close to as impressive. I guess I have to find a solution in the middle.

Jamarcus

Luigui Boy asked:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_toshiba

what do you guys think??

I’m happy cuz I own a PS3… and a HDTV…so I don’t have to think twice anymore about buying a blu-ray movie =)

yay for BR =)

Dominik