Comments on: High Def DVD stalemate http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brad Templeton http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-509550 Brad Templeton Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:00:52 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-509550 Everybody wants the war to settle down. Your case is an example of what you have to fear. You spend $200 to $300 on a player and you watch 2 movies on it while it depreciates very quickly -- possibly to almost zip if the other format wins. That's a lot per movie. Of course buying a fancy hdtv and rarely watching HD content is also not great. You need to join a DVD by mail system. I know there is no netflix in Ottawa. Peerflix is a half-Canadian company but their system has a flaw that sticks you with DVDs whose popularity is declining. Still a fair be better than buying dvds in the store. I never have time to watch old movies again with so many new movies I could watch, so I have never understood the buyer who builds a DVD collection. Everybody wants the war to settle down. Your case is an example of what you have to fear. You spend $200 to $300 on a player and you watch 2 movies on it while it depreciates very quickly — possibly to almost zip if the other format wins. That’s a lot per movie. Of course buying a fancy hdtv and rarely watching HD content is also not great.

You need to join a DVD by mail system. I know there is no netflix in Ottawa. Peerflix is a half-Canadian company but their system has a flaw that sticks you with DVDs whose popularity is declining. Still a fair be better than buying dvds in the store. I never have time to watch old movies again with so many new movies I could watch, so I have never understood the buyer who builds a DVD collection.

]]> By: Matthew Saunders http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-509505 Matthew Saunders Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:14:58 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-509505 We bought an HD DVD player on sale several months ago. The upconversion on standard DVDs looks really good. We've also gone out of our way to rent HD DVDs through Netflix. In general, I'm pretty happy with it. We bought an HD DVD player on sale several months ago. The upconversion on standard DVDs looks really good. We’ve also gone out of our way to rent HD DVDs through Netflix.

In general, I’m pretty happy with it.

]]> By: Mitch Brisebois http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-507962 Mitch Brisebois Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:03:51 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/31/high-def-dvd-stalemate/#comment-507962 GoogleTrends does support this point. http://www.google.com/trends?q=hddvd%2C+bluray&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 Although, I'm betting that HD has the advantage (market-wise) and the disadvantage (naming wise... bluray 2 syllables easy to remember!) If history repeats... "Beta" was a much prettier name than "VHS"... Sony loses again. GoogleTrends does support this point. http://www.google.com/trends?q=hddvd%2C+bluray&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Although, I’m betting that HD has the advantage (market-wise) and the disadvantage (naming wise… bluray 2 syllables easy to remember!)

If history repeats… “Beta” was a much prettier name than “VHS”… Sony loses again.

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