Walmart backs HD DVD

Laurence wrote on 6/13/2007, 3:11 PM

According to this article: http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.htmlWalmart backs HD DVD[/link] over Bluray.

Last week I was a Bluray cheerleader, but finding out that I can burn reliable 25 mbps HD DVD format discs using regular DVD-Rs has changed all that. Go HD DVD!

By the way, I still want a Bluray burner for archiving and to cover my bases and being able to burn both formats, but as far as a general HD distribution format goes, being able to burn 50 minute projects at full quality on 30 cent discs with my existing equipment and having them play back on cheap players that are readily available from Walmart ... it's an absolute no brainer!

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MH_Stevens wrote on 6/15/2007, 6:47 PM

I agree some up-converts look fantastic, and it may be that I live in a wealthy town, but the buyer doesn't understand up-conversion, if he does he thinks it cheating. In my local Best Buy there are no non-HD TVs. VHS gave as good a picture as DVD in many cases but most people threw out their tape and VHS decks just to be current. And don't forget most good stations are HD on-air now and when the capability of recording that to play back looking the same as live then I think it will be HDV and nothing else.

ken c wrote on 6/16/2007, 6:16 PM

Personally I don't appreciate nor need HD resolution; heck when I watch movies in my home theatre downstairs I'm using a low-res toshiba projector and screen and I have a blast watching it with great audio on klipsch surround speakers..

Update: I just ordered a Dell 2400MP projector for use in my seminars, they have a good deal on them at:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&sku=222-1451&redirect=1
eg $1K (plus another $300+ for a spare bulb + $100 tax! to bring it to about $1600 total)..

upstairs, sure I have a sony projection higher-def tv, and an upconverting sony dvd player (though I really don't like that it stretches standard-def dvd pictures wider than the 4:3 it was shot it, it's more like watching in 5:3 )...

agree re putting media all on one central set of servers, many hard drives, like some high end systems, is where a lot of folks will head eventually... for now I think standard dvd will be the norm, for the next few years at least..

ken