On August 8, 2007 at 15:56, 2nd rick said...
There is a Big Box store announcement coming which will
support HD-DVD and the tables will begin to tilt back
the other way.
Black Friday will see an HD-DVD player (likely a no-name
Big Box store house brand) at at half or less of the cost
of what we see today, and that will pull through a LOT
of media purchases....
I am not saying that HD-DVD will win, but certainly neither
one is facing exinction anytime soon.
Also, I have a client/friend who owns both and admits
that the PQ (on his Ken Whitcomb calibrated Runco FP)
is indistiguishable on most films which have been released
in both formats.
He notes that the real-time chapter navigation, menu access,
etc. with the film running are VASTLY superior on HD-DVD,
and that the Java implementation which was supposed to
be BDs answer has been a flop so far...
Well, the announcement has been made. Chinese players will soon hit Wal-Mart @ about $149. At least that is the price everyone is guessing.
On the Blu-Ray side Disney has announced National Treasure is coming out on BD. It will be the first BD-Live title. Finding Nemo and Chronicles of Narnia will both feature Full PiP bonus features.
The problem with both of these movies is no player to access the features. The best guess for PIP is 2nd quarter 2008 when the Denon is scheduled to be available. It was scheduled for this fall but...
BD Live won't be available till someone makes a Profile 2 player.
That means that BD will have gone close to 2 years before actually getting a full spec player into the marketplace.
And if you want to see how problematic BD-Java can be check this out:
[Link: preview.tinyurl.com] Yes, the Java implementation seems to be a flop for sure.
