HD DVD Debut

Maestro
Maestro Posts: 92
edited April 2006 in Electronics
The HD DVDs are making its debut this week. Any takers? It doesn't look like it is making rave reviews...

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-8900_7-5600201-1.html

I would consider one, but my sixth sense is telling me: "Be patient, grasshopper." I guess the decision on what the standard HD format should be seems to be the issue. I'm not in a hurry to throw away my DVDs.

Oh well...
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited April 2006
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39949

    The article you linked is a little out-dated - (December 7, 2004)
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  • Maestro
    Maestro Posts: 92
    edited April 2006
    Sorry about that. I was actually seeing this article that was posted Wednesday, April 19, 2006...

    http://imdb.com/news/sb/2006-04-20
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2006
    You read one review over at IMDB and decided not to buy one? If that's the case, why not read another?

    http://www.projectorcentral.com/hd-dvd.htm

    Please note that the A1 will upconvert all your SD-DVDs to 720p making them look quite a bit better then your 480p player, so you don't have to "throw away" your dvds.

    By the way, that LA Time article they refer to over there at IMDB. Here's the entire article. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-technopolis20apr20,1,2768791.column?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true It's fair to say this guy and his article are pretty worthless.

    Read through my thread that Demiurge posted on my thoughts as well, page 2 for HD-DVD movie comments.
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  • Maestro
    Maestro Posts: 92
    edited April 2006
    Good thread, however it got off course...

    I still would like a very good A/B test: two similar titles, one conventional DVD versus the new HD DVD - side by side. Also, head-to-head players: one conventional and the other the HD player. That would be the ultimate experience.
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  • iworkfortweeter
    iworkfortweeter Posts: 53
    edited April 2006
    you must have a nice tv to optimize this player. elite's, dlp's work exellent, any other tv seems like it's just a regular movie. might be a little crisper than previous 480 installments, but to my eyes on a lot of the tv's, it looks just...well, normal..
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited April 2006
    I'm surprised by that review- I can instantly tell HDTV from standard deff on my 30" CRT, so either:
    1)Time warner compresses the hell out of SD so that it looks really bad and doesn't compress HDTV or
    2)They had to compress the HD-DVD's to the point that you can't tell on smaller TV's.
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