High definition DVDs will they catch on ?

[shoestring25]

High definition DVDs will they catch on ?

"High definition DVDs are expected to hit the US market in late 2005 or early 2006. Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment (CTHE) plans to release its first high definition film titles at this time"

now while the extra picture quality would be great i dont fancy having to buy a new dvd player and new tele and have all my old collection of dvds being replaced.



(not sure if this is the right place to put this thread but it is about HD DVDs)

[loadsofleads]

The hardcore who upgrade every few months will jump in straight away, but Joe public who is just now getting to grips with this "DVD thingy" will take longer to be won over.
I will definetly upgrade my DVD player but only when the films have been released, you can buy a Blu-ray player today in Japan but I wouldn't touch them at this time.
As you say, you really need a 1920/1080i screen to do HD DVD justice but they will still be a vast improvment picture wise on a normal CRT.

[Dean]

It might catch on quite fast like original DVD, especially for people with current plasma's and projector's, but the real factor will be how much software will be available and how fast it comes out.

[inzaman]

I think it will probably catch on but i suppose it depends on software availability and the initial price. Hopefully a lot a cheap players will be made in the far east as with dvd players to help bring the price right down.

[inzaman]

actually i suppose one worry would be will they get real technical on region coding making it harder to crack so as to strictly enforce it.

[shoestring25]

surly there will only be a small inrease in picture quality for us who have CRT teles at the momet as dvd already outputs over 500 lines resloution onto a 625 resolution tv screen.

HD dvds will require a new tele to get the most out of them so asuming we see all 625 lines of resolution used there is over 400 lines of resoltion not being used what a waste until you get a new tele.


(not sure on the exact specifics but you get my drift)

[shoestring25]

it might turn out to be the betamax of dvd

Even if we don't have a good enough display to resolve all the fine detail the picture will still look better as the compression artifacts and problems associated with current DVD discs will simply disappear (( here's hoping )), and hopefully full DTS bitrate soundtracks will be the norm (( better yet Meridians lossless format ))

[Zone]

Originally posted by inzaman
actually i suppose one worry would be will they get real technical on region coding making it harder to crack so as to strictly enforce it.

And there will always be some "Chinese/Taiwanese/Malaysian" back street boys who will crack it very very easily, thats progress for you

[Miyazaki]

Originally posted by Zone
And there will always be back street boys who will crack it very very easily, thats progress for you

I suppose they've got to make ends meat since Justin Timberlake left eh?

[beecee]

was JT in Back Street Boys?

any way, you can buy a Blu Ray player in japan just now. at about $3500....

i wouldn't take the plunge as i'm happy with dvd and i am not about to RE-BUY my collection this soon.

[buns]

Id happily buy into new tech if I knew the new releases woudl be available on that format (I would leave my current collection on standard dvd) but this isnt going to happen so I will wait until things are reasonably established. Im also way too aware that a £500 dvd player bought in early days found itself battling against sub £100 machines barely a few months later..... thats not the sort of depreciation I like....

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[Phil Hinton]

I think that HD DVD will be very much a niche market for the first few years like Laserdisc was, don't know if it will catch on other than the HC market.

[MartinImber]

it might turn out to be the betamax of dvd

As in better quality - but gets ignored.

Please everyone remember that HD DVD players will play DVD it is not like tape where no format will play other tapes

[zantarous]

I do believe that the Columbia releases will be Blue Ray releases and not the official HD DVD spec as set by the DVD forum.

As long as manufactures come out with universal players and are backwards compatible I can see HD DVD taking off as long as HD TVs don't cost an arm and a leg.