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12-12-2007, 9:20 AM
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Future adopters of hi-def are more likely to buy HD DVD than Blu-ray players. So says market analysts The Diffusion Group. TDG researchers have identified a new mass-market buying group, dubbed the HDTV Intenders, who unlike the classic Early Adopters, have a lower disposable income but remain keen to adopt HD if the price [...] More... | 
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12-12-2007, 12:36 PM
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I am an HD intender! 
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12-12-2007, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rooster-x  I am an HD intender! | I'm a hybrid intender, though I believe HD-DVD is the one to support otherwise...
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12-12-2007, 2:59 PM
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come on I'm sure most HDTV Intenders have both formats. If you love film you just have to have both...... 
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I was a HD DVD Intender - then i bought the 360 add-on. Now i'm a Blue Ray Intender...ie i intend to get a PS3 for Xmas !! 
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12-12-2007, 7:59 PM
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I have HDDVD, but intend to get blueray (a PS3) as soon as the machine gets some decent games. I wouldn't buy a standalone player given the mess the software war is in at the moment. Must say though that at the moment the exclusive studios that HDDVD has makes the format the more attractive (for me anyway). Bourne / Transformers and the likes are heavy hitters.
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I dont own any format yet but the one that i will go for will be the cheapest to use. IE: blank disc media is cheapest/hardware is cheapest etc etc.
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Oh yes im the Great Intender Ooo Ooo
But will again be the Great Dual Intender
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13-12-2007, 8:38 PM
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I am HD neutral (got a PS3 and 360+HDDVD add on). I was kinda leaning more to BLURAY as the 360 is a noisy beast, but after buying Transformers (only available on HD DVD) I am back to sitting on the fence.
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14-12-2007, 8:17 PM
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I'm HD neutral too. 360, PS3 and HD-EP35 (since the 360 is way too noisey!).
Having got the 'benchmark' HD-DVD's, Bourne U and Transformers. I'm siding with BR so far. Perhaps I'm being pathetic but the menu animatation and response is shocking on my HD-DVD machine, is this a machine issue or a format issue? Picture quality? I can't choose between the two. I have 300 on both and the picture is the same on both although I can't put the two side-by-side to be honest. The Blu-ray is up and playing in seconds whereas the HD-DVD player is a yawn. This looks to be affected all players not just the EP35.
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Originally Posted by usualsuspect Perhaps I'm being pathetic but the menu animatation and response is shocking on my HD-DVD machine, is this a machine issue or a format issue? . | I think it must be a machine issue as my 360 HD-DVD add-on is very responsive. I have read that some of the earlier stand alone players suffered from slow loading/response times.
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Upcoming HD disc buyers may favour HD DVD over Blu-ray, but Blu-ray's lead gets bigger! http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/12/16/...-niche-market/
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Until something is decided on this HD vs BR competition, I like the majority out there will do nothing.
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21-12-2007, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MartinG1953 Until something is decided on this HD vs BR competition, I like the majority out there will do nothing.
PS. Merry Christmas. | I think you may be "doing nothing" for a very long time in this case......!! This war is going to take ages to decide. Big bucks are nehind both formats (i.e. Sony vs. Microsoft) and none of both is going down without a fight. There is a Multi Billion dollar business model at stake here!!
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24-12-2007, 4:10 PM
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The HD-DVD V Blu-ray war will continue.But it will be a niche market for some time to come.In 2-3 years all players will likely all be dual and very cheap,although some will always want all the bells and whistles,but that ain't the majority.
The real problem for HD as I see it,will be many, many titles have little or no chance of making it to either HD-DVD or Blu-ray.This is critical to my takeup of the format.I did buy an X-BOX add on for my PC and a few of the older titles,but now my buying has ceased.
My estimation is that there will be a process of osmosis,where all players will be HD capable.We will hardly notice the changeover.Older,less mainstream and archive titles will not reach HD because of the re-mastering costs.So mainly we will get new titles,modern classics and some older classics in that order.
A large portion of the current DVD market will be marginalised,and will be hugely critical of the new format.The format war will not help this situation one bit.
It might gradually change as the years pass,because once seen HD will be expected,but we are along way from that position at present.We can't even get titles begging for a release on DVD,what chance HD.
It seems High Definition is not and will not be the big technological success the industry was hoping for.DVD will therefore be the format of choice for the forseeable future.
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