[eagleclaw]

 Which do you perfer?

[aldo_14]

Neither; they're both gargantuan wastes of money.

[redsniper]

holographic storage

[vyper]

Betamax.

[Inquisitor]

Ask the question next year after people actually have them.

Preferring one of the other right now is like asking which is better, the PS4 or the Xbox1280.

[eagleclaw]

Point taken.

[Ulala]

Or the Nintendo Tinkle.

[vyper]

Badoom tsh.

[BlackDove]

Really not a matter of preference. They perform exactly the same, it's just that Blu-Ray has higher capacity, therefore video can be displayed at a higher bit rate or just simply have longer play.

It's not really like asking if PS4 or Xbox 1280 are better, it's more like asking if SVCD or DVD is the better one.

[vyper]

That's an unfair comparison, they're generations apart.

[Turey]

HD DVD. Just so that I can laugh as every single PS3 becomes partially obsolete.

[StratComm]

The storage of Blu-Ray really doesn't help do anything other than store more crap on the DVD.  Bit rate is dependent on how quickly the player can read from the disk, not how big the disk is.  The players themselves differ more in software than hardware (the laser emitter is the same) and I really think Sony's DRM and their holier-than-thou attitude will do them in.

[Shadow0000]

holographic storage

PCD and Tapestry Media seem promising.

[Taristin]

HD DVD, because I hate sony >..>;

[Shadow0000]

Sony is just a part of the association that developed the Blu-Ray, this thread isn't PS3 vs XBox 360. It sounds like if hating one of the companies involved in the developement of the HD DVD would be a reason enough to hate the whole product.

[Deepblue]

Really not a matter of preference. They perform exactly the same, it's just that Blu-Ray has higher capacity, therefore video can be displayed at a higher bit rate or just simply have longer play.

It's not really like asking if PS4 or Xbox 1280 are better, it's more like asking if SVCD or DVD is the better one.

Incorrect. HD-DVD uses VC1 while Blu-Ray uses Mpg2. VC1 is a much higher quality codec, therefore HD-DVD movies currently outperform their Blu-Ray counterparts.

Upscaling FTW here.

[Shadow0000]

False, just the first ones used MPEG-2, currently Blu-Ray supports MPEG-2, SMPTE VC-1 and H.264/AVC, this last one is part of MPEG-4.

[StratComm]

Sony is just a part of the association that developed the Blu-Ray, this thread isn't PS3 vs XBox 360. It sounds like if hating one of the companies involved in the developement of the HD DVD would be a reason enough to hate the whole product.

It's not Sony vs. MS or Sony vs. anyone in particular.  The whole organization that developed blu-ray is to blame.  It's later, more expensive, and at best equal quality than HD-DVD and yet they still consider it to be the new best thing ever.  Despite the fact that neither format currently offers enough selection over standard DVDs to justify buying a new, grossly overpriced first gen player.  Don't support format wars, regardless of who's involved.

[Shadow0000]

EVD and FVD tried to become an inexpensive improvement over DVD, however they didn't make out of China and Taiwan respectively.

[redsniper]

wait... seriously?