Blu-ray will be History-Microsoft!!!!

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nish_higher

Wise Old Owl
[to everyone] how exactly do u get a 10-50gb movie in ur hdd when u r supposed to buy and not dl ? coz movies wont be free ,ever.
 
goobimama

goobimama

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The debate is between Blu ray vs an online movie distribution service like iTunes movie rentals. Movies will not be free of course :)
 
The_Devil_Himself

The_Devil_Himself

die blizzard die! D3?
now this is interesting,we back up our movies on DVDs after downloading(legal and otherwise) instead of buying the original DVDs itself :p..If I were to choose between blu-ray DVDs and online paid download,I would prefer blu-ray disks even if they costs a lil more.
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
^^ What if your internet was a speedy enough for instant playback with your remote without bandwidth caps and it was 150 bucks to rent the movie online instead of buying the Blu ray disk for 500 bucks?
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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goobimama said:
The debate is between Blu ray vs an online movie distribution service like iTunes movie rentals. Movies will not be free of course :)
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do you ever think that guys will be satisfied with online rentals ?

let me give you my example.

I have Tata Sky. I can rent a movie and watch it on my LCD TV.
its Rs. 75 for a day, watch anytime.
I get DVD Quality movies.

but I still prefer to buy the much cheaper REAL DVDs which are forever and legal.

Infact, I never used the Tata Sky Rental feature that was said to be the thing that will kill DVDs by Tata.

Real physical media always rule.
goobimama said:
^^ What if your internet was a speedy enough for instant playback with your remote without bandwidth caps and it was 150 bucks to rent the movie online instead of buying the Blu ray disk for 500 bucks?
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don't talk too much about hypothetical situations.
anyway, piracy is still there
 
goobimama

goobimama

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Infact, I never used the Tata Sky Rental feature that was said to be the thing that will kill DVDs by Tata.
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That's cause the selection offered by the rental system is bunkass. You don't get the same variety of movies offered by a physical store. Also, piracy zindabaad is it?

don't talk too much about hypothetical situations.
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I'm not talking hypothetical situations. Go to the States and you will find the basic internet connections are fast enough for instant playback. iTunes movie rentals are slowly picking up (although the selection is still small). Price for HD is $5 (Arnd 160?). Blu ray is $18 or so.
 
goobimama

goobimama

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I have said it and I will say it again. Optical discs are unreliable.

And this discussion we are having, is based on Microsoft thinking that optical discs are not going to be mainstream. That article was written by a dude in the States. I'm just defending his statement (although not entirely). I don't see how crappy Indian connections affects this. Although I will say that 2mbps connection is mighty enough for me...
 
gary4gar

gary4gar

GaurishSharma.com
#HDTV broacasts though cable or DTH will take atleast 3-4 years
#HD movies woudl take around 2-3years.
#Still most peopel do not know what HD is.
how many households own a 40+ inch TV, just leave apart few.
They to own one, as a status symbol not for HDTV content
Mostly Flat screen displays are seen in commercial environments.

Welcome to INDIA Folks.

In short INDIA is not HD ready.
forget True HD
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

AFK
goobimama said:
That's cause the selection offered by the rental system is bunkass. You don't get the same variety of movies offered by a physical store. Also, piracy zindabaad is it?


I'm not talking hypothetical situations. Go to the States and you will find the basic internet connections are fast enough for instant playback. iTunes movie rentals are slowly picking up (although the selection is still small). Price for HD is $5 (Arnd 160?). Blu ray is $18 or so.
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I never said piracy zindabaad.
I use moser baer or t-series or similar low cost DVD movies which are LEGAL.

are you in india or the us ?
 
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nish_higher

Wise Old Owl
this statement by MS is only to prove that xbox 360 will still rule and PS3 has no benefit from blu-ray - acc to ms,not me.
 
napster007

napster007

Padawan
^^despite all the above.....i strongly believe that the xbox will go down. maybe not right now but fast enough. Once the HD DVD is out of the picture there wont be much left of it.

as for the LIVE services it provides....i think it's the major reason why its got the success till now. The xbox has a steep slope ahead
 
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dreamcatcher

dreamcatcher

Rockin g33k
nah....trust me...nxt month...Microsoft will be out with a blu-ray addon saying that they misread the market and it is the way ahead.. lol
 
iMav

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
.... as a reason for xbox's so called future failure :lol: dude ur talking like the europe xbox head .... in some years xbox will be history :lol: u will condemn some 1 for something but do the same :lol: awesome my fren
 
tarey_g

tarey_g

Hanging, since 2004..
gx_saurav said:
1080p HD videos are usually useless, u need at least a 42" TV to view it properly. 720p Videos are good enough for most of the people.

I for once, will never download a 1080p video no matter what. My Monitor goes upto 1280X1024 so why download 1080p

720p DivX/Xvid Video usually come in 2 GB which have high quality with MP3 Audio or X.264 rips with H.263 Audio for PCs
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never!!! so you wont be getting a new better display in future!! :D
 
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angad.ssingh

Right off the assembly line
Well Hd Dvd was never a compition to blue ray as blue ray had far more capacity and as we are getting more and more depended upon technology only thing which we need in future is more and more space so practicly speaking Blue ray had the edge on this front .
I think link is good for introducing more facts about the format war
 
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