DVD\'s are fine for this generation

I didn\'t mean to say a lot. Bad word choice. I\'m not saying with the failure of HD-DVD is gonna slow them down or bring them under but I bet they will hurt a bit where they could still recover. Its not a big dent in their company but it is some loss.

I\'ve done enough searching and I can\'t find an actual dollar amount that Microsoft has invested in to HD-DVD.  The only things I found were the same articles you did, but different sources.  Mostly saying they support HD-DVD, making it the standard for Vista, etc.  

I don\'t know where I\'m going with this...

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well without reading the 1st four pages i think dvd\'d are fine for this gen..as far as movies are concerned i know i\'m going to have to repurchase a couple of anime movies i bought a few years back since they were on vhs...i don\'t even see vcr players anymore...i don\'t see a need for a major change since dvd\'s display crystal clear imaging and there will never be a lapse in quality unlike vhs...i see dvd\'s bein around for a looong time...

i\'m not much of a tech head so as far as games go, from what i understand anyway,..most games don\'t take up the full dvd anyways, and the only problem that developers have as far as using up that space is time...most are on deadlines to have these games finished by a certain date.... development costs are a huge issue here as well...i\'m sure alot of developers would like to use the whole dvd and implement their games to the fullest,..well all except EA..the master of rehashing....

yay, EA bashing!

so much fun!
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yay, EA bashing!

so much fun!
:rolleyes:

well without takin\' this thing too much off topic, that last remark was more or less directed towards ea\'s madden series, the only game i\'ve enjoyed from them to my knowledge most recently was fight night round 2...what? you a fan of ea or somethin?

1080i or 1080p. Not gonna see much of a difference.

1080i or 1080p. Not gonna see much of a difference.

it\'s the difference between hi-def and true hi-def according to Sony.

o rly?

o rly?

don\'t tell me you forgot about last E3 when Sony was proclaiming the PS3 as a true next gen system capable of true hi-def (which they define as 1080p).

it\'s the difference between hi-def and true hi-def according to Sony.

Yeah it\'s better but by how much? I work in video and the differences I see between the different standards 720p etc is not that great and sometimes takes a trained eye to see the difference.

found the articles.  my bad, it was Phil Harrison of Sony who said it...

"As you well know," he continued, "the Xbox 360 doesn\'t play high definition movies and doesn\'t have true HD functionality - PlayStation 3 is the only format that has 1080-progressive, which is the true definition of HD, so it\'s really premature to be talking about the HD era."

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funny thing is that only a couple years ago Sony was claiming 720p as true hi-def when they were marketing their TVs.

Welcome to marketing, try not to get so bent out of shape about it.
 
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-Dan

not upset, I just find it funny.

SUPER AND BEST!

Will anyone try to discuss the possible contribution of BR in gaming except from movies?

The thing about high definition images is they require a ton of space. So these discs are capable of storing a ton. That\'s the benefit.
 
Disc space and resolution, that\'s about the gist of it, no?
 
For gameplay, I can\'t think of any way that high definition imagery could be used to enhance gameplay and even if I could, it would come at the exclusion of those with standard definition sets. (Like surround sound aural cues for people with mono tvs.)
 
-Dan

The thing about high definition images is they require a ton of space. So these discs are capable of storing a ton. That\'s the benefit.
 
Disc space and resolution, that\'s about the gist of it, no?
 
For gameplay, I can\'t think of any way that high definition imagery could be used to enhance gameplay and even if I could, it would come at the exclusion of those with standard definition sets. (Like surround sound aural cues for people with mono tvs.)
 
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Ofcourse the BR disk wont enhance gameplay atleast from what I can tell now. But I am sure games of this next gen generation at some point of time will see bigger storage mediums as necessary.