Microsoft HD-DVD 360 player and console for $900??

Right now, both blu-ray and HD-DVD are tanking, with HD-DVD players outselling BR players by about 33%.  The numbers are so low, however, that the PS3 vs 360 HD-DVD addon will probably be the deciding factor in the near future, with overall prices/quality being the deciding factor by the end of next year.

My prediction is that HD-DVD will continue to outsell BR (price) until the PS3s release, which will give BR the lead and a big boost.  At that point, I think it will be BR\'s race to loose, if they don\'t move to better codecs and take advantage of BR\'s better specs.

[Living-In-Clip]

wow, HD-DVD is tanking.  good thing i dont pay attention

Define "tanking". Is it selling a massive amount? No. Is it still quite abit more than Blu-Ray? Yes.

v. tanked
Slang. To suffer a sudden decline or failure

how did i guess you\'d throw the blu-ray comparison in there?

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how did i guess you\'d throw the blu-ray comparison in there?

Because it\'s the EXACT same thing you would of done, if the tables had been turned.

what tables?
i\'m not on either side of it, remember?

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what tables?
i\'m not on either side of it, remember?

Well, then we can agree on something.

I think the whole Hi-Def DVD era is stupid and right now, pointless.

[Titan]

wow, HD-DVD is tanking.  good thing i dont pay attention

Serously. I see commercials for new movies and they say DVD and Blu-Ray. I\'ve yet to see one for HD-DVD. Its as good as done.

Those ads did wonders for the PSP movies... It\'s not effective since people don\'t know what Blu-Ray is.

How can blu-ray be tanking, its barely been released.  One thing it has going for it is that everyone who buys a PS3 will have a blu-ray player (approx 2-4 million by years end), the same can not be said for the 360 and HD-DVD.

[Titan]

ms fuckesd themseflve over by not putting it in from the begtinning.

ms fuckesd themseflve over by not putting it in from the begtinning.

I dont think they could if they wanted the console to be released in November 2005.

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How can blu-ray be tanking, its barely been released.  One thing it has going for it is that everyone who buys a PS3 will have a blu-ray player (approx 2-4 million by years end), the same can not be said for the 360 and HD-DVD.

One day I am sure you\'ll be able to read and understand the discussion, but until then, let me break it down for you.

If you compare HD-DVD to Blu-Ray, no one is buying into Blu-Ray and critics right now are killing Blu-Ray for under-delivering.

ms fuckesd themseflve over by not putting it in from the begtinning.

MS didn\'t fuck themselves.  They really aren\'t all that involved in the format war.  They have thrown a little bit of weight behind HD-DVD, but if it tanks they won\'t hurt very much if at all.

If they had put the HD-DVD drive in the Xbox 360 then the stakes would be incredibly high...and so would the price of the 360...no, thanks.

they\'re already selling 360 at a huge loss, they couldnt put a hd-dvd drive in it.  plus, the whole double in size factor.

[Titan]

Wow, I was too tipsy posting that.

I think the point I was trying to make was already touched up on way back when. MS is using standard DVD whereas Sony is using the Blu-Ray which is more capable of storing more on the disk. They were also talking about using it at the start to compete with Sony but dropped it in favor of an early launch.