Toshiba HD A2 : HD DVD Player and 3 HD DVDs for $99?

Posted on Mon Jul 16, 11:45 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Does HD DVD really work ? I mean here in Japan we do have both of them available on the market but it look to me that the Winner is BD...

Posted on Tue Jul 17, 04:39 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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Daimaou, in Europe it's the opposite, apparently, HD-DVD is selling better than BR

Posted on Tue Jul 17, 01:22 by Konrad, Comp Tech, California, USA
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One thing I like about many HDDVDs I see marketed is that they have both HDDVD and DVD sides. In other words, the movies can be played both in older units, and in new ones. While I do not have a HDDVD player, that has attracted me to that standard.

On the other hand, Bluray has always reminded me of the proprietary BetaMax standard. And the lack of wide support due to the proprietary nature of BetaMax caused a lot of issues in getting tapes.

Another format that had this problem was Divx, which was a so-many-uses disk that Best Buy tried selling heavily. It also failed here. (Note: This is NOT divx the video compression software.) So if HD avoids the proprietary trap, and has this sort of price drop, chances are high it will win in the USA.