Woolworths to ditch HD-DVD - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 29th Jan 2008, 09:21

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01...ditch_hd-dvd/1

High-street retailer Woolworths has announced that its stores are to go Blu-Ray only in a surprising show of support for the Sony-backed HD disc format.

naokaji · 29th Jan 2008, 09:47

good, the faster the format war comes to an end the better...

D3s3rt_F0x · 29th Jan 2008, 10:01

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Originally Posted by naokaji

good, the faster the format war comes to an end the better...

True, shame the lesser format has won though

Jaguar_Infinity · 29th Jan 2008, 10:11

maybe the lesser format did win but i'm glad that there is now a clear option for anyone upgrading to a high def format. I've personally been holding off from going high def purely because i didnt know which to go for in the long run. Whilst i feel sorry for all those who braught HD-DVD systems and will soon struggle or even be unable to buy any movies in the HD-DVD format i do feel that having a victor will mean less confusion in the market and more people will now be able to take the step into adopting High Def

For those that comment about blueray being the sony backed system, wasn't microsoft backing HD-DVD? if i'm wrong fair enough but it apears to me that its a no win situation for the anti-sony & microsoft crowd

Da_Rude_Baboon · 29th Jan 2008, 10:12

In a battle of storage mediums i would prefer the one with the greater capacity to win.

Shielder · 29th Jan 2008, 10:18

Jag, I was having this discussion with my sister-in-law (who works as a games tester for Sony

) and I said that HD-DVD was better, but couldn't remember why. What is different about the two formats (I'm feeling lazy).

Andy

cjoyce1980 · 29th Jan 2008, 10:23

1. Does anyone still shop a woolworths?
2. When did they move from board games, childrens toys and clothes?
3. Is this not just an advert to tell everyone that they are just about to start stocking blu-ray and when HD-DVD does better they will stock that too?!?

kenco_uk · 29th Jan 2008, 10:28

Good. I can see already the price of bluray players are starting to drop. Sony needed their format to win, as we all know it's not the console that makes the money, it's the software and peripherals (or in this case, bluray films) that makes profit and with their console being a 'cheap' bluray player, they need some money back for the lack of margin on their console.

All we need now are cheaper bluray pc drives (and discs)!

badders · 29th Jan 2008, 11:04

BD drives (readers) are only about Â£88 now, Kenco.

steveo_mcg · 29th Jan 2008, 11:12

Is there software for playing BR moves yet? more importantly how long before we can afford BR-RW?

samkiller42 · 29th Jan 2008, 11:57

PowerDVD Ultra is able to play both HD DVD and BD.
I was once told BD had a larger capacity, of around 30gb, while HD DVD only had about 12gb, thats rubbish. I have a HDDVD film, and the disk is just under 30gb.

Sam

BioSniper · 29th Jan 2008, 12:34

HD-DVD is about 25GB and I believe BD-R is about 50GB?
It's a shame as I preferred the fact that HD-DVD was region free, but I don't buy at woolies and have both formats anyway so I guess its a moot point really.

mikeuk2004 · 29th Jan 2008, 12:49

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

1. Does anyone still shop a woolworths?
2. When did they move from board games, childrens toys and clothes?
3. Is this not just an advert to tell everyone that they are just about to start stocking blu-ray and when HD-DVD does better they will stock that too?!?

1. Yes
2. How old are you?? Im 26 ans ever sinc eI was small they dad always sold Music Films and sweets as well as what you said.
3. They do stock Blu-ray and the reason for discontinuing the HD-DVD is because it aint selling as well.

I hope transformers will then come out on Blu-ray

wont be long then, whem HD DVD is dropped completly as more and more support for the format is dropped.

DXR_13KE · 29th Jan 2008, 12:56

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Originally Posted by BioSniper

I preferred the fact that HD-DVD was region free,

maybe that is what killed it......

kempez · 29th Jan 2008, 13:01

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Originally Posted by D3s3rt_F0x

True, shame the lesser format has won though

Wow now that's some uneducated postage

True BR is region limited but every other part of the spec is superior to HD-DVD

Eloquence · 29th Jan 2008, 13:21

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Originally Posted by D3s3rt_F0x

True, shame the lesser format has won though

How is it lesser?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...hnical_details

Begs to differ.

steveo_mcg · 29th Jan 2008, 13:31

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Originally Posted by kempez

Wow now that's some uneducated postage

True BR is region limited but every other part of the spec is superior to HD-DVD

inc the DRM, so whats better for the consumer? and whats better for the mpiaa? This isn't necessarily the same thing.

badders · 29th Jan 2008, 13:41

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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

inc the DRM, so whats better for the consumer? and whats better for the mpiaa? This isn't necessarily the same thing.

Meh, DRM's a fact of life. If you're that way inclined, there's always ways round it. It didn't take that long fro DVD Jon to sort out CSS.

Broken DRM + Technical superiority = Win for enthusiast and win for general consumer (who'll never think about the DRM anyway)

Eloquence · 29th Jan 2008, 13:45

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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

inc the DRM, so whats better for the consumer? and whats better for the mpiaa? This isn't necessarily the same thing.

HD DVD has DRM too, so your argument is moot.

kenco_uk · 29th Jan 2008, 13:46

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Originally Posted by badders

BD drives (readers) are only about Â£88 now, Kenco.

Exactly.

A BD-R/RE Writer is only getting on for £390ish!!

When the writer drops about 300 quid off it's price tag, I'll probably get one

Mind you, it's similar to when dvd drives and writers first hit the market. They, too were about £90 for a reader and some ludicrous amount for a writer.

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cjoyce1980 Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 343	1. Does anyone still shop a woolworths? 2. When did they move from board games, childrens toys and clothes? 3. Is this not just an advert to tell everyone that they are just about to start stocking blu-ray and when HD-DVD does better they will stock that too?!?

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