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"To the layman, HD-DVD can seem like a DVD that will display at HD and not a new format. It can be viewed as an HD upgrade to DVDs and not a native format. This creates a unlikely 3rd party in the format war, DVD itself."
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no, I just think people want Blu-ray and that's that. It's been proven ,actually... 73% of all Hd-sales are blu-ray. Blu-ray movies... that speaks volumes, folks. It's nothing to do with the name... it's the content and movies available for the formats. Simple and clean.
I honestly believe people thought HD-dvd was gonna sale on namesake... When The Blu-ray company is basically disproving the name theory everyday in terms of sales. If a consumer is interested in a product, they're going o do research about it.
Blu-ray sounds nothing like Hd or DVd... However, consumers are quickly making the assumptions that it is the bar and standard for Hd content without drawing the comparisons in namesake.
Blu-ray just sounds better. They're packaged better and, although, they might be more expensive and will remain so for some time... people still know, from research, that blu-ray has the longest legs and most potential on which to stand on for their consumer dollars and future.
That's my take.
I sure wasnt a burden before they started getting SPANKED by Blu Ray. Excuses and sore losers that will soon be giving up is all I see on the HD DVD side.
will be viewed as the continuation of DVD brand which is already synonymous with movie watchers.
I swear some people think Blu-Ray is some new missle defense system...
It's really not about what sounds better. correct me if I'm wrong doesn't Blu-Ray uses that color of the light spectrum to read pits on the disc? I wonder how the name came about?
Either way, whether you think it sounds cool or not, the continuation of a well established medium's name is a little easier for people to get comfortable with as opposed to a totally new format name.
When someone ask what is HD-DVD, it easy to just say it is a "High Definition Resolution of DVD's as opposed to Blu-Ray, but I get what the article is trying to say though.
Another thing, I think HD-DVD disc are the same size as DVD's since they use the same manufacturing bus lines, which is why it's cheaper to produce.
Example: Gamers are very comfortable upgrading from a PS1-->PS2-->PS3 as opposed to buying a totally new console, in this case a Xbox 360..etc
Example: Xbox and Xbox360, you still have the core "XBOX" in the name.
If HD-DVD was to win the format war and was used to PC games and recorded videos etc then it would sound stupid seeing that here is nothing HD about it. To me Blu-ray just seems better say and it doesn't just mean HD.