Premium Members Stephen Murphy Posted August 4, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 There's a new version of the shining coming to dvd and hddvd/blu-ray at the end of the year that will feature a commentary by GB! Now if only he would finish that book of his:) S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 That's bloody fantastic. Can't wait. Might have to make that my reason to plunge into the format wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brad Grimmett Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Just buy a HD DVD/BluRay player and you'll be covered for both formats. Half the reason I bought a PS3 was for the BluRay player. It's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah well--the LG is going for $1000, and it doesn't play CD's--don't really want to make room in the rack for another component. I'll wait a little while longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matt Petrosky Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah well--the LG is going for $1000, and it doesn't play CD's--don't really want to make room in the rack for another component. I'll wait a little while longer. Yeah, I'm with you on this one Charles, 1K is too much. Back when the Laser Disc to DVD transition happened, Pioneer had a player that played both sides of Laser Discs without flipping, DVDs, and Audio CDs, and it had a nice wood finish. :P It's just time, in awhile the HD/Blu-Ray combos will be cheaper and do more. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Elliott Yancey Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I actually wrote a paper in college about the current format wars. I'll save you some reading and tell you that I believe Blu-ray wins. But, if you are bored and bit of a techno geek (like me) I would be happy to email it to anyone interested. -Elliott "nobody cares what you did in college" Yancey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brad Grimmett Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah well--the LG is going for $1000, and it doesn't play CD's--don't really want to make room in the rack for another component. I'll wait a little while longer. Good point. Plus 75% of movies coming out on DVD aren't in HD yet. I've only recently seen ads for movies that are being released in both formats. There was another dual player that was out like 6 months ago that played both, but it was kind of a secret, and it was going for $700ish I think. Toshiba maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Elliott Yancey Posted August 5, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Here is a fairly comprehensive list of the titles available in either format: Blu-ray HD DVD -Elliott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Sadler Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Here's a little bit of interesting news - Thieves choose Blu-ray over HD DVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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