HD DVD Officially Dead --- Toshiba offers Sony the Win !

The media has no bearing on the game being HD or not. It's merely the storage space. That said, NONE of the 360's games are currently on HD-DVD. DVD only.
 
blk45 said:
They have no choice. There is no other HD media and the 360 can't survive if the games aren't in HD.
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The 360 drive is DVD format, and the games being put out for the 360 are HD. The big difference between the DVD and Blu-Ray is storage capacity -and games out now don't even utilize all the space on a standard DVD. I honestly don't think that MS is all that concerned about this, and IMO the game developers won't be able to fully utilize Blu-Ray technology until the next generation of consoles are produced in the upcoming years.
 
dengood1 said:
Call of Duty 4 is unbelievable. Awesome game, very entertaining and engaging. I was blown away by the graphics on my new 1080p hi def TV.
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Everything I've read about COD4 tells me to buy it now buy it now lol.
 
Thanks Killr. I had my eye on the Toshiba A3 @ Sears for 149 last weekend. Not now.
I'm not understanding all of the PS3 talk. Are you guys using PS3 like a Blu-Ray movie player? Hooked up to home theater?
 
PS3 as a BD player, game machine, media hub...... One of the best CE products out there.
 
trlblazer3 said:
The 360 drive is DVD format, and the games being put out for the 360 are HD. The big difference between the DVD and Blu-Ray is storage capacity -and games out now don't even utilize all the space on a standard DVD. I honestly don't think that MS is all that concerned about this, and IMO the game developers won't be able to fully utilize Blu-Ray technology until the next generation of consoles are produced in the upcoming years.
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As graphics and gameplay improve, the limits of the DVD format will be exceeded rather quickly. I read an article on Yahoo that a spokesperson from MS pretty much said they were already planning the switch. Time will tell. I think sooner than later. It will just be about ego. Will MS admit defeat and get on with it, as Toshiba did?
 
Jimmie said:
Are you guys using PS3 like a Blu-Ray movie player? Hooked up to home theater?
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Yep, and a great one at that! It was rated as the best Blu-Ray player for some time. Some of the new more expensive models have been better competition, but it is a great player and value.
 
blk45 said:
As graphics and gameplay improve, the limits of the DVD format will be exceeded rather quickly. I read an article on Yahoo that a spokesperson from MS pretty much said they were already planning the switch. Time will tell. I think sooner than later. It will just be about ego. Will MS admit defeat and get on with it, as Toshiba did?
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Well, MS can't just start putting games on HD disks as that leaves out several million owners. Well, they could but I think it would be a bad idea.
 
"Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gaming console which has been credited with being one of the main reasons that retailers have preferred Blu-ray over Toshiba’s HD DVD."

Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft - Smarthouse
 
SpoiledMan said:
Well, MS can't just start putting games on HD disks as that leaves out several million owners. Well, they could but I think it would be a bad idea.
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Agreed. They don't need an immediate fix, but they will eventually, so why wait? It appears that they aren't going to wait, according to the articles, even if they don't need BR for games.
 
You read a little far into that. It saying that they will be making a BD *add on* to replace the dead HD-DVD add on. No changes to the stand alone machine.
 
blk45 said:
"Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gaming console which has been credited with being one of the main reasons that retailers have preferred Blu-ray over Toshiba’s HD DVD."

Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft - Smarthouse
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Can you imagine be the Sony Licensing Rep who has to sign that contract ! I suspect they may allow MS the use of Blu-ray in computers and such, but the Xbox could be a different story. They dont want direct competition with the PS3 no matter how much more powerful it is.
 
killrwheels@autogeek said:
Can you imagine be the Sony Licensing Rep who has to sign that contract ! I suspect they may allow MS the use of Blu-ray in computers and such, but the Xbox could be a different story. They dont want direct competition with the PS3 no matter how much more powerful it is.
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I don't think that Sony has total control over Blu-Ray so I'm not sure that it's really up to them. But even if it were, Microsoft makes the operating system that Sony puts on all of its computers so I don't think that Sony will try to tell Microsoft what they can or can not do, just how much money they want.
 
Jimmie said:
Thanks Killr. I had my eye on the Toshiba A3 @ Sears for 149 last weekend. Not now.
I'm not understanding all of the PS3 talk. Are you guys using PS3 like a Blu-Ray movie player? Hooked up to home theater?
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PS3 is a gaming console, Blue Ray player (one of the best on the market at that), and internet connection. For what you pay and what you get it is a win win situation imo.
 
SpoiledMan said:
The cost to deliver a PS3 is and has been down to ~$400 for a few months. It's still a KILLER solution to HD/multimedia at this point and it doesn't have a rival in this arena anywhere close to the price. You get lots for the money. It's also one of the best SD DVD upscaling units.
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Unless hey fixed this in the very recent past, PS3 are noisey, which doesn't matter for games, but does for theater.
 
BlackCoupe said:
Unless hey fixed this in the very recent past, PS3 are noisey, which doesn't matter for games, but does for theater.
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Yeah, my 360 sure does crank up and "whirrrr" really loud. I put it behind a glass door in my entertainment center to silence:)
 
BlackCoupe said:
Unless hey fixed this in the very recent past, PS3 are noisey, which doesn't matter for games, but does for theater.
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my machine is dead quiet ... no noise to speak about. My only complaint is the slower load times. But man, the picture is out of this world.
 
BlackCoupe said:
Unless hey fixed this in the very recent past, PS3 are noisey, which doesn't matter for games, but does for theater.
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I think you got your machines crossed up. The original 60G and 20G machines were already quiet. The 80G got quieter and you can hardly tell the 40G is even on. The 360 on the other hand sounds like a jet taking off.


killrwheels@autogeek said:
my machine is dead quiet ... no noise to speak about. My only complaint is the slower load times. But man, the picture is out of this world.
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Slow load times for what? If you're talking about movies it's faster than anything else available.
 
Lucky me, when i purchased my hd tv last year, Samsung had a promo which included the blu-ray player for free.
I'm glad blue-ray won, but feel sorry for the folks who are stuck with there hd dvd players.At least the hd dvd players will up convert normal dvd's.
 
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