Blue Ray or High-Def

[cigarsarge]

I've in the market for a DVD player...Do I go with Blue Ray or Hi-Def. I'm leaning toward Blue Ray at the moment.

How about some input from you guys...Pros and cons from your personal experence would be appreciated.

[drew_goring]

I am still waiting for the war to be worked out. What I think is that eventually they players will play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.

From what it sounds like, Sony is releasing only Blu-Ray, and Warner Bros just announced they are dropping HD-DVD, and Paramount is planning on dropping HD-DVD as well.

If this is all true, I would definitely say right now that Blu-Ray is the best bet.

[nhcigarfan]

Hd-DVD is over. Warner Bros, and the majority of movie studios are going blu-ray only.

It's like vhs and beta, blu-ray is vhs, HD-dvd is beta. Both work great but the vast majority of what will be available will be on blu-ray.

[DeeDubya]

Toshiba is the big player in the HD-dvd format. So they might soon be standing alone. Sell your Toshiba stock now.
I think the name alone "Blue-Ray" sounds better than "Hi-Def". Holy Havanas, couldn't they come up with something better than Hi-Def which is already a generic term for everthing in HD-TV broadcasting.

[bigwhiteash]

Yep...Now the prices of the players and movies will drop significantly.
I guess I'll have to start over with my movie collection that's nearing 500 titles

[guado]

Blu-ray definitely.

Also I like the uncompressed try audio on the Blu-ray. Blu ray format also holds more information than HD DVD.

Toshiba is gonna DROP

[Mizicke5273]

Blu-ray is the way to go.

If your looking for a player, you might want to consider a PS3 for one. I believe it is still one of the cheapest players on the market and it is one the best you can buy. Plus you can always play some games on it!