HD-DVD is dead!

[Carlos_E]

I give blue-ray the middle finger

I take it you have HD-DVD?

[Kratos]

I take it you have HD-DVD?

Nah, I own neither. HD DVD and Blu-ray both face a similar uphill battle; consumers are not itching to replace or upgrade their current DVDs or DVD players. Yeah, it looks like sony won this format war but neither tecnology could end up being embrassed by consumers. With the growing industry of downloadable media through places such as Apple's iTunes Music Store or Amazon.com's UnBox, physical discs are no longer as vital. I see media gradually moving completely to the Internet, and movie collections being simiilar to an mp3 collection. Also, consumers interested in high-definition movies need to have a high-definition television. According to Nielsen Research, only 13.7% of households had an HDTV set as of Oct. 30. I'm not spending any money until there is a clear shift away from DVD's.

[Carlos_E]

Nah, I own neither. HD DVD and Blu-ray both face a similar uphill battle; consumers are not itching to replace or upgrade their current DVDs or DVD players. Yeah, it looks like sony won this format war but neither tecnology could end up being embrassed by consumers. With the growing industry of downloadable media through places such as Apple's iTunes Music Store or Amazon.com's UnBox, physical discs are no longer as vital. I see media gradually moving completely to the Internet, and movie collections being simiilar to an mp3 collection. Also, consumers interested in high-definition movies need to have a high-definition television. According to Nielsen Research, only 13.7% of households had an HDTV set as of Oct. 30. I'm not spending any money until there is a clear shift away from DVD's.

I agree and disagree. I have an Apple TV and just updated to Apple TV Take 2. I scanned some of the HD movie downloads and they look good. The only problem, all current HD movie downloads are rental models. You have 30 days to watch the rental and 24 hours to complete the movie once you start it then it deletes after. If you want to OWN an HD movie your only option is HD media. Blu-ray.

For a quick HD movie I want to watch once I will use the Apple TV. But for films I want to own I will buy a blu-ray disc.