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Originally Posted by philoSCIFI
Has anyone made the jump and chosen one format over the other? Blu-Ray vs HD?
I was at Best Buy and noticed they already have two sections devoted to soley Blu-Ray and HD. I noticed one guy in particular shopping inthe Blu-Ray section.
I've personally noticed more of a push with Blu-Ray on DVDs, yet television seems to lean towards HD. Has anyone noticed anything similar?
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There's a huge push with Blu-ray, the sales are 3:1 over HD-DVD. I'm betting quite a bit of that has to do with the fact that the PS3 doubles as a cheap Blu-ray player. I've got both in my home, and I actually prefer HD-DVD, as some of my Blu-ray discs are pretty skimpy on the extras. Namely there's a few integrated features that HD-DVD offers to make the movie experience more interactive (and not in the corny "follow the white rabbit" sort of way). Sony and some other companies are trying to catch up, of course, but if I walk into a store and see two copies of the same movie, I'm more inclined to pick up the HD-DVD version.
As for there being one format for television shows, I really haven't noticed. I'm not a big watcher of the boob-tube and am pretty oblivious to anything of that ilk that hits the store shelves. Though HD-DVD is definitely the only format you can find "Adult" material on.