Sony hater goes from HD DVD to Blu-ray.

[ChrisInCali]

I started off with the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on because it was a cheap, quick and dirty way to get into the HD movie scene. Also, at the time I had a strong distaste for Sony because of some of their previous practices of DRM. As time went on, it was becoming hard for me to ignore all the titles I wanted on Blu-ray that weren't availble on HD DVD, especially since all of my local stores seemed to stock much more titles on Blu-ray than HD DVD.

So, I ended up trading in my PS2 for a PS3, and started going format neutral. About two weeks in my HD DVD player bit the dust, and I returned it. I figured I'd wait for a good sale on a standalone player, but as time went on I realized I had no interest in going back to HD DVD. Most of the movies I would buy on the HD DVD format were comedies... a genre that really doesn't get the same benefit from HD as say an action movie. Not to mention a lot of my favorites had horrible transfers on HD DVD (40 Year Old Virgin, The Breakfast Club, Accepted.)

Now I'm very happy being only Blu-ray, and I really feel that it is the better product despite my feelings about Sony. I also feel much safer buying movies on Blu-ray because it has so much support, and is currently beating HD DVD in sales. I definitely do not want to invest in a format that has the potential to be dead in three years. I'm guessing sometime in 2008 Universal is going to go neutral, and the "war" will pretty much be over.

[winstonshu]

belated welcome, i guess.

the sooner it's over, the sooner the industry can work on mass market acceptance and the less chance there is of all this being a niche market.

[blu-dock saint]

Originally Posted by ChrisInCali

I started off with the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on because it was a cheap, quick and dirty way to get into the HD movie scene. Also, at the time I had a strong distaste for Sony because of some of their previous practices of DRM. As time went on, it was becoming hard for me to ignore all the titles I wanted on Blu-ray that weren't availble on HD DVD, especially since all of my local stores seemed to stock much more titles on Blu-ray than HD DVD.

So, I ended up trading in my PS2 for a PS3, and started going format neutral. About two weeks in my HD DVD player bit the dust, and I returned it. I figured I'd wait for a good sale on a standalone player, but as time went on I realized I had no interest in going back to HD DVD. Most of the movies I would buy on the HD DVD format were comedies... a genre that really doesn't get the same benefit from HD as say an action movie. Not to mention a lot of my favorites had horrible transfers on HD DVD (40 Year Old Virgin, The Breakfast Club, Accepted.)

Now I'm very happy being only Blu-ray, and I really feel that it is the better product despite my feelings about Sony. I also feel much safer buying movies on Blu-ray because it has so much support, and is currently beating HD DVD in sales. I definitely do not want to invest in a format that has the potential to be dead in three years. I'm guessing sometime in 2008 Universal is going to go neutral, and the "war" will pretty much be over.

I did almost exactly what you did, welcome.

[HdBluRayFan]

I have both systems, but I think Blu Ray is the better one.

[bone crusher]

Welcome to the Blu side. It's the ONLY way to go.

[93xfan]

good to see someone put aside their hatred of Sony and looking at the product that is being offered.

[sabor]

Welcome to blu! You won't regret it!

[renspacecom]

Originally Posted by blu-dock saint

I did almost exactly what you did, welcome.

Ditto for me as well,started with the add on,made the jump to neutral,my add on still works and i just rent the HD DVD exclusive titles,not too many upcoming blind buys on HD for me..The lack of and HDMi on the 360 is a big thing for me too the BR witht he HDmi just looks friggin great!

[theflux]

Glad to hear you are enjoying your new purchase.

[Blurry]

This thread has now been moved to the appropriate format specific area. Please, no more smackdown in this thread!

[gumpaholic]

Congrats on choosing the best format available. I was netural for about 4 months and decided that Blu-ray is just a better format. I now have 79 Blus and only 6 HD-DVDs and pretty soon those will be gone too!