"Blu-ray Disc" vs. "HD DVD": Neither Is Winning

[Jerry Jones]

the Dolbly Digital HD will not even remotely be a part of the movie..

Apple TV specifications: http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

Audio formats supported
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through

Apple TV HD movie rentals: http://www.apple.com/appletv/rentals.html

Movie rentals on Apple TV are $2.99 for library titles, $3.99 for new releases, and only a dollar more for stunning HD titles with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

the Dolbly Digital HD will not even remotely be a part of the movie.

Vudu specifications: http://www.vudu.com/product_specs.html

Audio Format:
Source: Dolby® Digital Plus Out: Dolby Digital 5.1

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

1. Apple TV

http://www.apple.com/appletv

2. Vongo.com

http://www.vongo.com/

3. Xbox 360 LIVE Marketplace:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv/

4. GUBA:

http://www.guba.com

5. VUDU:

http://www.vudu.com

6. AxiomTV:

http://www.axiom.tv/

7. Akamai:

http://www.thehdweb.com/

8. Movielink:

http://www.movielink.com

9. Amazon unbox:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/help/faq.html/104-0508629-0067901?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0KF7QXH1GPVWAK9GXS00&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=298517001&pf_rd_i=16261631

10. FANFARE:

http://www.sandisk.com/fanfare/intro/

11. FiOS TV:

http://www22.verizon.com/content/fiostv

12. AT&T U-verse TV:

https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do

13. TiVo HD:

http://www.tivo.com/whatistivo/tivohd/index.html

14. Joost:

http://www.joost.com/

15. hulu:

http://www.hulu.com/

16. Veoh Networks:

http://www.veoh.com/

All over the world, consumers are celebrating the HD downloads revolution and they're throwing off the chains of HD optical disc slavery.

They're shouting in the streets "I'm mad as H___ and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

Heck, even Toshiba knows that "HD DVD" and "Blu-ray Disc" are as dead as DISC-o.



Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Hulk]

"The VUDU box costs $295.00. Rentals range from $0.99 to $3.99, and purchased movies range from $4.99 to $19.99."


Can you say DEAL BREAKER!

No thanks but I'll pass on the Dudu. If they were serious about this they would give the Dudu box hardware away, with a refundable fee on your credit card to prevent theft. The fact they are charging so much for so little tells me that have very little financial backing. Like most of this big thinking up starts.

Right now the only good solution for me as far as downloads is Netflix. And as they transition from disc to downloads I will most likely transition with them. You see the difference is they are a huge company that is making money and if they start to see their customers flee I bet they will react quickly.

Elie brings up a great point regarding lossless multichannel audio like TrueHD. That ALONE requires more bandwidth than most people have at their disposal.

And I for one do not like the idea of DRM protected download that are registered to one computer and must be de-registered to be moved to another computer. No thanks I'd rather rip the movie I bought on disc to my computer via "Fair Use" and move it around as I please.

Plus I like the covers of the discs.

The mass market is fine with terrible sounding 128kbps audio compression and 12mega pixel digital cameras that look like crap due to the tiny sensors. Next they will push 4Mbps "HD" downloads on us.

No thanks. I think there will be enough people around that demand to see and hear better quality.

If it's good enough for Jerry then I wish him the best. He's found his heaven.

I'd like a little higher quality. That's all I'm saying.

[Sasq]

pie > cake
I like ice cream, my favorite is green tea actually.

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