Comments on: Next-Gen DVDs to Boom Despite Format War? http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/next-gen-dvds-to-boom-despite-format-war/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/next-gen-dvds-to-boom-despite-format-war/#comment-53434 Ian Bell Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:07:14 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-53434 I hear ya. I cannot personally wait to get my hands on a next-gen DVD player too. I hear ya. I cannot personally wait to get my hands on a next-gen DVD player too.

]]> By: Karl Viklund http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/next-gen-dvds-to-boom-despite-format-war/#comment-53433 Karl Viklund Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:10:31 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-53433 Some say, next gen formats will flopp. I think not. Even if the adoption may be slow in the begining because of the price you will eventually buy into this. It's the future. It's like with Windows Vista. It will be the system in the next computer you buy whether you need/want it or not. The price for these new players may seem a little bit high, but remember, when CD-Burners came the price was about 500$ or even more. I waited until the price came down to about 250$ before I bought my first CD-burner.<br /> <br /> Right now, the price is 500$ for a HD-DVD player and about 1000$ for a Blu-Ray player. Blu-Ray is more expensive at the moment but I still think Blu-Ray got the advantage here. Most people don't have the big flat displays you need to realy enjoy movies in 1080p and it will take a long time before your grandmother buys a new LCD-TV so for the next gen formats to become mainstream will take a long time. So what's left? Yes, Data storage. Since HDDs are becoming more and more cheaper for every month the next gen formats really needs something extra to avoid a flopp. Blu-Rays 25/50GB against HD-DVDs 15/30 will make a huge difference here.<br /> <br /> Personaly, I can't wait for the Blu-Ray burners to come down in price. Some say, next gen formats will flopp. I think not. Even if the adoption may be slow in the begining because of the price you will eventually buy into this. It's the future. It's like with Windows Vista. It will be the system in the next computer you buy whether you need/want it or not. The price for these new players may seem a little bit high, but remember, when CD-Burners came the price was about 500$ or even more. I waited until the price came down to about 250$ before I bought my first CD-burner.

Right now, the price is 500$ for a HD-DVD player and about 1000$ for a Blu-Ray player. Blu-Ray is more expensive at the moment but I still think Blu-Ray got the advantage here. Most people don't have the big flat displays you need to realy enjoy movies in 1080p and it will take a long time before your grandmother buys a new LCD-TV so for the next gen formats to become mainstream will take a long time. So what's left? Yes, Data storage. Since HDDs are becoming more and more cheaper for every month the next gen formats really needs something extra to avoid a flopp. Blu-Rays 25/50GB against HD-DVDs 15/30 will make a huge difference here.

Personaly, I can't wait for the Blu-Ray burners to come down in price.

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