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I was just adding things to my Amazon wishlist when it crossed my mind, 'should I wait for the High Definition version instead?'.
It wasn't long ago that my brother threw away a big pile of VHS tapes. Although we don't have DVD versions of them all, he felt he had to because they take up so much room. He literally had a wardrobe full of VHS tapes and whenever you opened the door they'd all come crashing out, making a big mess. Let me tell you, having a tower of VHS cases fall on you is a lot more painful than a tower of DVD cases. :(
We use to watch tapes all the time, atleast a hundred epsiodes of The Simpsons, Red Dwarf you name it, we'd just watch them again and again. But then DVDs came along, the prices dropped and when anime companies made the switch, we followed suit and never looked back. Now we have over 300 DVDs in our collection and it's still growing. (In December we added another 14)
Now we have High Definition, but there's a problem, we have a choice of two formats. That's right, it's the VHS vs BETAMAX thing all over again.
Blu-ray, HD-DVD I have no idea and I'm so out of touch with the latest technology that I'm not even sure who's winning. Sony are doing Blu-Ray, it sounds good and I like the idea of it being in the PS3 but then lots of people arent keen on the PS3 like they were with the PS2. Which is a shame for Sony as the PS2 was the first DVD player that a lot of people owned.
Looking on Amazon there are 33 Blu-Ray DVDs and 64 HD DVDs. Most of the good movies are on HD DVD though (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Blu-Ray? =S) so perhaps Sony will lose once again.
Getting back to my question, apparently these HD players should all be able to play DVDs. Which is great, because then we can carry on watching everything in our collection. But things are going to change aren't they? They'll want to release everything again in HD format.
Your
Of course we don't have to buy the HD versions of our DVDs, but then didn't we buy these DVDs to replace VHS copies? If the prices were right could we be tempted to replace our inferior DVDs for these super duper High Definition masterpieces? Hmm I suppose it's still too early to tell but do we really need High Definition DVDs of movies like Santa Clause 3? No probably not, but I wouldnt mind having Planet Earth in High Definition, so I think I'll hold out on that one. :D
It wasn't long ago that my brother threw away a big pile of VHS tapes. Although we don't have DVD versions of them all, he felt he had to because they take up so much room. He literally had a wardrobe full of VHS tapes and whenever you opened the door they'd all come crashing out, making a big mess. Let me tell you, having a tower of VHS cases fall on you is a lot more painful than a tower of DVD cases. :(
We use to watch tapes all the time, atleast a hundred epsiodes of The Simpsons, Red Dwarf you name it, we'd just watch them again and again. But then DVDs came along, the prices dropped and when anime companies made the switch, we followed suit and never looked back. Now we have over 300 DVDs in our collection and it's still growing. (In December we added another 14)
Now we have High Definition, but there's a problem, we have a choice of two formats. That's right, it's the VHS vs BETAMAX thing all over again.
(Please correct me if there was a rival to the DVD that lost out) Sometimes it's great to have a choice, but other times you wish you didnt have to (DVDR/RW+ DVDR/RW- *sigh*). Blu-ray, HD-DVD I have no idea and I'm so out of touch with the latest technology that I'm not even sure who's winning. Sony are doing Blu-Ray, it sounds good and I like the idea of it being in the PS3 but then lots of people arent keen on the PS3 like they were with the PS2. Which is a shame for Sony as the PS2 was the first DVD player that a lot of people owned.
Looking on Amazon there are 33 Blu-Ray DVDs and 64 HD DVDs. Most of the good movies are on HD DVD though (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Blu-Ray? =S) so perhaps Sony will lose once again.
Getting back to my question, apparently these HD players should all be able to play DVDs. Which is great, because then we can carry on watching everything in our collection. But things are going to change aren't they? They'll want to release everything again in HD format.
Your
Limited Edition [B]Lord of the Rings[/B] Trilogy Boxset is now obsolete. You know how the studios work, they'll bring out each episode one at a time and then release the boxset after you've forked out money for the 3 movies already. Of course we don't have to buy the HD versions of our DVDs, but then didn't we buy these DVDs to replace VHS copies? If the prices were right could we be tempted to replace our inferior DVDs for these super duper High Definition masterpieces? Hmm I suppose it's still too early to tell but do we really need High Definition DVDs of movies like Santa Clause 3? No probably not, but I wouldnt mind having Planet Earth in High Definition, so I think I'll hold out on that one. :D
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Laser disk was a rival to DVD that only ever took off in France. It used big LP sized disks.
I was just adding things to my Amazon wishlist when it crossed my mind, 'should I wait for the High Definition version instead?'.
It wasn't long ago that my brother threw away a big pile of VHS tapes. Although we don't have DVD versions of them all, he felt he had to because they take up so much room. He literally had a wardrobe full of VHS tapes and whenever you opened the door they'd all come crashing out, making a big mess. Let me tell you, having a tower of VHS cases fall on you is a lot more painful than a tower of DVD cases. :(
We use to watch tapes all the time, atleast a hundred epsiodes of The Simpsons, Red Dwarf you name it, we'd just watch them again and again. But then DVDs came along, the prices dropped and when anime companies made the switch, we followed suit and never looked back. Now we have over 300 DVDs in our collection and it's still growing. (In December we added another 14)
Now we have High Definition, but there's a problem, we have a choice of two formats. That's right, it's the VHS vs BETAMAX thing all over again.
Blu-ray, HD-DVD I have no idea and I'm so out of touch with the latest technology that I'm not even sure who's winning. Sony are doing Blu-Ray, it sounds good and I like the idea of it being in the PS3 but then lots of people arent keen on the PS3 like they were with the PS2. Which is a shame for Sony as the PS2 was the first DVD player that a lot of people owned.
Looking on Amazon there are 33 Blu-Ray DVDs and 64 HD DVDs. Most of the good movies are on HD DVD though (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Blu-Ray? =S) so perhaps Sony will lose once again.
Getting back to my question, apparently these HD players should all be able to play DVDs. Which is great, because then we can carry on watching everything in our collection. But things are going to change aren't they? They'll want to release everything again in HD format.
Your
Of course we don't have to buy the HD versions of our DVDs, but then didn't we buy these DVDs to replace VHS copies? If the prices were right could we be tempted to replace our inferior DVDs for these super duper High Definition masterpieces? Hmm I suppose it's still too early to tell but do we really need High Definition DVDs of movies like Santa Clause 3? No probably not, but I wouldnt mind having Planet Earth in High Definition, so I think I'll hold out on that one. :D
It wasn't long ago that my brother threw away a big pile of VHS tapes. Although we don't have DVD versions of them all, he felt he had to because they take up so much room. He literally had a wardrobe full of VHS tapes and whenever you opened the door they'd all come crashing out, making a big mess. Let me tell you, having a tower of VHS cases fall on you is a lot more painful than a tower of DVD cases. :(
We use to watch tapes all the time, atleast a hundred epsiodes of The Simpsons, Red Dwarf you name it, we'd just watch them again and again. But then DVDs came along, the prices dropped and when anime companies made the switch, we followed suit and never looked back. Now we have over 300 DVDs in our collection and it's still growing. (In December we added another 14)
Now we have High Definition, but there's a problem, we have a choice of two formats. That's right, it's the VHS vs BETAMAX thing all over again.
(Please correct me if there was a rival to the DVD that lost out) Sometimes it's great to have a choice, but other times you wish you didnt have to (DVDR/RW+ DVDR/RW- *sigh*). Blu-ray, HD-DVD I have no idea and I'm so out of touch with the latest technology that I'm not even sure who's winning. Sony are doing Blu-Ray, it sounds good and I like the idea of it being in the PS3 but then lots of people arent keen on the PS3 like they were with the PS2. Which is a shame for Sony as the PS2 was the first DVD player that a lot of people owned.
Looking on Amazon there are 33 Blu-Ray DVDs and 64 HD DVDs. Most of the good movies are on HD DVD though (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Blu-Ray? =S) so perhaps Sony will lose once again.
Getting back to my question, apparently these HD players should all be able to play DVDs. Which is great, because then we can carry on watching everything in our collection. But things are going to change aren't they? They'll want to release everything again in HD format.
Your
Limited Edition [B]Lord of the Rings[/B] Trilogy Boxset is now obsolete. You know how the studios work, they'll bring out each episode one at a time and then release the boxset after you've forked out money for the 3 movies already. Of course we don't have to buy the HD versions of our DVDs, but then didn't we buy these DVDs to replace VHS copies? If the prices were right could we be tempted to replace our inferior DVDs for these super duper High Definition masterpieces? Hmm I suppose it's still too early to tell but do we really need High Definition DVDs of movies like Santa Clause 3? No probably not, but I wouldnt mind having Planet Earth in High Definition, so I think I'll hold out on that one. :D
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