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HI-DEF D.V.D KEEP IT SIMPLE

Aug 28, 2005 6:42AM PDT

The only way the public will accept this new format, is the disk will have to have hi-def on one side and be able to play standard d.v.d. on the other So if you go rent or buy a d.v.d movie it will be compatable Also I dont care about burning movies etc. that just makes it more complex, + you can buy d.v.d. movies for as little as $5.00 .Also I dont understand why you folks want to hook up your computors, phones I pods and all the other junk to your home theater systems keep them in your bedroom, I know when I watch my home theater I even turn off the phone good luck to you all stewart norrie cadillacstew@aol.com

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I believed HD-DVD is backward compatible.
Aug 28, 2005 5:11PM PDT

Blu-ray is not.
Personally though, it's not the format that keeps me away but the price (hardware and softwares). I can always buy 2 or 3 dvd plays for the future to play old dvds (they are certainly inexpensive enough right now). So compatibility is not my problem..just my thought on it.

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HI-DEF D.V.D KEEP IT SIMPLE
Aug 29, 2005 12:53AM PDT

Yes this reminds me of the Beta-VHS wars from the early '80s and the Lased Disk-RCA CED video disk battle of the same time period.
This time they did try to come up with a common format for HD-DVD but it seams they just couldn't.
I jumped in early and got a VHS and laser disk player, but I think I'll just wait a while and see what happens this time.
It's interesting, back in the '70s Zenith had this speaker phone that came with thier TVs, so you could answer your phone through your TV (BAD IDEA) this realy increased thier TV sales,,,,,NOT.
I have a PC in my den that has a ATI HD wonder in it, I can watch OTA HD and the RF feed from my Dish reciver.
So I can watch TV and check my e-mail. Like you when I want to watch a GOOD movie I go to the living room and watch the movie!!!
Current DVD players have basicaly two sets of outputs.
One is componet DVD at 640x480p. I know that some now have HDMI as well.
The other is composit/s-video at NTSC analog(320x240)
video. To get this size the player is down scannng the 480p to NTSC 525 line video or 320x240.
So it is possible to have a HD DVD player do the same,
we may only have to wairt a few months to find out if they will. John