How the mass market will vote:
[_] HD-DVD
[_] BR
[*] None of the above
Early adopters, lacking up-to-date HDMI inputs on their
displays, are apt to get screwed, as the analog YPbPr
"HD" output from these "HD" players is reportedly degraded
from full HD.
> The results have been lackluster.
And Sony, being late and continuing to slip, may well
decide to cancel the intro. If Wal-Mart, seeing dour
results so far on HD-DVD, elects to not stock BR,
Sony may have to cancel.
The present offerings are expensive videophile products
that disrespect the videophile. And videophile was never
more than a niche market anyway.
I am just giddy with the money I save by not buying anything.
Part of me is even glad to see both formats fail, given the cultural degeneracy in which these companies are involved.
The Toshiba decks are displaying full resolution from the composite outputs.
There has reportedly been an agreement among the HD-DVD camp to allow full resolution out of component connections until at least 2010.
HD-DVD has one big advantage -- with some modification, the disks can be produced on current DVD manufacturing equipment.
Someone needs to market an HDMI to Composite adaptor.
Walmart is selling out of their HD DVD players what are you talking about?