JLo

From August 2006 Consumer Reports

Now, finally, two competing (and incompatible) high-*definition DVD formats are beginning to hit the market. There’s HD DVD, introduced by Toshiba and supported by movie studios including Universal and HBO; and Blu-ray, led by Sony and backed by Disney and others.

As we expected, in preliminary tests HD DVD delivered sharper, more detailed images than regular DVD, and Blu-ray promises a similar improvement. (As of early July, the first Blu-ray players were not yet on the market.) Both formats also allow for greater interactivity than regular DVDs.

You can get a more versatile high-def DVD player if you can wait until November. That’s when Sony is supposed to roll out its PlayStation 3 video-game console, which will include a Blu-ray drive. But it will cost $500.

Viewing movies at home in HD has nowhere to go but up, but it’s an open question how many of those movies you’ll get on DVD. Having waited so long for high-def DVD, we may eventually discover we don’t really need it.

Biyun

I think $500 sounds a little high for a DVD player. I know it's the latest and greatest DVD player, but I much prefer to wait until it goes down in price.

kitkat86

I haven't gotten on the HD bandwagon. Unless I start editing movies or something along those lines, the DVDs and tvs that are currently available are fine with me. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned.

tiggapooh

Well, if you're oldfashioned,then so am I. I don't agree with paying $500 for a tv or whatever. I kinda need that money right now for food and payments. I'm glad I'm not the only one that feel that way.