X06: Which Announcement Will Have the Greatest Impact?
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It's Splinter Cell: Conviction (5), which was leaked from Ubisoft over a week ago.
I disagree. I think Bluray sounds cooler and people will buy into that! But if the number of titles and the sheer cost of HD-DVD stay below that of Blu ray and PS3 then it will be fine... HDMI is not THAT ubiquitous and component works just fine...
Robert I should just have defaulted a vote into the 'HD-DVD' column to account for your inevitable vote.
I agree though, better deal than expected.
hehe. I like pretty pictures
depends on what kind of setup you have really. I'm pretty sure you cannot do 1080p over component, and I think component cannot carry lossless audio. If you have a 720p tv with a "regular" 5.1 surround sound I guess It will work fine for you. But if you have a 1080p setup with 7.1 sound, it might be a different story.
somebody correct me on that if im wrong though, im not 100% sure about the lossless audio part, because the hd-dvd drive is supposed to decode uncompressed audio and obviously theres no hdmi connection.
What are trying to say here? Everyone's going to buy HD-DVD because of the name?You know, I used to think exactly this... but now I'm not so sure. My girlfriend has seen some BD demos in stores, asked me what it is, and she's really zoned in on it; to the extent she remembers what 'Blu-ray' is, and memorizing technology branding generally isn't her thing. She's even keyed in on the fact tat PS3 will include it, which blows my mind.
I'm starting to have a view now that some bizarrely outlandish, futuristic sounding name like 'Blu-ray' may in fact be perceived by the general public as having the most to do with 'next' generation images once serious marketing begins. HD-DVD may in fact be burdened by it's ties to 'old,' existing - yet comfortable - technology.
I'll be interested to see how the market reacts come November/December.
You need a receiver with HDMI 1.1 support to transport lossless audio. Without HDMI, they'll re-encode it as 1.5 Mb/s DTS over optical. Not something i'd be happy with but i doubt most people would be able to tell the difference or care.
I voted for the more liberal use of the Halo IP. I just hope they don't screw it up.
Personally, I think the biggest change was how much Vista was part of the presentation. I think MS is getting on the good side of PC developers more and more.
Personally, I think the biggest change was how much Vista was part of the presentation. I think MS is getting on the good side of PC developers more and more.
I asked Amir on avsforum but he hasn't commented on anything of such. I'm very curious about the audio also. Since the 360 does support analog connections, perhaps a set of analog cables? Optical seems to be the logical choice but the advanced codecs can't be sent over it. Only analog or HDMI, unless something changes.......
Frankly, I hate to shatter some ego's but unless you have a mid to high end 5.1+ system, you'll be hard pressed to tell the difference in audio. Funny enough most people get a cheap HTIB and think it's the greatest thing ever. Ah......consumers.....
Yep that remote goes for $20 to $30 and HD-DVDs go for about $20 to $30. So we're getting the drive for around $150 or so. Pretty sweet deal. HD-DVD gets my vote.
scooby_dooby
Legend
Well, I have the LOTR RTS', so yeah.
I'm a big RTS fan in general (and I recommend Dawn of War to you all!)
I just have a hard time picturing them without keyboard and mouse; but if 360's the target platform, 360's the target platform.
The LOTR works ok, if it weren't for the framerate problems. Stuff like bookmarking troops is still far to cumbersome, and leads to less tactical battles. This genre can definately be done extremely well on a console though once it's refined.
IIRC, i dont think the current 360 connector has enough 'pins' remaining to add another 4 or 6 channels for analog.
ICT. If someone tells you that you can't view your movies in HD anymore past ~2010-2011 that's a pretty big risk that any consumer will take seriously. Sadly, it's likely the momentum behind ICT implementation was probably strengthened when HDMI was added to PS3 (all Blu-Ray players are HDCP compliant now). You have also got the 1080p issue (1080i is the max that AACS allows over analogue) but that's pretty much irrelevant for the next couple of years till 1080p sets eventually stealth themselves to retail dominantion.
Scare tactics work and the TGS HDMI decision basically saved Sony from suffering from it. The fact that most people now want the 20gb version is a testament to this. At the same time it has completely torpedoed the HD-DVD add-on in my opinion, the $500 PS3 is now an immensely better deal than HD-DVD add-on plus 360 premium (no one buys core’s) all things considered for the discerning game and movie enthusiast.
Now if there’s a 360 price drop, it’s all change again.
Johnny Awesome
Veteran
Halo franchise expansion = teh MEGATON!
I completely agree with this, I was atcually surprised they hadn't done it earlier, more specifically for launch.
scooby_dooby
Legend
By 2011 BR/HDDVD players should be like $50, so not really a big deal imo.
I totally disagree. It’s effectively a $50-100 tax. The product itself is not guaranteed to work (HD output), most consumers will not like it at all.
