A Statistical Comparison of HD DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews 179
An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo today posted a statistical comparison of over 300 HD DVD and Blu-ray reviews published at High-Def Digest since the start of the high-def format wars last Spring. Their findings? Overall video quality between the two formats is nearly identical, however Blu-ray titles were slightly, but definitely superior in audio playback, while HD DVD titles had far superior standard def features and moderately superior high-def features."
As I get older (Score:5, Funny)
Both formats have gone beyond the resolution of my eyes (and ears).
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:5, Funny)
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray." I could make millions!
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:2, Funny)
HD-DVD? (Score:4, Funny)
It's not even funny.
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:2, Funny)
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray."
Let me guess... Is your name Ray?
Say what now? (Score:5, Funny)
This post is only slightly, but definitely sarcastic.
Xvid (Score:4, Funny)
Quality shmality! (Score:2, Funny)
HD gear is for people with too much time and money on their hands. And when I become one I'm sure it'll be great!
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:2, Funny)
Going meta? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:3, Funny)
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray."
Let me guess... Is your name Ray?
Hundreds of people die every year from autoerotic asphyxiation, you insensitive clod!
;)
Re:Going meta? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Blue ray is gonna win (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Physical media? (Score:3, Funny)
You know you might be a geek when you say things like :
I guess you haven't seen the 720p or 1080p x264 (H.264/AVC - same codec that many of the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray movies are using) rips on private bittorrent trackers or Usenet. A standard two hour movie will fit on a DVD5 at 720p with 6 channel AC3 audio and a bitrate of 4.5-6 mbit/sec. While this wouldn't look great using xvid, H.264/AVC High profile can create great quality. x264 using Sharktooth's HQ-Slowest profile is very impressive. A 2 hour movie can fit on a DVD9 at 1080p at 7-8 mbit/sec, again with very good quality.
Hell, I've seen some 2 CD sized x264 rips from 1080p sources that blow DVD out of the water. Forget about the MPEG-4 ASP codecs like Xvid and Divx. Now that we have H.264/AVC, we can achieve excellent results at 720p and 1080p down to DVD5/9 sizes.