Petition to End HD-DVD/Blu Ray format War

Whats wrong with the standard DVD? Is the quality not good enough? Compare a DVD with a VHS tape of the same movie, like chalk and cheese. Already, in most DVD movies, there is not a pixel out of place, How much better quality can the average person need. Its really all about sqeezing more money from you, you get to buy a new hardware, the range now for DVD players and hard disk recorders is endless and you will get to pay a premium cost for your new disks and as we know in the past, lots of people went out and replaced their old vinyls with new CDs, so the idea is the same. The big corporations out to take more of your hard earned money. Dont get me wrong, i like technology and we all benefit from it, but the average Joe doesnt need another format to juggle. Michael

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What a poorly written and condescending petition to submit to god knows where....

I would rather see a "universal" standard adopted where no one alliance has full power over royalties. Someone sets a standard and all parties meet this standard, via whatever means they need. All "dvds" would be compatible with any player.

I don't think 83 current signatures are going to change the world.

We can only wish for a sensible outcome.

Andrew

Sony couldn't stop people buying VHS instead of their technically better Beta format years ago.
This time the boots on the other foot, and buyers are choosing Blu-Ray. Both BluRay and HD-DVD give true hi-def pictures, but the Blu-Ray has more potential to increase the data capacity in the future.
Gerry

Sounds like a good idea I was at the forfront of the ban Bete go VHS movements and riots of the early 80s

Um....I've got this sneaky suspicion my 8mm movie camera and rattley film projector are becoming obsolete.
Mind you, I do look forward to buying an electric gramaphone as the crank handle on mine is worn out.

Me ol' Nissan came with one of those new dang fangled radio/cassette players which is marvellous, dont need to wait for the valves to warm up. Only problem is Sanity Music dont seem to stock many tapes at the moment but I think they will as the new technology catches on.

I could go on an' on but this Kiwi is still celebrating Australia Day.

PS...have you ever looked at a 'puter screen through the bottom of an empty port bottle ?..........bed time.

Cheers....Lionel.

Why worry It will sort its self out in time as more people buy the players.
Beta died without petitions so why get worked up over nothing.

If you are happy with what you have just be happy.

I would be happy if I could justify buying either

Next thing a Toyota owner will be getting up a petition to ban Nissans or vice versa.
Wish I had time to worry about things like this.

Would be a shame if HD-DVD went by the wayside - at least they had the smarts to ditch region encoding on that format. I believe Blu-ray are still region encoding disks and players.

No idea which is "technically" better, and it sounds like Blu-ray is winning.

Quite happy with regular DVD for many years to come :)