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Old 11-08-2006, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by mattymorning View Post
How about some info with sales data on who is winning...HD-DVD or Blu-Ray? I really want to buy one or the other, but I don't want to be stuck with a BetaMax type player. It would be great if you could have an area dedicated to tracking which format is winning.

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Matt
No official numbers have been released yet but HD-DVD Players out sell Blu-Ray players 6 to 1. Walk into any store and you cannot find a Toshiba player.. Blu-Rays are stacked in isles. HD-DVD is winning on the image quality front hand down. Blu-Ray image quality is not very good on the Samsung player and Sony/Pioneer have both delayed theirs due to issues (twice). I have compared by Toshiba player to the Samsung and it is a no-brainer.

HD-DVD sports the dual format which allows both standard and Hidef on the same disk. Manufacturing is cheaper and the disks are more durable then Blu-Ray disks (scratch easy).

The decision is getting easier..

Later..
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