Why Blu-ray Sucks.
From working in the entertainment industry I have discovered a simple reason why Blu-ray will lose the high definition war. Those who want to upgrade right away to HD are obviously die-hard movie fans. And what do the die hard fans love besides the best picture and sound quality?...Special Features. When 'Night of the Musum', 'Eragon', and 'Flyboys' came out on regular DVD there were two different versions (technically three if you want to be a dick about it). One was the single disc that had just the movie and maybe a commentary and some trailers. Then there were also two disc sets that were loaded with a bunch of features. When these films were simultaneously released on Blu-ray all it was were the single disc of the film. They were lacking all features of the 2 disc special editions. When HD-DVD releases a film on DVD they put out the one with all the features. They also make use of the technology and put features designed just for the HD version. I've noticed that the only time bluray puts out the best version is when the same film is released on HD the same day, for example this weeks release of Dreamgirls and The Departed. Blu-ray holds more space than HD so why the hell don't they make use of this room? Hopefully HD-DVD wins then all I have to do is buy the HD drive for my 360.
From working in the entertainment industry I have discovered a simple reason why Blu-ray will lose the high definition war. Those who want to upgrade right away to HD are obviously die-hard movie fans. And what do the die hard fans love besides the best picture and sound quality?...Special Features. When 'Night of the Musum', 'Eragon', and 'Flyboys' came out on regular DVD there were two different versions (technically three if you want to be a dick about it). One was the single disc that had just the movie and maybe a commentary and some trailers. Then there were also two disc sets that were loaded with a bunch of features. When these films were simultaneously released on Blu-ray all it was were the single disc of the film. They were lacking all features of the 2 disc special editions. When HD-DVD releases a film on DVD they put out the one with all the features. They also make use of the technology and put features designed just for the HD version. I've noticed that the only time bluray puts out the best version is when the same film is released on HD the same day, for example this weeks release of Dreamgirls and The Departed. Blu-ray holds more space than HD so why the hell don't they make use of this room? Hopefully HD-DVD wins then all I have to do is buy the HD drive for my 360.
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