![hd_dvd-720750[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7Sa5yHG.jpg "hd_dvd-720750[1].jpg")
never forget
Were they on par with blu-ray?
>>69034462
Shitty format. Blu-ray was superior from the get-go.
Betamax > VHS
Best part was getting them all on clearance cheaper than used DVDs.
>10 years old
>that friend who chose HD DVD and whose parents chose betamax in the 80s
wew
>>69034656
Where? I have a HDDVD in my old lappy but can't find discs anywhere other than ebay. Where they think its cool to have 5 copies of the same movie in the packages for some reason.
>>69034614
Except for the name, which I suspect is responsible for numerous releases being given blue-tinted color grade because of retarded consumers' expectations.
>>69035722
what would have been a better name for Blu-Ray? I agree it's not very great.
>>69035853
HD DVD
>>69034462
Ah yes I remember u could buy a HD player to connect to ur xbox 360 and watch hd dvd movies.
Seriously how the hell do people not remember these?
>>69034462
>troie
Lol I was just in a Children of Men thread
That was like the only movie I saw someone own in HD DVD
>>69034462
I wouldnt be surprised if HD DVD = lasy disc and Blu Ray = VHS
I.e. HD DVD had superior quality which was too hard to transfer onto a disc and Blu Ray was cheaper and easier so the companies decided to use that.
>>69034462
I'm so glad I skipped disc media. VHS to HDD/USB/torrent was the way to go.
>>69034591
No.
They read a lot slower and held less data than Blu-Ray. Also only trash studios backed them and they were developed by Toshiba which is a shit-tier company.
There were people going batshit in denial when they announced they were dropping the format. Good times.
>>69036340
Considering 2006-2007 was around a decade ago, many users here were too young to remember HD DVDs.
>>69036463
I remember reading a booklet stating their differences
>>69036343
Let me guess, hd dvd couldn't get the rights to Troy so they remade it, probably with Christian Slater in a blonde wig
>that moment they dropped hd dvd and I saw shopping carts full of these red cases
this must be how nintendo fans feel
>>69036516
Sad isnt it? /tv/ filled with twelvies
>>69036441
No. You are speaking absolute shite.
>>69035853
Mega DVD
Apologise.
>>69036615
savage
>>69036340
>HD player to connect to ur xbox 360
How much did those things cost? I remember the day they announced HD DVD was dead they were selling them for like $20. I should have bought one, for novelty if nothing else.
I wonder if Microsoft had included in the console in the first place it would have saved HD DVD. That was a major selling feature of the PS3 for me.
>>69036771
BETA DVD
>>69036516
stop making me feel old
>>69036343
starring Bran Pipp
>>69036343
>>69036945
>>69036598
That's the french name
>>69036983
mwaaaaaaa
>>69034462
I saw an abandoned storefront in LA with "HD DVDs" on the sign.
HD DVD sounds better than Blu-Ray and helps retarded consumers who think DVD looks "just as good" as Blu Ray on their 65" 4K screens.
never forget
>>69036856
I remember the Future Shop in my town had a massive stack of HDDVD drives for the 360 for $14.99.
I shoulda bought one.
>mfw all those ugly early Blu Rays that have annoying bluish silvery swooshes on them
Only movie I ever saw on HD DVD was 300. It was one of those Xbox 360 HD DVD players.
>>69037044
>and helps retarded consumers who think DVD looks "just as good"
no it doesn't. people like that will never understand the logic of source quality, even if it's pounded into their skull
>>69034462
killed by porn choosing bluray
>>69037981
Porn always wins the format wars.
>>69036340
Hardly anyone gave a shit about HD when these were relevant.
>>69036516
I was 18 in 2006 and I have no memory whatsoever of the HD DVD, like zero and i didnt even know about it until 2012 aprox, I always thought HUMANITY made the leap from dvd to blu ray without any controversie or some shit like that
50 replies in no mention of tropic thunder dialogue
>>69037981
>people buy physical porn
>>69038499
>he doesn't partake in the purchasing of pornkino
rip in poop
>>69038499
I have the Buffy parody porno on DVD.
>>69038673
Betamax was objectively superior to VHS and only died off in the pro market a few years ago.
>>69036451
Aside from backing HDdvd what makes Toshiba a shit-tier company?
>>69036340
Wait you needed a separate device to use it with your 360? Shiieeeet, at least the PS3 had it built-in, which probably bumped it up to $600 on launch along with backwards compatibility. Reminds me of the old PS3 joke that the only thing it had worth playing at launch was Talladega Nights.
>>69038924
Their televisions are all cheap scrap slapped together.
I'm not sure about their other electronics. They're a big company for me.
![D-Theater[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/DmEm5a6.png "D-Theater[1].png")
>no one has mentioned d-theater yet
Is it truly the most obscure HD media format?
>>69036340
I found one of those 360 HD DVD drives at a thrift store a while back. Almost bought it for the novelty but then I realized I wouldn't even bother picking up anything on HD DVD to use it.
>>69039548
>HD on a tape
>>69037981
And the Ps3 had a lot to do with it too
>>69038409
Well u must hav been living in a poor apartment in Russia no offence
>>69039679
Yeha man, shit's GOAT
>>69038983
Yeah u did. Sucked that 360 was never designed to play HD stuff so yeah u needed to buy an extra box.
I was never stuffed to buy that so i missed out on owning Hd DVDs.
They looked so much nicer than Blu Rays.
>>69038771
>less durations
>moss expensive
>better
>>69039679
You could also buy video games on cassette tape believe it or not.
>Jontron did an episode on it
Technology always amazes me
>>69037075
what is this
>>69034630
Better quality but every movie would have been two tapes.
Patrician format coming through
>>69039548
>>69039679
the players are VERY expensive last I looked otherwise I'd be all over that shit
>>69041280
reppin it
>>69041289
About how expensive?
>>69036340
>be 12 in 2005
>be spending time on internet for the first time
>follow the format wars like it was the superbowl
>have near autistic knowledge on the subject
>2008 tropic thunder comes out
>jay baruchel talks, nearly word for word, the same talking points i used to say to my friends and family whenever they didn't know much about it
>this is used as a joke to make fun of nerds for caring way too much about useless shit and not understanding now normies dont care about it
>mfw i found out I was an autistic nerd
and nothing has changed
>>69039548
Did the VHS quality improve so you didnt get lots of pixels and shit?
I had a friend who's brother actually bought the HD DVD box for a Xbox 360. He only had ROME on HD DVD.
Probably cost him about $400 in total.
>>69041394
Prob best money he ever spent kek
Jk
>>69041168
my family has a music and lyrics hddvd that we only kept because it had a reversible normal dvd on the other side
>>69038423
You been talkin' to me this whole time? Shit.
>>69034710
Betamax was actually the superior quality. And HD DVD was the proper choice by name recognition alone for those who didn't do the research.
if the 360 had blu ray things woulda been different.
>>69041332
Ebay (I don't know where else you would find one) has them every now and then from a few hundred dollars up which, to me at least, is a lot to spend on an obscure tape format that I might watch twice a year.
>>69041451
If xbox came out same time as ps3 then it would hav but since microsoft forced it a year earlier; it had no HD stuff.
Hell I still have the first 360 version released and it didnt even come with a port to attach a HD cable to for HD content!
>>69039548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiu0LPeLQPE niceo video about it
>>69041565
It was an HD console. I have an OG 360 as well and it came with component cables and an hdmi outlet. Perhaps you got a budget version.
In fact, any game that was only on 360 or PS3, looked better on 360 in nearly every instance. Though PS3 exclusives of course looked better.
>>69041565
>If xbox came out same time as ps3 then it would hav
no it wouldn't have, since sony licenses all blu ray players and they would not have allowed that kind of competition that early in the format
i sold my 360 for a ps3 so i could have a blu ray player. it was a smart move for a 16 year old
>>69041639
>console wars
Stop right there
>>69041739
Those are last generation consoles my friend and I was stating facts about the positives of both.
>>69041639
I'm going to tell you this one time but launch SKUs did not have HDMI support. You're right that they came with component cables, but they also had the standard red, yellow, white built into the same cord.
I bought 20GB Xbox360 when Gears of War came out. I forget what the model name was (think it was Core), but HDMI didn't get added until the first hardware revision.
>>69041182
Better quality it's why tv stations still used it till they switched to digital
>>69039679
yeah it's pretty great check out teachmoans video on it
>>69041825
>>69041728
Ok you're right. Red Dead Redemption still managed to look better though component cables on 360 than it did on HDMI PS3 though.
>>69041728
This.
My old 2006/07 360 console has no HD port for a cable.
Last time I saw HDDVDs for sale was in a dollar store in San Diego in 2010
>>69041885
yes because none of the games ran at 1080p
jesus christ, you console children are so illiterate that even now you still have gained not a single ounce of knowledge on the subject since you were literally a child
Holy shit they got children of men on hd dvd on ebay.
What a find
>>69041885
It ran at like 540p on PS3 which is why
>>69041993
Nice. I'm sure despite the fact that the PS3 was a 1080p console and Red Dead Redemption was built from the ground up on both consoles, it didn't have anything to do with the difficulties of programming on Sony hardware.
>>69034614
except for having worse audio and region locking bullshit.
>>69042121
You should try playing Alien Isolation on the 360.
That game has the lowest fucking frane rate ever.
I swear the game is 1080p as it almost looks identical to the PS4/Xbone version except for fog/other little saturations being lowered.
But yeah that game on the 360 is so fucking slow at parts like the console was not at all made to run it due to how high the graphics is.
>>69042256
This.
Idk why region locking is still made today.
>tfw blu ray has no special features compared to another countries
>>69042292
>the game is 1080p
No games on 360 were true 1080p
>>69042352
I meant 720p.
My bad. Xbox one games are 720p and 360 games in 2007 were 480p.
Alien isolation no doubt was 720p on the 360 hence the frame rate is so so slow in parts.
>>69042352
This
360 was 1080i
>The Java platform is mandatory on Blu-ray as it's the standard for menus/multimedia (i.e. all Blu-ray systems must support JVM)
fucking LOL
enjoy your massive security holes
>>69042121
>PS3 was a 1080p
not a single AAA game ran at 1080p on either console
RDR was 720p on the 360 and 640p on the PS3
jesus fucking christ, you LITERALLY only speak technology in buzzword terms in only in relation to marketing and console wars
you are the dumbest kind of person alive
>>69039679
>>69039548
Enjoy 90s NY in HD and 60fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4lDU-QLUY
>>69038499
I buy a lot of JAVs which torrents can not be found anymore. Then I share that so none of my favorite girls disappear into obscurity.
>>69042386
no it wasn't you fucking insanely retarded console child
games of the 7th gen were standardly rendered at 720p; if it output a 1080p signal that just meant that the console was doing the upscaling and not the television to prevent image stretching
>>69036444
Yeah, because the timeline went from VHS to HDD/USB/torrent seamlessly.
Who are you Rip Van Winkle? You take a nap for 10 years?
>>69041728
I had 7 of these break on me, wish I bought my console a couple of months later as it would've been hdmi and they're more reliable.
>>69042383
But anon, Alien: Isolation ran at 1120x680 on 360
>>69042415
>>69034462
Sony always wins, baby.
>>69042450
Which is why I wrote 1080i not p
>>69042415
>playing AAA titles
Spotted the pleb
>>69042450
He's trolling you anon.
Calm down.
No one is that dumb to believe that
>>69042491
what about betamax
or minidisc
or sacd
>>69037981
I guess that's accurate , when I heard it in tropic thunder I thought it was just a joke
>>69034462
>>69041280
>>69042477
not OP, that is not a AAA game.
But it is an absolutely gorgeous.
>>69036856
They were 149.99 when released and came with a remote along with a free disc.I know because I fucking bought one at launch
>>69037981
nice meme
but this is the actual reason VHS won over betamax
>betas literally cant not get cucked
>>69042477
Pretty sure this was 60 fps too
>>69042415
Could you be any more mad? That anon is simply pointing out that while the PS3 was fully capable of 1080p, no game made use of it. Hence, it was a shitty console for multiplats.
>>69042432
It's a shame the HD VHS technology came out in 2002 when VHS was on it's way out. It would've been great if HD technology came out in the late 80s or early 90s.
>>69042662
Didn't Gran Turismo 5 run at 1080p?
Doesn't really matter since I torrent high quality rips and I'm not a brand loyal retard.
>>69042662
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqRIX1RMtE
Wrong
>ughhhhh the thread
>>69042575
betamax lasted twice as long as VHS.
they only stopped making betamax cassettes this year.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34776424
>>69042901
Don't they still make vhs tapes though? I swear I've seen some at like walgreens and shit lately.
>have owned bluray player for 5 years
>still don't own any blurays nor ever watched one
>>69042961
They are a really cheap method of recording video for security systems. Just rewind the tape for a day and or flip it out with another.
>>69034462
HD DVD's picture quality was actually a bit higher than Blu-ray
With HD DVD copy protection was optional which is why Porn companies chose HD DVD since it's cheaper to realese thier fims without copy protection just like they did with VHS and DVD.
Blu ray forces studios to use copy protection which makes it more expensive for smaller studios / distributors to get their content out
Blu-ray won the battle because Disney backed blu-ray.
Moral of the story...
YOU DON'T FUCK WITH THE MOUSE!
>>69042961
The only company that's still making blank VHS tapes is Memorex. If you're not seeing blank VHS made by Memorex you're seeing old stock tapes that's been sitting there because nobody's bought it yet.
>>69042652
Reminder that HDDVD was superior and Blu Ray only won because the PS3 had native support for it.
Seriously one of the dumbest moves made by Microsoft.
Not like it matters anyways. Soon flash memory will become cheaper than discs and movies/video games will all be on tiny chips.
>>69042434
You're a good man anon ;_;
A much better man than I am
>>69043061
Porn companies chose blu ray brah
>>69041362
Ahh yes, He used the porn companies decision to support BR as a defining factor-Something I knew because I read it on internet news the previous year. Ir made me laugh and uncomfortable at the same time because I knew I was just as bad as that character.
Give Stiller his dues, he's a damn talented writer/director
>>69038499
I bought dvd porn when I turned 18.
It was 2003 and I only had 56k dial up internet. Downloading 30 second clips used to take forever and I would just queue them up in windows media player and then fap to the shitty montage of clips.
Having full movies was awesome.
Then I got broadband and have only ever paid for porn once since. This obscure porno made in Australia which I simply could not find any torrent, clips or anything of online.
>he doesn't buy all of his movies on 70mm film
PLEBS
L
E
B
S
>>69043138
Not all of them tho.
>>69043061
>HD DVD's picture quality was actually a bit higher than Blu-ray
Less storage space, slower read time, therefore inferior. Whatever video codec nay have made some titles look better is not relevant.
>>69041280
>60 minutes per side
You would have to change the disc 3 times to watch cape shit like Batman v. Superman on this.
>>69041565
>>69041941
Component cables are capable of HD you retards.
>>69042121
>>69042450
>>69042662
Both the PS3 and 360 were capable of 1080p. It wasn't achieved much on either console because they were both too weak to do so and maintain competitive/marketable graphics. But it's not like they couldn't have rendered in 1080p, or even 4k though they would have to downscale before output(which is what Okami HD does).
>>69042499
fuck you
>>69042662
>PS3 was fully capable of 1080p, no game made use of it. Hence, it was a shitty console for multiplats.
ALL CONSOLES WITH HDMI OUTPUT CAN OUTPUT A 1080P SIGNAL. BOTH THE 360 AND THE PS3 DID THIS BUT NEITHER OF THEM HAD MAJOR GAMES, THAT WEREN'T DOWNLOADABLES OR HD REMAKES, THAT RAN AT 1080P
CALLING A CONSOLE A "1080P" CONSOLE DOESNT EVEN MEAN ANYTHING
I FUCKING HATE TECH ILLITERATE GAMER CHILDREN
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>69043156
totally agree. havent seen zoolander 2 yet but everything else is good
>>69035853
It's a blue laser and blue transmits denser data than other colors. Shit is dank.
>>69044158
Blue light has a shorter wavelength, you can make disc data denser
Same way an optical microsope can only see images as big as the wavelength of visible light fämälämäzoid
>>69042432
gayest city of all time
>>69044822
anon, that's San Francisco
>>69045011
You're thinking of Athenes or Thebes
>The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερὸς Λόχος, Hieròs Lókhos) was a troop of picked soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC.
>>69045011
>>69041053
Not that guy, but I didn't know Frozen was a big hit until like a year ago. Still haven't seen it. Sometimes shit just skips you, if you're lucky.
For me Blu-ray won the format war on January 4, 2008 when it was announced Sony paid Warner Bros a shitload of money to exclusively release their movies on Blu-ray (this was already being done by sony and toshiba but warner bros was the last big one to go exclusive). I bought a dedicated player and the Xbox 360 addon.
A keynote by Toshiba on the HD DVD format that was due to take place the next day at CES was cancelled hours after this announcement took place while they got their shit together in the bunker and realised it was the end
I chose HD DVD as my format so was very interested in how the war went on, HD DVD was objectively a superior format. The movies loaded up faster, they didn't stutter and crash unlike blu-ray at the same time. Its worth mentioning at this time that the blu-ray spec was incomplete at this stage. You can buy blu-rays now that wont place correctly on first gen players. It took at least another year for them to get their shit together. It wasn't all software, some of the first gen players simply lack the hardware to play these properly. Also them being region free was nice. Also HD DVD had discs that played in DVD players when flipped over
At first the first porn studios went with HD DVD, HD DVD fans that because they chose VHS this would be a good indicator. Blu-ray fanboys (and I agree with them) said that this was outdated as a measure for success because even in 2008 everyone got their porn from the net so no one gives a shit. In the end I think they made little reasons.
+Sony putting blu ray players in PS3 was GOAT strategy, even selling them at a loss. This made the PS3 one of the cheapest blu-ray players out there.
-I wonder what would have happened if MS put the drive in their 360s and didnt half ass it with an addon
-Toshiba weren't nearly as aggressive as Sony, Sony paid a lot of money to many studios to get their movies whilst Toshiba sat around resting on their laurels and slight head start.
-HD DVD had less capacity
>>69045095
ok I take it back
>>69045227
that's interesting stuff, anon
>>69045227
I remember a big studio sided with HD DVD because the Bluray standard was so buggy.
Then Walmart decided to stop stocking HD DVDs and it was all over.
Is it true that Casino looks better on HD DVD than on blu ray?
I remember reading it here once in a mob thread.
>>69045607
you be the judge anon
http://i.imgbox.com/ackPqkGg.png
http://i.imgbox.com/acmdcQHf.png
>>69043278
Go to bed, Tarantino.
>>69045607
yeah, the gold star rip of the movie on PTP is from the HDDVD
huh, never knew that
>>69045694
>>69045607
they look identical to me, some blu-ray releases were shit though you couldn't rely on them to be good quality just because they were blu-ray (although I haven't heard of a shit transfer in years)
pic related, Sony re-released the 5th Element after fucking it up, goes with what I was saying earlier in >>69045227
about the standard not being finalised for a while
>>69045694
same shit
>>69045811
>>69045846
The backgrounds are a tad blurry in the BD release. That's literally it.
http://i.imgbox.com/addtRNYn.png
http://i.imgbox.com/abiZ5SEg.png
>>69045932
I can't even tell
>>69045064
Even that doesn't beat modern San Fran. At best a second place standing.
>There are millions of asians that still watch movies in 240p in VCD format
>You can buy new movies like Mad Max Fury Road in VCD format
Now I understand why poo in loos thank Yify, their torrents are GOD-tier compared to the quality they normally watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7PbQTlv5ig
>>69046043
congrats, you're not autistic.
>>69046209
surprise they still sell these things
>>69046209
>implying hating on based Yify wasn't a meme from the start
>>69036340
"""the look and sound of perfect"""
>>69046209
>still in full screen
How the fuck do these people live with this
>>69036441
spoken like someone who bought an hddvd player and still regrets it 10 years later
I remember reading that people preferred the Japan-only HDDVD of Band of Brothers to the global Blu-Ray versions. Is there anything to this?
>>69042256
>Worse audio
What the fuck are you even talking about? Most HD DVDs only had semi-uncompressed Dolby Digital Plus; Blu-Rays had Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master-Audio day one, faggot.
>>69034462
>2004
>Buy a HD DVD- BLURAY
>Wait 20 years
>Earn millions.
>>69038674
With Manuelle has A Michelle Tranenberger.
>>69041280
Apologise
Awful lot of sonyggers rewriting history in this thread.
>>>/v/
>>69042432
>The Two Towers
Amazing
>>69046672
those exist?
>>69047037
Nope, Only between 2004 and 2006, I thought.
Hey guys, what's going on?
>>69047326
Too late anon.
I've got 2 players and about 90 movies on HD DVD.
Collecting dust.
>>69045932
>>69046043
>>69046306
If you put the two tabs side by side and fast click on each then you can tell the diffference
>>69043061
HD DVD had a better codec at first
>>69034614
except the one movie i wanted, the thing, got a fucking shit blu ray release compared to its hd dvd counterpart... many blu ray movies got shit releases because they wanted to take the grain out of the video.
>>69038409
hd dvd died VERY quick with next to no real push to keep it alive.
>>69041519
check them, they may also come with an extensive library of tapes too.
>>69046198
>>69045064
you can be gay without fucking other guys, remember, the gay guys in thebes were some of the most bad ass people living at the time.
>>69041378
vhs is just a magnetic strip, fucking fantastic for the first play, but over time it degrades,
its why its still used in computers as a means for mass fucking storage of backups.
>>69044063
its not bad, but its not hitting the same place zoolander hit.
>>69048780
No it didn't. For awhile no one was sure what the format would be, then the sales and movie support went more to blu. Then hd-dvd did major discounts and it was up in the air. Then it died. This wasn't quick. Took a year.
I still want a laserdisc player
>>69049097
why? laserdisc rot exists. although i do want those ren and stimpy discs.
>>69036441
>HD DVD
Encoding VC-1, H.264, and MPEG-2
Capacity 15 GB (single layer)
30 GB (dual layer)
Read mechanism 405 nm laser:
1× @ 36 Mbit/s & 2× @ 72 Mbit/s
bluray
Encoding H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
VC-1
Capacity 25 GB (single-layer)
50 GB (dual-layer)
100/128 GB (BDXL)
Block size 2 KB sector,[1] 64 KB ECC-block[2]
Read mechanism 405 nm diode laser
Drive speed Data rate ~Write time (minutes)
Mbit/s MB/s Single-Layer Dual-Layer
1× 36 4.5 90 180
2× 72 9 45 90
4× 144 18 22.5 45
6× 216 27 15 30
8× 288 36 11.25 22.5
10× 360 45 9 18
12× 432 54 7.5 15
14× 504 63 6.5 13
16× 576 72 5.7 11.5
just an info dump, bluray is superior in 25gb per layer apposed to 15gb
you also have the tech scaling to 4 layers, and apparently through some shit i don't quite understand, 4 layers is 128gb
>>69042457
you didnt need to go to dvd the moment it got popular,
you then could watch most movies in therters or on tv, and at this point tivo was a thing, you could easily have skipped dvd
personally i still use dvd and bluray as data backups, i have never had a thumb drive that did not corrupt, and i have dvds from almost 15 years ago that still read, and if one disc fails, im out 4-25gb of data, appose to hundreds of gb or tb of data.
Blu Ray is still the stupidest name
>>69049079
bluray was in ps3, hd dvd was an add on for xbox
for a long time the ps3 was the cheapest bluray player, and for longer the best.
kind of like with dvd, ps2 was the best and cheapest, and how widely it sold, it cemented it as a format faster then it normally would have.
>>69049269
i think hd dvd is worse.
>>69049422
Sure it's boring but it's so much easier to understand for tech illiterates. It's literally like DVD, but in HD. HD DVD.
>>69049459
not boring, just a mouthful, bluray is 2 syllables while hd dvd has to be spelled out every time.
kind of like how firewire has another name, but no one knows it due to it being a mouth full, hell everyone knows wifi, but how many know 802.11b
there are a few others but i can't remember them off the top of my head.
>>69042597
Why does he look like he's planning to rape her? Was this cover a visual metaphor about the dangers of technology?
>>69039250
>They're a big company for me.
>They're a big company
for you
>>69049422
HDVD would have been better :^)
>>69041206
you had to fast forward and rewind tape and then hit "play" on tape player to load next levels
cutting edge in '82
I remember playing shocktrooper on trs80
>>69037075
Superbit DVDs were absolutely based as fuck. I have the first two Spider-Man movies in that version and yes, my BD looks better, but man are they the nicest looking DVDs. Also had a lot of extra bonus features.
Now they make those "MASTERED IN 4K!!!!" Blu-Rays, same exact concept.
>>69046472
they are still watching on crt tvs
>>69042432
well done anon. watched the whole thing.
> NY in the 90s.
> notice anything /pol/???
>>69041280
There was a point in the "chasing amy" commentary where Kevin Smith went on a rant about how laser disc was so much better than DVD and how "DVD sucks". Originally recorded for the laser disc release, he actually had to put a note when they released it on DVD about how he didn't really mean it and DVD is actually a good format.
>>69036856
I saw one in an electronics trade-in shop for £15 and I bought it because I was looking for an external DVD drive for my PC.
Still have it, somewhere.
It's never been connected to my 360.
Clearly vinyl is the superior format for video.
>>69039250
I have a Toshiba TV and it's amazing you plen
>>69041206
>>69050188
>video games on cassette tape
A friend in college said his dad had one of those drives and a couple games for it. He said he didn't know many people who had played games on such a drive. I remember five inch floppies, but I never saw those.
>>69039250
They are in dept I think and failing hard in the PC marked
>>69042432
>>69050521
Support the Third Street what?
>those flames on the arms
Fucking 90's, man.
>>69050761
I have a box full of them.
C64 and ZX Spectrum where very popular systems with Cassette drives.
Like most popular formats, they won out on being so damn cheap.
>>69047326
Are you so hungry you could eat an octorok?
>>69042432
>90's cutie adjusting her earring
>suddenly she smiles
>>69050081
no, not at 15gb a layer
>>69045607
>>69045694
HDDVD is definitely slightly better but they're almost identical
>>69042432
Fuck sake I really wanna go back
>>69050658
Wait are those laserdisc?
>>69034658
Late 00s really were a shit time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs0AoaMYGA
>>69041280
Who thought this was a good idea?
>>69042432
Since we're doing this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYbe-35_BaA
>>69052049
No, it's the completely analog vinyl version of laserdisc.
>Get HD-DVD player.
>Plays great.
>Watch based 300.
>Get Blu-Ray player when HD-DVD dies.
>Takes literal MINUTES to load movies.
>"It works with DVDs too!"
>Put in a DVD.
>Doesn't even recognise it.
>Try another one.
>Same thing.
>Parents buy some Blu-Rays.
>SOME OF THOSE DON'T EVEN FUCKING WORK.
>Call up the company.
>"lmao your player is outdated buy a new one :D"
Great device 10/10!
It's why I pirate everything.
>>69052058
This was far better than the XBone reveal atleast they knew how to hype it up with MTV's and shit
>>69052058
>tiny elijah wood representing the xboxhueg
Kek.
>>69052128
>things that never happened except the pirate everything part
>>69041825
>core instead of premium
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>>69049541
Except normies still often refer to blu-rays as DVDs. If HD DVD had become the standard I think eventually they probably would've dropped the HD from the title and just chucked an HD stamp on the cases.
>>69052128
>Some Blu-Rays doesn't work on older player
This is sounds like bullshit
>>69052128
>He didn't buy a PS3
>>69042432
why does everyone look so pissed off?
>>69052208
It's like you never been to New York
>>69052208
It was a time when everyone wasn't used to fuckers filming you 24/7, so the camera-crew stood out in the crowd. Also New York.
>>69052207
This.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sjhjFOw4Ok
>>69034462
Couldnt forget faster
>>69034462
I still have some
>>69042432
WHAT THE FUCK? This looks amazing
So DVD or Bluray /tv/?
I mostly get DVDs because it's dirt cheap and you can find DVDs everywhere and there's a shit ton of hilariously bad DVDs out there.
Sony won by using hookers and blow. Studio execs love hookers and blow. I was sure HDTV would win with studios like Disney and even Microsoft behind them.
>>69053691
Blu-ray obviously
Buying DVD in 2016 is top pleb
>>69053766
Fuck that, I'm not paying 20 bucks for a movie when I can easily pay 4.
>>69052187
Naw it's true. Blu-Ray was still in beta when it won the war. It fucking ridiculous the bullshit you had to put up with in the beginning. BD tech didn't get reliable for the first 2 years. Players were like disposable lighters.
>>69053766
>mfw I paid 70 bucks for the DVD set of TSCC
Literally the most retarded decision I've ever made
>>69036856
I don't think ever Xbox believed in HDDVD, no one wants to be attached to a dead format
>>69053795
Enjoy your standard definition and lossy audio
Also the price difference is no where near that severe, shop in better places
>>69053803
Even DVD was glitchy the first 2-3 years.
>>69043061
Jobs didn't want to liscence the drives, so that put a huge dent in the sales.
Never forget.it's like an analogue version of D-VHS except for normal people
>>69045607
The Thing and Constantine are far superior on HD DVD. There are a lot of transfers that are shite on Bluray and great on HD DVD.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/92839c267803287
http://www.imagebam.com/image/7e6a99267803297
