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Removed claim

I have removed "Universal is rumored to include Blu-ray Disc support in the future." There is no evidence to support this claim. ~Michael —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.141.239.117 (talk) 05:58, 15 January 2007

Dreamworks Animation

Dreamworks Animation is also supporting HD DVD exclusively, they are not listed in the studios216.141.239.249 00:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

GameFAQ's Poll

I don't think a GameFAQ's poll should be used as a source for this article. There is no way GameFAQ's represents a random sample of the gaming community, and it isn't really a sizable chunk of the gaming community anyways. -ChewyLSB 18:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

eproduct wars

All of the rankings from the eproduct wars page, I believe, are a day-to-day sales ranking from amazon.com. Since day-to-day figures fluctuate erratically, I wonder if they should just all be removed from the article 4.18.224.165 21:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

It should be replaced with an external link. Zojj 07:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

It should be updated, when possible, but make sure a date is included on the day you included the numbers. Like today, I will say that these numbers reflect records from 02/07/07, plus a note about how the numbers change daily. Fermentor 06:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Rights Restriction?

Is there a need for comparison in this article of the different copyright-enforcement strategies built in to each standard? Blu Ray is more restrictive on the rights available to media purchasers, via some measures that may be encyclopedically significant. Paul.w.bennett 21:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Title, etc

I've renamed/moved the page to a more encyclopedic-sounding name (it also allows for inclusion of other high def formats and not just HD DVD/BD). I'd been tempted to create an article like this for some time, but never did because I imagined it turning into a constant back and forth between proponents of both formats (just look at the AVS Forums for an example of format fanboyism gone wild). Here's hoping this article doesn't devolve into an edit war.

My advice to all who would consider editing this article: read up on WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:RS and WP:CITE before editing too heavily. —Locke Cole • t • c 06:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I think the best bet would be to maintain a standard of simply sales figures and technological specification comparisons, plus VERIFIED!!! problems with either systems. Personally, I've been totting a "Stop the MPAA" pin I bought from 2600 magazine back in 2001/2002 on my bag ever since then (and have gotten probably two questions about it at the most :(...). The pin and sticker campaign was meant to draw attention to this ridiculous format-war we're facing with DVD players. Personally, I'm f**king insulted by the MPAA and manufacturing mafia's atrocious attempt to get as much money as they can by trying to force users to pick their "superior" technology and yet be limited to buying half of the DVDs on the market as opposed to the current DVD standard where very studio releases. Plus I have this feeling that the HD-DVD and in particular the Blu-Ray formats are really going to fuck over the small distributors. Who's going to want to put out Blu-Ray versions of small indie films that did about 2 mill art-house? Bullocks. Like I said, keep it to standard, tech-and-sale-specific models for comparisons. Nothing unfounded like "My buddy heard that a bunch of Blu-Ray discs blew up" or "HD-DVD is totally for wankers". Fermentor 06:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Copy and Paste?

The section on Total HD seems like it's practically identical to one I just read on X-Bit labs, a bit odd here. It seems like someone just cut it up, copied, and pasted it over here. 24.184.105.10 02:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I just read the whole thing and noticed that.. My bad 02:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Laser Availability?

I believe the section mentioning that Blu-ray has suffered from a shortage of the laser used to build the players should be removed; both HD DVD and Blu-ray use a 405nm, blue-violet, solid-state laser. A shortage of 405nm lasers should hurt both systems. Troy 23:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Studios signed

What studios have signed with BluRay and what with HDDVD? (separate for total) --Energman 20:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Organization of article

I would think that people who come to this page are mainly looking for the differences between the two disks. What if we were to add a table at the top of the article listing all of the differing criteria? Ie:

This table could be followed by another table listing all similarities. Additional article sections would follow, detailing each category. Zojj 08:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Clean up Needed?

I just read this entire article and I found no reason for the "clean-up" tag. Should someone remove it?72.28.56.83 22:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it's fine. "Very disorganized" and "mostly argumentative" are overstatements. I'm removing the tag. 74.12.82.156 20:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

MPEG Audio

WTF is MPEG audio? MPEG-1 part 3 Layer 3 audio? MPEG-1 part 3 layers 1-3 audio? MPEG-2/MPEG-4 AAC audio? --Tmh 04:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Cited as a source

--Delirium 23:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Playstation 3

Should the 20 GB model be labeled under discontinued with a US only mark, or should it not be there since they are still being produced for Japan? Socby19 05:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Socby19

Non specification benefits of either format

This page doesn't seem to take into account the non spec benefits, such as will Bluray be cheaper in the long term or will people be more likely to adapt to the household "DVD" name, which format the porn studios are ultimately choosing, which drives are likely to end up in peoples home computers, which format the "uneducated masses" find more comfortable etc. There are many web pages and sources there on research and essays on these things, it sort of feels a little, well, mechanical not to have them. It's like a page on a war between two countries and comapring what guns and hardware the soldiers are using, but ignoring the politics and support the two warring countries have, which are the things that ultimately decide a war. JayKeaton 14:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

New numbers

I just wanted to mention that on G4's the Feed they said that in the first quarter of 2007 blu-ray sold 70% of next-gen movies, while HD-DVD sold 30%. I'm not going to put it on the article just in case my numbers are wrong, but if anyone finds it true, go ahead and post it. Playstationdude 23:55, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Changes in PC Manufacturer section

I created notebook section under it. I moved acer. It manufactured laptop with both formats in UK. Added about HP.--w_tanoto 04:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Does WalMart support Blu-ray?

WalMart in Utah had only sold DVDs until a few weeks ago.

Now they have a sizable Blu-ray section but no HD DVDs as of yet.

Is this official policy? 71.219.94.15 00:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Cost difference revert

I removed the following from the studio support section:

My reasons for removing this are three fold. 1. Because it is original research and 2. Because the "evidence" presented is biased (a violation of NPOV), it ignores the higher price of blu-ray exclusive studio releases (ie, FOX MSRP $40), and ignores the the fact that non combo disks of the same title are the same price across formats. 3. Even if this was rewritten in a NPOV and without OR, it does not belong in the studio support section. Please discuss this here before reverting.--Ray andrew 17:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

After reviwing the new wording and placement in the article, I have removed the dispute tag. I still think the wording of both the studio support and disk cost could be better though, to avoid any suggestion of bias. But I will leave that to the future. --Ray andrew 21:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Fox and MGM's (lack of) support for Blu-ray

I think we might want to make note of the fact that Fox and MGM have effectively stopped supporting Blu-ray for the time being. Fox has not released a title since April 24th (almost 4 months) and has no titles with an announced release date. MGM has not released a title since March 13th (5 months today) and has no titles with an announced release date. I am posting this here first to try to avoid any controversy and get others input before this change is made. Refrences: --Ray andrew 13:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Porn did NOT help HD-DVD beat Bluray

Why do major media outlets like CNN or MSNBC keep repeating this urban legend? They shouldn't be spreading this misinformation & I'm sick of hearing their reporters say it. Don't these talking heads do ANY kind of research? (At least here on wikipedia, we h

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