Micheal Bay's Website is Having a Format Debate HD DVD participant needed - Page 12  

Originally Posted by ottscay

IT's funny that so many here are worried this is some sort of pro-BD trap; if you read the BD.com thread, they spent quite a while discussing whether it was a pro-HD DVD trap.

I don't know what good or bad will come from it (if either) but it seems unlikely that this is at trap aimed at anyone.

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

A WORD OF CAUTION!

Please review posts by the Administrator (Nelson) whose idea this debate was. Please read through some of his posts. I am not sure you are going to agree with the way he handles posters:

http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum...searchid=13110

Originally Posted by pete GTP

And you really think the same crap doesn't happen in the HD DVD forum?

Originally Posted by b.greenway

I'll go do that right now, any bets on how long my account lasts over there? I'm reading 4 or 5 posts right now; that are flat out ********, I'd love to have an active account long enough to challenge those posts.

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

A WORD OF CAUTION!

Please review posts by the Administrator (Nelson) whose idea this debate was. Please read through some of his posts. I am not sure you are going to agree with the way he handles posters:

http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum...searchid=13110

Originally Posted by ABCD

To whoever ends up representing the HD-DVD side of this debate, I believe it is a losing argument to say that technically HD-DVD is equal or better than BR. Even as a stronger supporter of HD-DVD, I do not believe that is true.

Under the right circumstances, HD-DVD can be just as good, but there are too many IF's. If the home theater setup is not good enough, you may not hear a difference. If the projector is not good enough, you may not see a difference. If you are over 35 and no longer have perfect hearing, you may not hear a difference. And all those reviewers who gave 5/5, would it still be 5/5 under different circumstnces?

Of course we can pick up specific exceptions, but generally speaking, I believe that technically BR is better than HD-DVD. Therefore in your debate, you need to emphasize the strengths of HD-DVD, which are not technical. For example, do you want to give your money to a company such as Sony which has done so much to harm consumer's fair-use rights. Or put up with Fox's DB+. Or the low entry-level cost of the HD-DVD hardware. Or the silly appearance of putting a game console into your HiFi rack.

But if we start arguing that HD-DVD is technically better than BR, then we have lost the argument before we even start. And you can also argue that the better technical format doesn't always win.

Originally Posted by b.greenway

All I'm saying is there are pro's and con's to both formats.