The Pluses of HD DVD
Just when you thought TV was getting boring someone goes and changes the rules on you. HD TV is one of the few things, like Cuban Cigars and a Sonic Cherry Lime aide, that live up to its promise. The down side is that you are no longer satisfied with the quality of your DVD movies. The thought of making a conversion completely to Blue-ray has you a little squeamish after 12 years of collecting DVDs, but what can you do? You can always take some of the sting out of things by buying an HD DVD player.
The advantages of an HD DVD player really boil down to two basic topics: convenience and quality. If you are looking for a solution that will make your DVDs play as nice as the HD channels you are receiving, forget it, you will never see that kind of quality out of a true DVD with anything that is out on the market now. However, HD DVD players offer something blu-ray does not: interchangeability.
Having an HD DVD player will save you some time and money as well as help you eliminate a remote or at least avoid collecting another one. DVDs will play on your ne HD player, so you can get rid of your old DVD player or at least move it to another room.
HD DVD players use a blue laser. What this does for you as a consumer is shorten the load time and allow for a more compressed disc. That is to say a standard sized DVD will hold more digital content. That’s how HD DVD is able to deliver a crisper picture in high def and its older cousins are not.
An HD DVD player will save you some space in the entertainment center as well. With only one player under the TV instead of two or three, this kind of cuts down on the space you will be taking up. It’s bad enough having to buy something new, it’s even worse when that new thing just adds to the clutter a lot of people have.
The packaging is another attractive aspect of making the change from standard DVD to HD DVD. They all come in the same packaging so the boxes are all the same size. When you consider what life was like when you made the change from VHS to DVD, the value in this is clear.
The players are readily available and relatively inexpensive compared to Blu-ray, so price is another factor. If given the option a lot of consumers would go for the cheaper solution to a problem and HD players for DVD are a viable one.
The convenience and practicality of upgrading to an HD DVD is pretty clear in this light. HD DVD quality is comparable to blu-ray in nearly every way. Proponents of blu-ray point out interactivity and lack of games and the extras that HD DVD lack. I have a game system and PC for those.
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