
Originally Posted by
rudjard
.....Hi-def DVD was faced out just b4 it blossom. coz Blu ray was way better....
Blu-Ray didn't look any better than HDDVD. The reason why Blu-Ray won the format war was because Sony paid Warner Bros millions of dollars to change sides and make their titles Blu-Ray exclusive. This tipped the balance too far in favor of Sony and the other major film distributors followed suite.
For me HDDVD was better better because there's no region coding so no matter where you buy your disc it will play in your machine. I've actually got an XBOX360 hddvd player which I hooked up to my PC. The picture quality is identical to that of my Blu-Rays.
Out of all my discs I'd say the ones which I find visually most stunning are:
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
House of 1000 Corpses
Tremors
Rescue Dawn
A Serious Man
Che Part 1
A Tale of Two Sisters
Patton
No Country For Old Men