Blueray/Sony or wait?? « Videomaker Community Forums

compusolver
Member

With blueray going to cost 20% more and having a flakier name than the HD DVD competition, I'm going to wait and see what happens before buying a Sony HD cam.

What are your thoughts on all this???

Posted 6 years ago #
Video-maniac
Member

I can't say I blame ya!

It really comes down to how bad you want it. When you look back at when new technologies break into the market, they can demand top buck. Remember when PC DVD burners first came out? You would be lucky if you could find one for under $250.00. Now they are what.... $40.00????

I know at some point in time I'm going to make the big HD switch too but I think I'm going to wait until the prices come down a bit. Sooner or later we'll all be switching over only because before we all know it... HD will be the norm.

Now if someone can just come up with a standardized HD media solution. I've seen articles and the Reader's Digest condenced version is that everyone is waiting to see how the HD DVD war is going to come out.

RAM

Posted 6 years ago #
BTS
Member

Unfortunately, product features alone will not assure success. Seems like blue-ray is better in terms of more storage (which is what it's all about, really), but HD DVD has the name going for it (indeed) and I'm understanding that current production lines can quickly be adapted to manufacture HD DVDs, even making them double-sided with SD on one side and HD on the other. Conveniences like these will win the consumer over.

I believe the Toshiba player is coming out in April and retails for $499, so by Xmas 2006 players should be around $250, which I think HD enthusiasts will embrace.

Posted 6 years ago #
djko1208
Member

Correct me if I'm wrong but the battle between blueray and hd dvd should not deter you from picking up a sony hd cam. Of course the compatiblity between the two would most likely be more efficient, but,you would still be able to create hd dvd's from a sony source going through a nle first.

Posted 6 years ago #
compusolver
Member

Good point - one that I don't really have an answer to. I'm not even sure just what format the Sony HD cams use for capture files. It would require an NLE capable of reading and handling those files AND, of course capable of editing them. After that, it would be up to the software (I use Adobe Premiere Pro & Adobe Encore), to interface with the DVD (burn) format.

Posted 6 years ago #
Video-maniac
Member

I agree with you guys totally!

The problem this war is causing only involves:

A) The DVD burners
B) The software needed
C) The end player capibilities
D) The codec format being used

The cameras really don't have anything to do with it. It starts when you pull the tape out and want to do something with it. X-D

This whole issue is just putting pressure on companies to make all of their products universal and that's going to take a while. Who's going to buy a DVD player that just plays Blueray? Probably no one. Until the players, burners and software can work with both formats everyone will just sit on their hands and wait. This kind of happened with DVD +R and -R burners and players when they first came out. At least they engineered the hardware & software to handle both formats. That's what will need to be done here too!

Posted 6 years ago #
compusolver
Member

I'm not so sure that the cameras have nothing to do with it. As far as I know there isn't yet any kind of standardized format for these. I don't claim to be up on all this (which is why I'm hoping to get enlightened here) but I've read about at least one HD cam that requires its own proprietary program to capture its video to a format that again required its own proprietary program to edit. (In one of last year's VM issues).

Posted 6 years ago #
Video-maniac
Member

Hank,

If I'm understanding you correctly, it's coming up with a standardized interface that you're talking about?

That's a good point too... and here again, what will that be???

RAM

Posted 6 years ago #
hidef1080
Member

You should be able to use either HD-DVD or Blueray with any HDV footage. So if you own/use a FX1 you can burn HD to either format.

The sad part is guessing which format is going to be the "one" -Because we all know that in the end only one will be left standing. VHS vs Beta anyone?

I've already waited long enough for HD DVD's so I'm jumping as soon as a good burner is out there. I'm the tech geek you all love to crack jokes about.

Posted 6 years ago #
BTS
Member

Well, Blue Ray discs went on sale in Europe last week. Only $33 each! I'm ordering a spindle right now...

The good news is that you can get Blue Ray burners and blanks at the same time as the players. I'm guessing that this will move fast enough that a second generation of burners will be available late summer, and that the format will be justifiable within a year for the serious enthusiast.

My next camera is definitely HD, but it's probably a year out.

Posted 5 years ago #