Is It Rant Tiem Nao?

[jetpack_monkey]

Don't ask me how, but I accidentally wandered into the Amazon.com forums on Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Man, that shit is hateful. Just a bunch a people with nothing better to do than post smackdown after poorly worded smackdown against the format they like least. They stalk the forums for both formats, too. Every poor newb who wanders into the HD-DVD forum looking for answers is met with "Don't use HD-DVD, it's for lamers." "Don't listen to that Sony shill. HD-DVD will win the format war because Blu-ray has xxxx bad thing that doesn't matter to Joe Consumer. HD-DVD has..." "What kind of idiot are you? Blu-ray has completely unrelated thing that may or may not be true."

What ever happened to having a preference? It's a freakin' movie player, people. It's not a political party. It's not determining the future of your country -- just the future of your living room. Read a fucking book, get some air, get a life. Were I about to buy a player, I think I'd be scared off of HD for a while in both formats with that kind of vitriol flying around.

Geez macreeze. Perspective!

Comments

[midnightfae.livejournal.com]

It almost makes me want to buy a gaming system. At least if the format dies I still have nifty games to play.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

In that case, you'd want the PS3, since the Blu-ray is built in. X-Box 360 has HD-DVD support, but only as an add-on drive you have to purchase seperately.

Amazon price for PS3 (60GB drive): $499
Amazon price for XBox 360 (20GB drive): $350 + $180 for add-on drive = $530

Amazon also has a bundle that includes:
XBox 360 Elite (with 120GB drive)
HD-DVD add-on drive
300 and King Kong on HD-DVD
Mail-in deal to get five free HD-DVD movies

...all for $599. Mind, it's not *any* five HD-DVD movies. There's five categories of three possible choices each. It means you'd end up with a copy of U-571, The Perfect Storm, or We Were Soldiers whether you liked it or not (or, depending on your lack of preference, the more banal category may be between Four Brothers, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow).

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're going -solely- for the price, yes, the PS3 then looks like a much better choice.

But you must also factor in the catalog of games, as well. Admittedly, the promise of FFXIII for the PS3 is nice... but also distant in the future.

'Course, the one game to end all games will be out for both systems...

*bows before the might of Rock Band*

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I'm in it for the Kingdom Hearts sequels. Like a motherfucker.

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Mmm, the bizarre yet fun blend of Square RPGs and Disney franchises.

...Kingdom Hearts 2 still -wins- for having a Steamboat Willie land and TRON. I can't wait to see how they try to top that in a third title...

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

It wins more for getting Bruce Boxleitner to come back and reprise the role of Tron. Still, first time that Leon spoke up in that game, I was like, dude, where's Boreanaz?

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Just found out that the PS3 also has a five free movie deal -- and every category has at least one movie I wouldn't mind owning. Okay, maybe "wouldn't mind" is a bit strong for Chicken Little, but it's better than Pearl Harbor or The Guardian.

Actually, come to look at it, category five doesn't really have anything that jumps out: Kiss of the Dragon, The Omen (2006), The Transporter 2, Species, Hart's War, or The Last Waltz.