At my house, on a 70" JVC, the PS3/Blu-ray wins. The HD-DVD on the 360 is just not as clear. Using Planet Earth in both formats as a test, it is close, but the blu-ray is clearly sharper, perhaps because of the HDMI.
This format war is much like the +R/-R war that was never resolved. I was a big supporter of -R, but I am using +R now to satisfy my dual-layer needs (Verbatim only). The combo players that are coming will serve the folks who don't have the gaming systems. That said, my neighbor has a stand-alone HD player that he got when they went to $299. He is also a Blockbuster on-line customer, and to his dismay, the stores are rolling out only Blu-Ray. With Universal being the last hold out for HD-DVD only, I expect things to move towards Blu-ray in the long term.
Be sure to check out Kong, it is a great transfer!
And to the poster who asked about upconverting vs Blu-ray, it is clear that Blu-ray is better, but the new upconversion software on the PS3 ROCKS! If you a newer DVD with a great transfer, the resulting upconversion looks VERY good. So, I now use the PS3 as my DVD player too. My old Sony upconversion unit does not play nice with my HDMI switch, and it never looked as good as the PS3 does.
HD Format Wars
Hey Lihn!
At my house, on a 70" JVC, the PS3/Blu-ray wins. The HD-DVD on the 360 is just not as clear. Using Planet Earth in both formats as a test, it is close, but the blu-ray is clearly sharper, perhaps because of the HDMI.
This format war is much like the +R/-R war that was never resolved. I was a big supporter of -R, but I am using +R now to satisfy my dual-layer needs (Verbatim only). The combo players that are coming will serve the folks who don't have the gaming systems. That said, my neighbor has a stand-alone HD player that he got when they went to $299. He is also a Blockbuster on-line customer, and to his dismay, the stores are rolling out only Blu-Ray. With Universal being the last hold out for HD-DVD only, I expect things to move towards Blu-ray in the long term.
Be sure to check out Kong, it is a great transfer!
And to the poster who asked about upconverting vs Blu-ray, it is clear that Blu-ray is better, but the new upconversion software on the PS3 ROCKS! If you a newer DVD with a great transfer, the resulting upconversion looks VERY good. So, I now use the PS3 as my DVD player too. My old Sony upconversion unit does not play nice with my HDMI switch, and it never looked as good as the PS3 does.