check out this thread!...he's getting freezes and he says his 360 hd-dvd looks better than blu-ray....he basicly bought it for the blu-ray player hehe
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=751836
It froze once while watching Ice Age and twice while watching Black Hawk Down. I wonder how often it will freeze while playing games.
QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Nov 17 2006, 03:30 AM) 
It froze once while watching Ice Age and twice while watching Black Hawk Down. I wonder how often it will freeze while playing games.
yea...but i must say i feel alot better now knowing the 360 hd-dvd addon looks better!! although i was getting it for gaming i really wanted the blu-ray player...but now i can sit back and wait till supply kicks in!!
Yup its been known for long that as for now hddvd in general looks better then BD. Here comes the but 
most BD is still on mpeg2 when they will move towards vc-1 and dual layer and you use the ps3 on hdmi 1.3 tvs I'm pretty sure the PS3 will look better or atleast equal then the hddvd addon. And the sound is A LOT better on the ps3 and always will be there is no fix for the xbox360 lack of sound.
He also compares the ps3 to standalone BD-player and they are of the same quality wich are good news.
Edit: read some more apparently it is equal to a inferior standalone...
The freezing doesn't sound good though, this might be solely in regards to movie watching.
most BD is still on mpeg2 when they will move towards vc-1 and dual layer and you use the ps3 on hdmi 1.3 tvs I'm pretty sure the PS3 will look better or atleast equal then the hddvd addon. And the sound is A LOT better on the ps3 and always will be there is no fix for the xbox360 lack of sound.He also compares the ps3 to standalone BD-player and they are of the same quality wich are good news.
Edit: read some more apparently it is equal to a inferior standalone...
The freezing doesn't sound good though, this might be solely in regards to movie watching.
wow...
Alright, intial BD transfers were done poorly and now BD has the stigma, among people who have never seen the two formats, that it doesn't look as good. BD transfers have come along way. Look at Black Hawk Down, Tears of The Sun, Kingdom of Heaven, MI:3, X3, Underworld Evolutions, upcoming Fantastic 4, etc. These titles blow away the early BD releases.
BD isn't using MPEG-2 it uses VC-1, AVC, and MPEG-2. This give the studios a choice. The cost of converting the MPEG-2 setup to VC-1 is a good bit so some studios decided they would stick with MPEG-2. BD50 will make it possible for MPEG-2 to look good, but the studios can also decide to switch to either VC-1 or AVC.
This is the first I've heard of the PS3 freezing while playing BD movies, but I can say that the PS3 has been on 6 hours and hasn't hiccuped once, playing games and TN.
Also keep in mind that updates to the PS3 can be made to improve BD playback.
as you can see even with the same title a review can be difficult when trying to compare the hardware.
Alright, intial BD transfers were done poorly and now BD has the stigma, among people who have never seen the two formats, that it doesn't look as good. BD transfers have come along way. Look at Black Hawk Down, Tears of The Sun, Kingdom of Heaven, MI:3, X3, Underworld Evolutions, upcoming Fantastic 4, etc. These titles blow away the early BD releases.
BD isn't using MPEG-2 it uses VC-1, AVC, and MPEG-2. This give the studios a choice. The cost of converting the MPEG-2 setup to VC-1 is a good bit so some studios decided they would stick with MPEG-2. BD50 will make it possible for MPEG-2 to look good, but the studios can also decide to switch to either VC-1 or AVC.
This is the first I've heard of the PS3 freezing while playing BD movies, but I can say that the PS3 has been on 6 hours and hasn't hiccuped once, playing games and TN.
Also keep in mind that updates to the PS3 can be made to improve BD playback.
QUOTE(Rob Zuber)
You're comparing different movies. If you wish to make cross platform PQ comparisons, you need to watch the same movie on both machines (such as Mission Impossible III).
QUOTE(DVD_sanchez)
Keep in mind Mission Impossible III is MPEG on Blu-ray and VC1 on HD-DVD, so a Warner movie with VC1 on both will be a better comparison!
as you can see even with the same title a review can be difficult when trying to compare the hardware.
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