You know, I thought the same things as Jazz & NA when it came to the naming. To me, it seemed like the natural progression, mentally, would be HD TV and HD DVD. In the end, we were just waiting for something more definitive - plus we also had that sweet deal on our new Blu-Ray player ~$100.

Ratatouille is basically *the* standard for Blu-ray at the moment. I saw it first on an upscaled DVD (which looked good), and then later purchased it on Blu-ray for 1080p viewing. My first reaction was oh... my....god. Honestly, I don't think it looked that good in theatres, unless you were seeing a digital projection. It's like another layer of gauze has been removed from the camera. "Sharp" doesn't even begin to describe how amazing it looks (and that goes for many of the films on the "Pixar Shorts" discs as well). I haven't seen Cars yet on Blu-ray, but the film "Mater and the Ghostlight" is on the Pixar Shorts DVD... and yeah, the fact that you can see each individual fleck of glitter on Lightning McQueen's paint job is jaw-dropping.

FYI:

Amazon.com is having a great sale on just about all Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies.

I'd expect this to be the last sale of this type for quite some time if HD does in fact go down the tubes.

At CES, the HD DVD booth folks were dragging their feet, not even smiling much.

Just one row over, the people at Blu-Ray were practically throwing a party.

Looks like I will have to upgrade to an HD camera in the next year, as well as the capability to burn to BluRay. Oy. I'm not looking forward to those expenses.

Although, I can officially write off any player as a business expense and movies as "research". :D

Including the sort of movies referenced by Mr Delight? :evil:

Technically, if I start shooting or editing those films, then yes. ;)

Well, I can't afford an HD display (especially not at my minimum size requirements ... yes, Gemini Cricket, I am a size queen) ... so I don't expect to care about High Def DVD's anytime soon.

wow, a commercial just aired plugging HD-DVD and Shrek 3.

The reasons behind me not going over to HD format are $$ and really I have most ofthe DVD's I want - now if "Hollywood" would create better films, I might change my mind.

^^ There's no need to re-buy DVDs in High Def. Just, from here on out, if you're GONNA purchase something, then Bluray it.

Nope, that's like saying I should never have bought any CDs of albums I had on LP, or never purchased DVDs of movies I already owned on VHS.

My favorite stuff is always going to be in the older, less impressive format. That doesn't sit well with me.


(Nor does buying everything again in the newest, flashiest format ... which is what the business model counts on.)