The new competing HIGH Definition formats

I managed to see some great movies this week in two different high quality formats: BluRay and HD DVD. The movies that I am talking about are Alexander (2004) in HD DVD format and Phone Booth (2002) in BluRay format, both at 1280 x 544 (2.35:1). Both films are good especialy phone both but what I am trying to say is that there aren’t big differences between the two video formats.
Some printscreens from Alexander:

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And from Phone Booth:

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The qulity on the printscreens is a bit low because they are jpg, but as I said there isn’t any differences between the two formats. The press is comparing the BluRay and HD DVD battle with the battle between VHS and Betamax videotape but the current contest is diffrent because a part of the manufacturers are making machines that play both formats. Read the rest of this entry »

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