Blue Ray or HD-DVD? I have my bet on HD-DVD and this is why...

Below is a quote from a reader on the Engadget.com blog website, he basicly sums up the two formats and its exactly how i feel about the matter.

"If Sony would wake up and stop encoding their movies in MPEG-2" old encoding format "they wouldn't have to worry about the extra 25GB of space...

This is yet another nail in the coffin for BlueRay IMO...

HD-DVD Advantages:
Newer video compression with superior video quality
Cheaper to produce discs
Players are cheaper for consumers
Doesn't need 50GB of storage space for long movies
Isn't sacrificing video quality like Blueray to squeeze a 2 hour HD movie encoded in MPEG-2 in 25GB of space.

BR Advantages:
NONE!
Price? Nope
Video quality? Nope
Video storage capacity? Nope

Oh wait, but it does have a larger disc. But it's extra space is rendered USELESS since they encode their video with MPEG-2.

This 50GB disc which doesn't exist yet, is only an advantage to PC users.

I personally could care less about 50GB of disc space. It's not needed when you encode your HD with a new video codec like HD-DVD is using (h.264)

But in the US for some reason "quantity over quality" always seems to win out with the sheep. XM radio and Sirius are prime examples of "quantity over quality". FM radio sounds WAY better than XM or Sirius. The only way anyone could possibly think those satellite services sound better than FM is if they were deaf... LOL, a 96kbit MP3 almost sounds better and has way more dynamics. Was that a cymbal I heard or someone dumping out a bucket of water?" Quote by David Burkhardt

New Nintendo DS Lite Available in Pink and Black in September

Nintendo announced today that the Nintendo DS Lite will be available in Pink and Black. Maybe I will pick up a Black one.