HD DVD to AVI? - Club CDFreaks

chocky909 · 08-07-2006

This maybe a daft question, but has anybody (by this I mean anyone in the world) been able to rip the video off an HD DVD or BluRay disc and play it independantly on a PC?

Is it too soon, just wondering...

chocky909 · 08-07-2006

Actually, I just realised that you'd need a HD DVD/BluRay disc drive in your PC to even read the disc. Not sure if these exist yet. Do they?

Cyker · 09-07-2006

HD-DVD - Not AFAIK
BluRay - Yes, but it's ~$1000 or a bit over £600 in Real Money

I'm not really interested in BluRay OR HD-DVD for movies - Unless you have a 1080p TV the picture quality is no different than DVD unless you're sitting right next to the TV.

For computer storage, HD-DVD doesn't have a prayer - The capacity is pathetic! 15GB?! Given how much they're likely to cost, it's not worth it over DVD+R DLs!

BluRay discs are also similarly (hideously) expensive, but at least 25GB is significantly more than dual-layer DVDs to justify the cost slightly more!
It's a bit like when DVDs first came out 'tho so I guess we'll be waiting a while for prices to drop; Last time I checked, a Single Layer BluRay-R disc (25GB) was £10
Dual Layer BD-R (50GB! Yup, you can already buy DL BluRay discs, while HD-DVD hasn't even got a single layer write-once, or even a PC drive yet!) was considerably more at £25 and a Dual Layer BD-RE (50GB, RW-disc) was a whopping £35!

At the moment, HD-DVD movies seem to have better quality than BluRay, but this is more down to the production and encoding process from what I've seen - Sony really need to pull their finger out and do some digital remastering on their movies instead of just scanning in film-stock (With all its scratches and imperfections) at a higher resolution!

*_chef_* · 09-07-2006

This will not work, whatever you try.........

muzz · 09-07-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyker

HD-DVD - Not AFAIK
BluRay - Yes, but it's ~$1000 or a bit over £600 in Real Money

I'm not really interested in BluRay OR HD-DVD for movies - Unless you have a 1080p TV the picture quality is no different than DVD unless you're sitting right next to the TV.

What? You MUST be kidding me.
I don't own a 1080P TV, and the difference between DVD and HD-DVD is EASILY seen, there is NO QUESTION.
I do NOT sit right next to the TV either.
There are MANY users over at AVSFORUM that have these players(Especially HD-DVD, myself included) that own RPTVS, Projectors, etc.... and they will tell you different, blow up a picture to 110+ inches, and you will see the difference easily, my 57" CRT RPTV shows the difference easily as well.

See ya over in the HDDVD section.

m

*Kenshin* · 23-07-2006

DVD is 720 x 480. HDTV is 1920 x 1080. How can't anyone see the obvious difference? Unless your TV is really outdated, but all you need may be just a used 15-inch DSUB-15 monitor. I actually watched HDTV on a monitor that I picked up for free. It was much better than DVD at least.

*_chef_* · 23-07-2006

DVD is also max. 720x576 for PAL.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech

*koolaidwa* · 29-09-2006

hd-dvd drivers are there too, i cant remeber what store had them or where getting them soon

08-07-2006	#1 (permalink)
chocky909 CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 60	HD DVD to AVI? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> This maybe a daft question, but has anybody (by this I mean anyone in the world) been able to rip the video off an HD DVD or BluRay disc and play it independantly on a PC? Is it too soon, just wondering... __________________ o

08-07-2006	#2 (permalink)
chocky909 CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 60	Re: HD DVD to AVI? Actually, I just realised that you'd need a HD DVD/BluRay disc drive in your PC to even read the disc. Not sure if these exist yet. Do they? __________________ o

09-07-2006	#3 (permalink)
Cyker CD Freaks Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 239	Re: HD DVD to AVI? HD-DVD - Not AFAIK BluRay - Yes, but it's ~$1000 or a bit over £600 in Real Money I'm not really interested in BluRay OR HD-DVD for movies - Unless you have a 1080p TV the picture quality is no different than DVD unless you're sitting right next to the TV. For computer storage, HD-DVD doesn't have a prayer - The capacity is pathetic! 15GB?! Given how much they're likely to cost, it's not worth it over DVD+R DLs! BluRay discs are also similarly (hideously) expensive, but at least 25GB is significantly more than dual-layer DVDs to justify the cost slightly more! It's a bit like when DVDs first came out 'tho so I guess we'll be waiting a while for prices to drop; Last time I checked, a Single Layer BluRay-R disc (25GB) was £10 Dual Layer BD-R (50GB! Yup, you can already buy DL BluRay discs, while HD-DVD hasn't even got a single layer write-once, or even a PC drive yet!) was considerably more at £25 and a Dual Layer BD-RE (50GB, RW-disc) was a whopping £35! At the moment, HD-DVD movies seem to have better quality than BluRay, but this is more down to the production and encoding process from what I've seen - Sony really need to pull their finger out and do some digital remastering on their movies instead of just scanning in film-stock (With all its scratches and imperfections) at a higher resolution!

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Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,367	Re: HD DVD to AVI? DVD is 720 x 480. HDTV is 1920 x 1080. How can't anyone see the obvious difference? Unless your TV is really outdated, but all you need may be just a used 15-inch DSUB-15 monitor. I actually watched HDTV on a monitor that I picked up for free. It was much better than DVD at least. __________________ Kill Confucius

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_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: HD DVD to AVI? DVD is also max. 720x576 for PAL. http://www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

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