I'm lookin to buy a laptop and found a nice toshiba laptop with HD DVD, but was wandering if there any point buying one if the HD format lost to BLU RAY? Is is better to wait, buy a cheaper laptop without HD or will the HD format stick around??? Thnx
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Why you would want to watch HD anything on a laptop is beyond me. No benefit on the small screen.
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You can connect it to a 100" Plasma....
I would probably wait for a blu-ray if you want to play HD movies. -
HD-DVD players are being cleared below $100. If I wanted HD-DVD on a 100" plasma that's what I'd buy. Its lower than incremental cost on a Toshiba laptop with HD-DVD vs DVD.
I really would not want to use S-video or VGA to drive the 100" plasma either. Thats the available outputs on the Toshibas I checked. -
I'm just asking if there is a point in buying a laptop with an HD DVD drive if the format lost with BLU RAY.. will HD DVD most likely become useless in a while???
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No sense buying it. They will not be making any more HD DVDs, so unless you have an extensive HD library and you watch all your movies on a laptop, it isn't worth an extra dime. Frankly, on a 15" screen you won't notice any difference than regular DVDs.
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