Until earlier this calendar week , there was no path to directly equate a Blu - beam disk to its competitor on HD DVD using identical source material . But then Warner Home Video released Training Day , Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Rumor Has It … on Blu - ray , make believe them the first movies available on both formats , allow a unmediated comparison of the quality of each . Surprisingly , there were noticeable differences .
Details after the startle .
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High Def Digest reviewer Peter M. Bracke gave the definitive nod to the HD DVD :
“ In our first head - to - head comparison , we found the HD videodisc to be superior . The unfortunate cropping of the Blu - ray icon , partner off with more noticeable densification artefact and an overall darker cast , ca n’t compete with the more consistently pleasing presentation of the HD DVD … I must say , our first Blu - ray versus HD DVD comparisons continue to bear surprise . I was n’t have a bun in the oven to see much divergence in video quality between the two formatting with ‘ Rumor Has It … ’ , yet the two disc did bear noticeable differences , with the HD DVD boasting well detail and a more film - like look . ”
Bracke used the Samsung BD - P1000 Blu - ray player and a Toshiba HD - XA1 HD DVD role player for the equivalence , and said the Blu - ray translation had more densification artifacts in the single - layer Training Day disc , was less bright , and was prune on the side , founder HD DVD the nod for superior picture quality . In the dual - level Kiss Kiss Bang Bang disc , it was difficult to secern the difference of opinion between the two format , although the reader still gave a nod to HD DVD quality , as he did with the third title , Rumor Has It . So , rotund 1 go to HD DVD .
Blu - ray versus HD DVD : First Head - to - Head Comparisons
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