I might be wrong here, but this is how I understand it.
Everything passes through the processor eventually. Now the difference is who does the calculations. Even though you have a monstercard, directions must come from the processor, and the resulst from the card later returns to the processor. Now with the increase in graphics and other areas that we see, more and more info flow through the processor. The only way to keep up is to have one that is top-notch. Hence they evolve.
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Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
Oh yes, but by all accounts it will overal beome cheaper.
Look at the first compter my family ever had. Macintosh from the 80's. I don't know the dollars worth back them, but it cost at least 3.000$. Black & white, two games, Word and Excel. That's basically it. Oh, and a Recycle Bin
Today, we get top-notch for less than that. As we refine our technology and incrase the eficiency at which we produce hardware, it will become cheaper.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
ferret, do you have any idea how that will compare the the 360....numbers-wise?
and in case you didnt see before (rereading the thread i believe showed that you were talking about bluray being superior...correct me if im wrong)...sony signed the death certificate on bluray by banning commercial releases of porn on it. therefore, we are probably going to see hd-dvd mop the floor with bluray...
of course right as i typed that i was looking for some statistics i saw, basically pointing out how huge the porn industry is in terms of movie sales...and i saw a few articles with sony refuting the claim that they banned porn so we may have to keep watching this.
Won't there be converters though? I mean, essentially the same files are on the different systems, they're just read differently. So an owner of a blu-ray could perhaps buy an HD-DVD and convert it onto a blu-ray disc. Correct?
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
and the point would be that you would need both a bluray drive/burner and a HD-DVD drive/burner in your computer. thats gonna still be a wee bit pricey by the time the race is decided (last i knew an internal bluray drive for your pc was about $500+ and i dont believe that was with a writer. well it might have been with a writer, i dont remember)...so i doubt many people have the money to invest enough in one that they are willing to buy both drives for their computer, get the software to rip change and burn...and then a player of the other type. this is a LOT of money we are talking.
Seriously, how many people pay any heed to copy-protections when it comes to digital information... Ooh, that's going into the next Philosophy thread. Great!
It will probably be expensive, but prices will fall.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
well yes, they will fall....however, chances are one format will take complete superiority well before prices fall. i cant say i expect both to be around for 2 years or however long it will take for the patents to run out on the best/cheapest ways of making the players so we will see a coby hd-dvd or hitachi bluray player for $100 :-p
so therefore the issue is you will need a drive of whatever player dies out before they stop selling them due to their dying out.
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Everything passes through the processor eventually. Now the difference is who does the calculations. Even though you have a monstercard, directions must come from the processor, and the resulst from the card later returns to the processor. Now with the increase in graphics and other areas that we see, more and more info flow through the processor. The only way to keep up is to have one that is top-notch. Hence they evolve.
Look at the first compter my family ever had. Macintosh from the 80's. I don't know the dollars worth back them, but it cost at least 3.000$. Black & white, two games, Word and Excel. That's basically it. Oh, and a Recycle Bin
Today, we get top-notch for less than that. As we refine our technology and incrase the eficiency at which we produce hardware, it will become cheaper.
and in case you didnt see before (rereading the thread i believe showed that you were talking about bluray being superior...correct me if im wrong)...sony signed the death certificate on bluray by banning commercial releases of porn on it. therefore, we are probably going to see hd-dvd mop the floor with bluray...
of course right as i typed that i was looking for some statistics i saw, basically pointing out how huge the porn industry is in terms of movie sales...and i saw a few articles with sony refuting the claim that they banned porn so we may have to keep watching this.
and the point would be that you would need both a bluray drive/burner and a HD-DVD drive/burner in your computer. thats gonna still be a wee bit pricey by the time the race is decided (last i knew an internal bluray drive for your pc was about $500+ and i dont believe that was with a writer. well it might have been with a writer, i dont remember)...so i doubt many people have the money to invest enough in one that they are willing to buy both drives for their computer, get the software to rip change and burn...and then a player of the other type. this is a LOT of money we are talking.
but yes, it will be possible.
It will probably be expensive, but prices will fall.
so therefore the issue is you will need a drive of whatever player dies out before they stop selling them due to their dying out.