Quote Originally Posted by drseid
Just because one movie from one reviewer looks similar, how does that prove anything? Ultimately my statement holds true about MPEG-2. Keep in mind that not all movies are the same length and take up as much disc space. In some cases, the MPEG-2/audio space issue is not a problem due to the movie being shorter or the audio not being in uncompressed PCM (as some disc manufacturers have decided to go for whatever reason on BRD).
I do not believe I mentioned that I got my information from one reviewer or it was related to just one movie. Ultimately your statement does not hold true, and if it does, only in your mind. I am accutely aware that the length of the movie is directly related to the amount of compression applied.

By the way, what reason would I have to spin this in favor of HD DVD? I do happen to own an HD DVD player, but I also have a pre-order in for a Sony Blu-ray player as well at a cost of a whoping $1K (and I own software from both formats). The Blu-ray player cost me double the HD DVD player, so if anything, I have more reason to spin things in favor of BRD to justify my larger investment.

---Dave
I didn't say any of your comments were spin, I said they were uneducated which is quite different from spin. Nobody should be spinning anything, spin is part of the problem with getting accurate information on both formats. The bottom line is that it is too early in the lifespan of both formats to come to any conclusions. Neither format is finished, hence the several firmware updates on the toshiba, and the upcoming firmware update for the Samsung. Your comments on the uncompressed audio on BR soundtracks wasn't spin, it was just plain wrong.