Who Hates the BlueRay and HD War?

[DIRECTOR]

I know i do. it's even confusing sometimes to know which one to get. Which is better? Who will win? Eventually one will win, but than what about the formats (loser) that you already own, what happens to them, are they going to vanish like the VHS???

 

[DIRECTOR]

nobody cares???????

 

[JokerNick]

who the hell is blueray and what's he doing to HD... whatever happened to that one guy on here that got VD from a chick... why are women called chicks anyways, they don't look like birds.... why is the middle finger called the bird anyways.... what were we talking about.... ahhh, yes, green gamma rays... they created the Hulk I think

 

[FreeRadical]

I hate the war. It's like most of the companies are forcing us to choose and buy one or the other (no Sony, I am not spending over 500 pounds (conversion from pounds to $ = $800?) on a PS3 for Blu-ray). I wonder how many people have HDtv's?

 

[kingman]

I know i do. it's even confusing sometimes to know which one to get. Which is better? Who will win? Eventually one will win, but than what about the formats (loser) that you already own, what happens to them, are they going to vanish like the VHS???

I think there is a whole debate going on about how the video consoles will pave the way for these new technologies to lift off and hit the big time... as far as I recall Microsoft have now announced the sale of their new HD-DVD Drive Add On and of course the imminent release of the PS3 featuring BluRay will be an interesting result... can SONY pull of another major coup in the market... who knows but I think people are waiting to see if one starts faring better than the other before investing... will there be a loser I'm not too sure but I read an article surround the situation where dual format disks have been designed so that might end the war altogether and give people their own choice

 

[Kipobe]

BluRay lost points on the market after Irwin was killed by a stingray.

 

[jaguarr]

I saw an article recently where two engineers had developed a hybrid of the two that was cross-compatible with either format, rendering the war a moot point. I'll see if I can find it. At any rate, Blu-Ray is by far a better technology than HD.

jag

 

[kingman]

I saw an article recently where two engineers had developed a hybrid of the two that was cross-compatible with either format, rendering the war a moot point. I'll see if I can find it. At any rate, Blu-Ray is by far a better technology than HD.

jag

Yeah I read this one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5364238.stm

 

[lars573]

I saw an article recently where two engineers had developed a hybrid of the two that was cross-compatible with either format, rendering the war a moot point. I'll see if I can find it. At any rate, Blu-Ray is by far a better technology than HD.

jag

So was Betamax, also made by Sony. But also like the Beta-VHS thing the real differences between Bluray and HD-DVD aren't that great. The biggest real difference between BRD and HD-DVD? Disk capacity and that's it.

 

[TrailerCues]

The Game Console War is worse

 

[Fran]

PS3 is stupid. 360 has already won!

 

[FreeRadical]

The Game Console War is worse

It sure is. Add the DVD war together with the Console war = . The problem is companies are using consoles (XBox 360 and PS3) as a way to put HD DVD players in our homes.

 

[kingman]

It sure is. Add the DVD war together with the Console war = . The problem is companies are using consoles (XBox 360 and PS3) as a way to put HD DVD players in our homes.

But in both the console cases you get the player for a lot cheaper and the added bonus of actually being able to use it for other things

 

[Danalys]

Yeah I read this one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5364238.stm

won't work. cannot compete with multilayered discs of either HD-DVD or blu-ray. the more likely senario is machines that can read both disc types. much like what happened with writable DVDs. if sales of one type far surpass the other soon enough then all the studios will move over to the winning format. people who make the wrong decision pay for that decision.

 

[jaguarr]

So was Betamax, also made by Sony. But also like the Beta-VHS thing the real differences between Bluray and HD-DVD aren't that great. The biggest real difference between BRD and HD-DVD? Disk capacity and that's it.

I'd say the differences are pretty big, actually:

Blu-ray supports more data capacity per layer compared to HD DVDs. That is 25GB per layer versus 15GB of HD DVD. Technically it can fit three different capacities; 25GB is merely the average, these capacities are 23.3GB, 25GB or 27GB. This equates to over 4 hours of high definition video with audio.
There is also the option of dual-layers: 46.6GB, 50GB or 54GB, which is roughly 8 hours. Currently BDA are researching 100GB and 200GB technology with 4 or 8 layers, this keeps the technology ‘future proof’. Also in the works is an 8cm disc variation with a 15GB capacity, rather than the regular 12cm discs.

Coupled with a 36mbps transfer rate with 2x already working in labs and 8x projected (all much better than HD's transfer rates), and a better media technology, Blu-Ray rules all over HD.


The main proponent of the HD format is Microsoft, who was the primary developer of it and also would have the most to gain in the way of royalties for licensing the technology along with it's WVM technology (the primary codec HD utilizes). Apple, HP, Sony, Dell and many, many others are supporting Blu-Ray.

jag

 

[jaguarr]

PS3 is stupid. 360 has already won!

I've always been a big PS2 fan, but I think people are sorely underestimating Wii.

jag

 

[jaguarr]

won't work. cannot compete with multilayered discs of either HD-DVD or blu-ray. the more likely senario is machines that can read both disc types. much like what happened with writable DVDs. if sales of one type far surpass the other soon enough then all the studios will move over to the winning format. people who make the wrong decision pay for that decision.

Agreed. This situation is very different from the betamax vs. vhs one, in that the technologies can be cheaply integrated into a single player/recorder unit.

jag

 

[bunk]

I'm gonna stay away from anything sony's involved with including bluray

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I hate the blown up Iraqi kids and Americans with severe head trauma - war more.

 

[Equint77]

i'll just wait for the hybrid blu-ray/HD DVD systems to come out.... I read in the paper they're already making them... just at about 2,000 dollars each..

I have time.. I'll wait.

 

[Prognosticator]

I hate Fox NOT having an HD channel...sons of B*******

 

[Danalys]

I'm gonna stay away from anything sony's involved with including bluray

better stay away from DVDs then aswell.

 

[Prognosticator]

Whoever wins, we all lose

 

[Duende Verde]

Blue Ray beats Blu-ray and HD-DVD

 

[jaguarr]

Blue Ray beats Blu-ray and HD-DVD

You stop that right now, mister!

jag