Red vs. Blue Lasers Complicate DVD's Future

bnavarro writes: "The EE Times is reporting that the DVD Forum's Steering Committee voted this week to approve the use of low-bit-rate compression for high-definition DVD. The DVD Forum's decision, made at a meeting Tuesday (Feb. 26) in Tokyo, to stick with a red-laser-based scheme but switch to low-bit-rate compression, came only a week after nine of the world's biggest electronics companies agreed to promote a blue-laser-based format for next-generation video and computer optical disks."

Comments

Re:wavelength

[Anonymous Coward]

No, that's not the reason. Blue is just much more stylish. Everybody loves shiny blue stuff. Red is so nineties, totally out.

different coloured lasers is good futureproofing

[FrenZon]

Can you imagine how confusing Starwars would be if everyone's lasers were the same colour?

Waste of bandwidth

[pkplex]

Blue is a colder color than red, therefor blue lasers can be overclocked more than red lasers.

Today is Monday, and right now its 01:40, so you might want to go get your self a generous bowl of coffee and do something more constructive than this :)

New DVD standard

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm ... another incompatible standard that requires the purchasing of yet another DVD drive. And once the new 'blue' standard has been taken up by the majority of computer users, they will come out with another incompatible standard requiring the purchase of yet another expensive-but-different DVD drive. Ingenious! Why do we fall for it?

Well, I didn't. I still don't have a DVD drive. So hah! I have fooled them all!

BTW, I will not purchase a 'blue' DVD drive either - I am waiting for it's successor.

Re:Doesn't this mean

[JediTrainer]

Why not make the next shift encompass both technologies?

So you're suggesting they use a purple laser instead?

*ducks*