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PS3 To Use Blu-Ray Technology

Posted by simoniker on from the blue-la-di-da-da dept.

Daetrin writes "GameSpot has reported an announcement by Sony that the PlayStation 3 will use Blu-Ray technology, a next-generation optical disc format which 'can hold 25GB on a single layer and 50GB on the dual-layer discs', as many people have been speculating. What Sony hasn't said for sure is whether the PS3 will be backwards compatible with DVD movies and PS2 games. However, they indicated that they will reveal more details about the PlayStation 3 at a premiere in Japan on March 31st next year. (And, if nothing else, there will certainly be plenty of rumors before then.)"

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  1. Sony wouldn't... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sony wouldn't do a proprietary thing, would they? Owning rights to all those movies and music are just tempting them to get back at the world for Betamax.

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  2. Sony HD standard just trumped. by bludstone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yup.

    Sony just punched the entire HD world in the face. Due to the popularity of the playstation, everyone will be able to play blue-ray disks. This will be the new video format that will have market penetration and therefor drive new MOVIE disk sales.

    You know all those dvds you have? (ive got about 300) You get to re-purchase all of those in HD on blue-ray.

    Huzzah!

    Although this means nothing if you dont have an HD-tv. Or, if you are a bargain hunter, youve got an awesome range of super-cheap dvds coming your way.

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  3. is there a speed increase in the blue ray stuff? by QuantumRiff · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I mean, can it grab more info in a given time span? Does it grab multiple layers or tracks in one rotation? Will it fill the data bus, and keep it full? Cause 50GB is a damn lot of loading otherwise. Seriously though, why do we constantly get disk drives that spin faster, why not just scan more tracks at once? I've keep hearing about bue ray from the perspective of data density, but not speed.

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  4. Government restrictions? by RiotXIX · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Not meaning to be flamebait, but when a mass distributable personal-use portable media storage format like a plastic disc can hold something like 50 GB (10+ DVD movies), can't you envision some anti-piracy group (read MPAA in particular) stepping in and wanting to restrict it from consumer sale for being 'TOO' useful? Although I guess that's probably what they said about CDROMs and DVD ROMs...


    I'm still happy with DVD quality movies, thanks.

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