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Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned

Posted by timothy on from the spy-vs.-spy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently stories about hybrid HD-DVD and regular DVDs were in the news. This was supposed to be an advantage for HD-DVD in its battle with Blu-Ray. But that advantage will not exist, as according to this story on PhysOrg, the same technology will be available for Blu-Ray. And it is even better than the HD-DVD solution, since instead of two sided media, it uses a triple layer structure on one side (one layer of 33.5GB for Blu-Ray, then two layers for 9GB of dual layer DVD data)"

3 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. nei dei fat yin ge dik kok hai hung lung by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hung lung hai pa hang dung mat daai jung ge yat daai leui sing yun

  2. China is Only Winner in Standards Battle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The only winner in the format battle of HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray is China. It does not enforce the claims by foreigners (i.e. non-Chinese) to intellectual property developed anywhere in the West. Many American companies have discovered that their applications for patents in China are purposefully delayed by some bureaucrat. Then, a Chinese company will access that patent application and file another application for the very same patent. The Chinese application will be approved, and Americans (i.e. the original inventors) selling the product using the patent in China will be forced to pay royalties to a Chinese company.

    Such is the nature of the evil mind.

    This battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray has no meaning for Westerners. In China, they will derive no money from the technologies that they have patented for both formats. The situation is a "lose-lose" for the West.

  3. Hybrid DVDs? by evilmeow · · Score: -1, Troll
    In other news...

    Mutant DVD disks invade New Jersey. Rape and pillage follows. Dozens of "open source" hippies reported missing. RIAA military advisor in Pentagon was unavailable for comment. Stay tuned for updates.