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Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the soemthing-to-think-about dept.

Michael S writes sent in a good story which sumarizes the current status of the battle between Blu-Ray & HD-DVD. There still isn't really a clear victor... or is there? I for one can't wait for this crap to get settled out so we can just enjoy having huge discs.

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  1. Still no word from the pr0n industry by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From the article:
    And, as peculiar it may sound, both competitors are holding their breath to see what the pornographic industry will decide.

    That pretty much sums up the whole situation, now doesn't it?

    1. Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry by ZephyrXero · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I bet that the porn industry goes for the HD-DVD because of it's backwards compatability....

      I'd rather go for this tech though. Non moving parts would be great for power saving and have less chance of failure.

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  2. one problem.. by Foktip · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Huge discs are all fine and good... but wont they get scratched/ruined easily? I wait for someone to come out with an innovative new CD/DVD case design, perhaps something like combining a booklet and cases. (if that exists already, then its certainly not sold in any store ive been to)

  3. Ah yes by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    kinda like how DVD+ and DVD- got 'settled'?

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  4. new shiny hardware by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Are we all about to throw our new shiny DVD players and all those extended edition lord of the rings DVDs in the bin just cos some fools have made new bigger disks that mean we don't have to have a cute little fold out case with a load of extras disks?

    I think not.

    bettamax and VHS? nah! I think these will be going the way of Minidisks, 8Tracks and Zip drives.

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  5. forget media by J3Holaday · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More bandwith to the masses! Then we could just download our movies. I seriously see a hard drive based movie device with built in wimax, a fancy remote, and an onscreen moviestore as a much better alternative to new media every for or five years. That way we don't have to have a war! We have all the technology we need to do it already. (besides wimax)

  6. A huge help for Blu-Ray... by ScislaC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    will be if Sony officially decides to make the PS3 use the format. With the market penetration of consoles, especially the PlayStation consoles, well, you do the math. I know plenty of people that were excited that their PS2s played DVDs, because then they didn't have to buy a standalone player. So, I have a feeling that the same will happen if they use a Blu-Ray drive in their next console.

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