Believe me, that thing has more safety features and failsafes than a nuclear reactor. It's used by college undergraduates. They won't let college undergraduates do anything dangerous.
My roommate at college is an architecture student at UNC Charlotte. He recently used the college of architecture's 50 watt laser cutter to make a valentines gift for a friend of his. 50 watts doesn't sound like much, but it is. A 100 watt light bulb puts out only 2 watts of light.
What's better about it? The higher costs for media? The higher costs for the players? The fact that it requires a 7mm thick cartridge?
The storage capacity. Yes, it will be expensive at first; so is every new technology. But when I purchase a system for storing huge amounts of data, I'm willing to pay a little extra to get just that: storing huge amounts of data. And that's what blu-ray does better. One dual layer disk. 50 gigs. That's amazing. Eventually, the price will go down, and using it will become more convenient. But it will be harder for HD DVD to increase storage space over time than for blu-ray to decrease cost over time. I'm no expert, but that's the way it seems to me; spend a little extra now, payoff in the future.
I'm in favor of all out Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray is an actual technology to fit more data onto a disk. HD DVD is simply a format. You can still store HD DVD format using Blu-Ray technology. Also, HD DVD uses red lasers, and can only store between 4 and 7 gigs per disk. Blu-Ray can store 25 gigs on a one layered disk, 50 gigs on a dual layered disk.
I mute the commercials with my +4 JVC remote of silence!
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Well, regardless of whether they accept AMDs or not, the key here this time around is, "if their customers really want them." So...perhaps someone should express that they really want them.
I remember Star Wars: Tie Fighter, which came out in 1994 had a pretty good 3D replay, controllable by the user. You could do slo-mo, speed up, pause, and switch from tons of different perspectives and angles. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think Star Wars: X-Wing, which came out in 1993, also had pretty much the same replay system.
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Believe me, that thing has more safety features and failsafes than a nuclear reactor. It's used by college undergraduates. They won't let college undergraduates do anything dangerous.
My roommate at college is an architecture student at UNC Charlotte. He recently used the college of architecture's 50 watt laser cutter to make a valentines gift for a friend of his. 50 watts doesn't sound like much, but it is. A 100 watt light bulb puts out only 2 watts of light.
The storage capacity. Yes, it will be expensive at first; so is every new technology. But when I purchase a system for storing huge amounts of data, I'm willing to pay a little extra to get just that: storing huge amounts of data. And that's what blu-ray does better. One dual layer disk. 50 gigs. That's amazing. Eventually, the price will go down, and using it will become more convenient. But it will be harder for HD DVD to increase storage space over time than for blu-ray to decrease cost over time. I'm no expert, but that's the way it seems to me; spend a little extra now, payoff in the future.
Ahh, I see. I must have been looking at an outdated website. http://www.hddvd.org/hddvd/difformatsblueray.php. Still, blu-ray is much better all around. But thanks on the correction.
I'm in favor of all out Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray is an actual technology to fit more data onto a disk. HD DVD is simply a format. You can still store HD DVD format using Blu-Ray technology. Also, HD DVD uses red lasers, and can only store between 4 and 7 gigs per disk. Blu-Ray can store 25 gigs on a one layered disk, 50 gigs on a dual layered disk.
I mute the commercials with my +4 JVC remote of silence!
Well, regardless of whether they accept AMDs or not, the key here this time around is, "if their customers really want them." So...perhaps someone should express that they really want them.
I remember Star Wars: Tie Fighter, which came out in 1994 had a pretty good 3D replay, controllable by the user. You could do slo-mo, speed up, pause, and switch from tons of different perspectives and angles. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think Star Wars: X-Wing, which came out in 1993, also had pretty much the same replay system.