Blu-Ray Disc or HD-DVD?

[Jedi2016]

The transfer rate is in megaBITS, not megaBYTES. But it's still half again as fast as HD-DVDs transfer rate. And yes, it is for video, if you've looked at the stats. Data streaming is at 1x, 36Mb/sec like HD, but they specifically state that video can be streamed at 54Mb/sec. Which, combined with the larger disc space, means less overall compression, which means higher quality imagery.

And 50GB discs are a hell of a lot closer to production than the 45GB HD discs. They can make them, they just don't have a high enough yield percentage at the moment. All they have to do is work out the kinks. And they've stated on multiple occasions that the 50GB discs will be available at launch. HD has made no such claims.

[djoxygen]

DVD took what - 5 years or something to reach a million homes?

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...advdsales.html

In the US alone, it was about 18 months.

When PS3 is released, it will, quite literally, take Blu-Ray Disc about ONE HOUR to be in a million homes.

More than 6 million Playstation 2 consoles were sold in North America in the first 14 months.

If HD-DVD players cost around $1000 at their early 2006 introduction, and PS3 is at or under $500 when introduced within 6 months, Blu-Ray will dominate the market. BMX is absolutely right. We should all have our eyes on the Xbox 360 launch. PS3 will do no worse than that in initial sales.

[mjcairney]

Neither should win - everyone should sit back and buy nothing until the companies involved can agree on a common format.

Cheers,

Martin.

[mjcairney]

Interesting article here

Cheers,

Martin.

[BMXTRIX]

Of course, that article didn't mention PS3 once, which is a player a million people will buy. I would not support either, but I think the PS3 tips the balance and I would rather see this war end sooner, rather than later.

If Samsung comes out with a dual-format player, this may end the same way DVD+ and DVD- formats have. No winner, they both exist with a fair bit of market share and very few people complaining (overall).

[whyme]

Has the Adult Film Industry decided on which format too support? This will decide the winner, not Playstation X.

[racquetman]

Has the Adult Film Industry decided on which format too support? This will decide the winner, not Playstation X.

Uhhhh, I'm sure your porn collection is extensive, but I think you are giving the industry more pull than it actually has.

I read an article about how the adult film industry is a factor, but believe me they are not the deciding factor. Most people I know have a few more "normal" (for lack of a better word) movie titles than porn titles.

[Buckeyefan 1]

Has the Adult Film Industry decided on which format too support? This will decide the winner, not Playstation X.

I go out of my way to find DTS porn over DD. The sound is so much better. You've got to give it to those sound engineers in the porn industry. Nothing beats the sound tracks utilized in the great Peter North features.

[Humberto]

Hi folks!

I can be wrong but Toshiba's HD-DVD players will be able to play our DVD discs, what won't happen with Blu-ray.

When the current DVD format was launched, one of its greatest features was the possibility to play our CDs. Tell me if you liked that. Of course you did.

I'm still pleased with DVD format and what I have read in several websites is that people won't go to Blu-ray, despite of all its features.

Also, I don't wanna be monitored by the player's company. To use Blu-ray you must be connected to the internet.

For me, it should be about compatibility and not storage.

Regards.

[BMXTRIX]

I can be wrong but Toshiba's HD-DVD players will be able to play our DVD discs, what won't happen with Blu-ray.

Yes, you are wrong.

Neither format supports the old formats natively, yet both formats will have the circuits and laser inside to support legacy formats. The PS3 has already said that it will be backwards compatible with all existing games, which are DVD based. So, quite clearly, it will include the new blue laser as well as the old red laser.

Backwards compatibility will not be an issue from either format.