New DVD Formats...Who Will Win?

ylexot

ylexot

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I've known that Blu-ray was coming down the line, but it looks like there is a competeing format.
Microsoft, Toshiba Team on HD-DVD Players

Blu-ray has more capacity, with 50 gigabytes, compared to 30 gigabytes for HD-DVD disks. But proponents of HD-DVD say their format is cheaper to make because the production method is similar to current DVDs.
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I guess I'll hold off on buying that Blu-ray player until I figure out which one will win...or find one that does both.
 
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ylexot said:
I've known that Blu-ray was coming down the line, but it looks like there is a competeing format.
Microsoft, Toshiba Team on HD-DVD Players

I guess I'll hold off on buying that Blu-ray player until I figure out which one will win...or find one that does both.
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Though I like Blu-Ray better, my bet is on HD-DVD... cheaper seems to win. Look at Beta vs VHS. Though Beta was better, VHS ruled due the cheaper players.
 
SmallTown

SmallTown

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this may have changed, but the early specs called for blu-ray to be backwards compatible with current DVDs, but HD-DVD wouldn't (nice naming there!)
 
ylexot

ylexot

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Schizo said:
Though I like Blu-Ray better, my bet is on HD-DVD... cheaper seems to win. Look at Beta vs VHS. Though Beta was better, VHS ruled due the cheaper players.
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Sort of...Beta lost because Sony made it a proprietary standard which drove up the cost versus VHS (which was an open standard). I guess is HD-DVD is capable of holding full movies in HD, you probably don't need the extra 20GB and the cheaper will win.

What will be interesting is if Micro$oft puts an HD-DVD capability into the Xbox360. Sony is planning to put Blu-ray into the PS3.
 
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