Gato_Solo
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Found this article and just wondered why all the fuss was going on when they could make a disk like WB is...
THD???
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Gato_Solo
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Yeah, but with an important twist. HD DVD doesn't require new tooling. Blu-Ray does. Even though Blu-Ray looks like a superior product, how many companies outside Sony's umbrella will go for the required retooling?
Gato_Solo
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Well...look at BetaMax for that answer...better format than VHS, but try finding a blank tape or movie. In todays world of instant gratification, I think the cheaper standard will survive and prosper...HD DVD...
Gato_Solo
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my money would squarely be on blue ray.
But, technology has moved massively since vhs/ betamax ( ... you were sitting down, right?)
so the multiformat shouldn't be a problem - that side i think WILL be consumer driven.
The multi-format won't work due to the size and structure Sony's investment in Blu-Ray. The agreement they were trying to make in 2005 fell apart because Sony wouldn't compromise. A very bad thing when it comes to consumer products...
i was reffering to the one on each side idea.
Studios only relasing their HD portfolios to only half their potential customers?
A product / solution that is automatically compatible with both?
Bingo! -there's the winner. Drive the markets.
But blueray's potential 200GB will win the data / burner market and Microsoft will have to support both regardless.
Royalty arguments aside - that's 2 stubborn big gazillion greedy heads banged together right there!
Studios only relasing their HD portfolios to only half their potential customers?
A product / solution that is automatically compatible with both?
Bingo! -there's the winner. Drive the markets.
But blueray's potential 200GB will win the data / burner market and Microsoft will have to support both regardless.
Royalty arguments aside - that's 2 stubborn big gazillion greedy heads banged together right there!
chcr
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You could be right BB, but with all the inexpensive external hard drives around nowadays, I wonder if that'll be such a big consideration. Of course, there's also the geek driven "if it's new I need it" factor too.i was reffering to the one on each side idea.
Studios only relasing their HD portfolios to only half their potential customers?
A product / solution that is automatically compatible with both?
Bingo! -there's the winner. Drive the markets.
But blueray's potential 200GB will win the data / burner market and Microsoft will have to support both regardless.
Royalty arguments aside - that's 2 stubborn big gazillion greedy heads banged together right there!
Look, betamax.
Gato_Solo
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Which is exactly what THD is.
Gotta read the link, mate. BB said:But blueray's potential 200GB will win the data / burner market and Microsoft will have to support both regardless.
Royalty arguments aside - that's 2 stubborn big gazillion greedy heads banged together right there!
MS can support whichever it likes. The drivers are the key to the whole thing, not the disk itself. Remember Microsoft's 2.8MB floppy?
200% mate.
Mind, Beta Sp and then Digi beta became the broadcast standard for years worldwide - Sp is still amazingly prevalent on the continent (Europe) and the third world and digi still is here in the Uk - although DVCAM and HDV are / have been impacting.
Had some bloke from Canada ringing up this avvy wanting to buy one (SP channel) - told him to "try Canada mate!"
I mean the £ is at what? - $1.95 or something?
Sheesh.
Mind, Beta Sp and then Digi beta became the broadcast standard for years worldwide - Sp is still amazingly prevalent on the continent (Europe) and the third world and digi still is here in the Uk - although DVCAM and HDV are / have been impacting.
Had some bloke from Canada ringing up this avvy wanting to buy one (SP channel) - told him to "try Canada mate!"
I mean the £ is at what? - $1.95 or something?
Sheesh.
05 January 2007 - South Korean electronics company LG have announced a HD DVD player that will play both high definition formats, HDDVD and Blu-Ray. Im sure this player will come with a hefty price tag when it is officialy released.
source: http://www.bluray-hddvd.co.uk/
LG Electronics (LG), a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, today introduced Super Multi optical storage drives featuring enhanced flexibility for the next-generation DVD formats and security features at the 2007 International CES® (Booth #8214, Central Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center).
Key products from LG - the largest optical storage manufacturer in the world and the leading drive supplier in the U.S. - include the groundbreaking 'Super Multi Blue’ Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD DVD-ROM Drive (GGW-H10N) and the new Super Multi DVD Rewriter with Security Function featuring “SecurDisc” ™ technology co-developed with Nero.
The Next Generation of Optical Storage
LG Electronics offers flexibility to consumers in the next generation in optical disc drives. The GGW-H10N is compatible with both Blu-ray Discs and HD-DVD formats. The Super Multi Blue drive is compatible with Blu-ray Disc, DVD, CD read/write and HD-DVD-ROM (read), offering consumers with the most universal unit available.
The GGW-H10N can record up to 50GB of data, equivalent to 4-1/2 hours of high-definition video or 22 hours or standard definition video (on a dual layer 50GB BD-R/BD-RE recordable media). Surpassing the market standard, LG is providing a 4x recording speed of Blu-ray Discs, which means that it takes only 23-24 minutes to burn a full single layer BD-R disc (25GB), compared with 46-47 minutes for conventional 2x recording.
The product will be released during the first quarter of 2007, priced under US $1,199. The core technologies of Super Multi Blue Drive are Optical Pickup* technology, which supports Blu-ray disc write/playback, HD DVD playback and DVD/CD write/playback, as well as the system controlling the Optical Pickup securely and effectively. All of these are LG’s proprietary technologies.
source: http://www.lge.com/about/press_release/detail/PRO|NEWS^PRE|MENU_20319_PRE|MENU.jhtml
source: http://www.bluray-hddvd.co.uk/
LG Electronics (LG), a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, today introduced Super Multi optical storage drives featuring enhanced flexibility for the next-generation DVD formats and security features at the 2007 International CES® (Booth #8214, Central Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center).
Key products from LG - the largest optical storage manufacturer in the world and the leading drive supplier in the U.S. - include the groundbreaking 'Super Multi Blue’ Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD DVD-ROM Drive (GGW-H10N) and the new Super Multi DVD Rewriter with Security Function featuring “SecurDisc” ™ technology co-developed with Nero.
The Next Generation of Optical Storage
LG Electronics offers flexibility to consumers in the next generation in optical disc drives. The GGW-H10N is compatible with both Blu-ray Discs and HD-DVD formats. The Super Multi Blue drive is compatible with Blu-ray Disc, DVD, CD read/write and HD-DVD-ROM (read), offering consumers with the most universal unit available.
The GGW-H10N can record up to 50GB of data, equivalent to 4-1/2 hours of high-definition video or 22 hours or standard definition video (on a dual layer 50GB BD-R/BD-RE recordable media). Surpassing the market standard, LG is providing a 4x recording speed of Blu-ray Discs, which means that it takes only 23-24 minutes to burn a full single layer BD-R disc (25GB), compared with 46-47 minutes for conventional 2x recording.
The product will be released during the first quarter of 2007, priced under US $1,199. The core technologies of Super Multi Blue Drive are Optical Pickup* technology, which supports Blu-ray disc write/playback, HD DVD playback and DVD/CD write/playback, as well as the system controlling the Optical Pickup securely and effectively. All of these are LG’s proprietary technologies.
source: http://www.lge.com/about/press_release/detail/PRO|NEWS^PRE|MENU_20319_PRE|MENU.jhtml
Professur
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MS can support whichever it likes. The drivers are the key to the whole thing, not the disk itself. Remember Microsoft's 2.8MB floppy?
What? one of these? *points to his 2.88 floppy drive?* How bout *points to his LS-240 drive* that?
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Gato_Solo
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I had a 100MB ZIP...
...and the 2.88 I'm talking about was a 1.4 that used an MS compression scheme...Remember the self-extracting WIN95 disks?