Topic: Which Next-gen Disc Will Win? (Read 1490 times)

theuhstuf · « **Reply #15 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:22:00 AM »

I believe that due to the fact the porno industry has already been burning HD-DVD that it will be the winner!

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MaTiAz · « **Reply #16 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:25:00 AM »

I think that Blu-ray will fail, even if it's backed up by Sony.
DVD has got in to the mass, so getting into peoples minds with a new brand is a lot harder, than getting there with a successor of an old good brand. So, HD-DVD will rule, simply because it's familiar. But maybe Blu-Ray gets changed to XT-DVD

Or ÜDVD etc.

admiralj · « **Reply #17 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:47:00 AM »

I think they'll both eventually fail. There's already talk of a new format that supposedly is capable of supporting 5x80GB layers per side. Who knows if its for real, but it just goes to show that we are far from establishing one unified standard across the board for hd digital media.

bucko · « **Reply #18 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:57:00 AM »

I'm sure I read it's cheaper to manufacture HD-DVD disks and they can easily upgrade DVD factories to HD-DVD production at a lesser cost than BlueRay production. So the cheaper to manufacture will see more so I guess HD-DVD will win. I dunno if my facts are right though.

kidkinetix · « **Reply #19 on:** January 14, 2006, 11:59:00 AM »

I don't think this coming generation will fail. There is definetly a high demand for 1080 resolution movies and these things will sell for that, as they are fully capable and big enough for such. From a PC stand point yes more storage is better, but people won't move away from their cheap dvd drives unless the media is a reasonable cost, that crazy hologram disc will have to wait it's turn.

punx777 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 14, 2006, 12:35:00 PM »

Everyone initially was going for blu-ray, but WB backed off and blasted sony for putting it in the ps3 and switched to hd-dvd, i feel hd-dvd is less proprietary(if i used the right word?) then blu-ray

blind42 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:22:00 PM »

I feel Hd-DVD is all we need for now , in the future though blue ray costs will lower just like hd-dvd has and will probally win possibly when the sony 4 and xbox 3 come out so in say 3-5 years....

Jagosix · « **Reply #22 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:34:00 PM »

Hello

. Now I really don't care, but i prefer to have HD-DVD over Blu-ray any day. As far as storage is concerned.... Again look @ nintendo (I cannot stress this enough). They can fit a beautiful game on a small 1.3GB disc. So why would all that space (20-50gb) be needed for a game? 9Gb is really plenty of space. It's all about the programmers & how they code the game. So .. the only reason i would use the hd-dvd or blu-ray is mainly for storage (movies not games). Cause its not really needed for games, yet.

Bender_Unit_1 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2006, 03:31:00 PM »

I back Blu-Ray 100%.
It's far superior in the way it was engineered through the idea of smaller wavelengths, yet it holds more data, will be smaller with it's smaller protective layer, and the way it runs is betterthan HDDVD.

And as for all you who mock SONY, who invented CDs along with Philips? And where was this technology later applied - maybe DVDs? And who was the driving force behind single-sided dual-layer DVDs?

As for the movie industry, which is the point behind the next generation discs, Sony is a charter member within the Moving Pictures Experts Group, who are the people who set the standards! And more space always means better. Especially past the movie, if you want to keep great quality on the DVD extras. The space adds up when you have high resolutions, with 7.1 surround sound.

Ever since I discovered the idea of Blue-Ray, I've backed it. Although HD-DVD is a novelty, it's going nowhere. It's a real shame in a ways, due to all the effort that went into designing and engineering such a high quality product.

-Bender

O_oTheGameo_O · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:27:00 PM »

QUOTE(darkhunter121589 @ Jan 14 2006, 06:08 AM)

I say Blue-Ray it seems to have a future

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SONY IS LIKE 997645745799569348693695865986 times richer than M$??

sony is from the gov JAP and there rich as hell and it almost can't go bankrupt on the other hand M$ can go any day bankrupt.

sorry for my english it's not my first lang

Disco_Gee · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:38:00 PM »

QUOTE(bjwoodruff @ Jan 14 2006, 11:46 PM)

who backed betamax against vhs, sony did, so what does that say about blu ray?

bj

Absolutely nothing, but thanks for trying

(that was disappointing, cause Betamax was a better system than VHS. Anyway...)

Blu-Ray will win hands down. It's larger capacity (as much as 200gb with 8 layers) will persuade people like me who do a lot of data intensive work like video editing and are looking for higher capacity storage solutions to back up work on (especially with HD editing just around the corner). Considering I'm working on a 90gb SD project right now, I can't see HDDVD as ever being a practical solution for large data storage. Plus Blu-ray has got the backing of the majority of the film industry, and most of the porn industry. MS may be big with lots of money, but they have no sway when it comes to the film industry - unlike Sony and the other brands on board the blu-ray bandwagon.

Holographic storage has already been developed but nobody is paying much attention to it, which is a real shame. A disc slightly larger in diameter than a DVD that can hold as much a 3.9 terrabytes? I'd be into that for sure.

Tobb555 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:43:00 PM »

QUOTE(G0t M4xx 21 @ Jan 14 2006, 12:12 AM)

I saw both at CES they both seemed promising but I think blueray will win

ya if i was going by what i say at CES i would say Blu-Ray is going to win, but i hoep HD-DVD does.

Odb718 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:44:00 PM »

Which ever format has the cheaper porn will win.

asteron · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:09:00 PM »

It is pointless to argue points based off of technical merits. Time and time again superior technology fails against superior marketing. I am a fan of HD DVD, its cheap easy and gets you tons of bang for the buck and yet the 360 shipped without it. You may argue about the HDDVD add-on but do you honestly think people would buy an external drive for the xbox? Have you heard of Nintendo's 64DD or Sega's 32x?

HD DVD was dead before it started. It is unfortunate as I think it is the format that makes the most sense.

Gamer_guy · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:10:00 PM »

In my eyes, the HD-DVD will be more popular, and have more widespread use. Average people and people who aren't familiar with everything regarding computers will look at it and say "Hey, its a new kind of DVD." as opposed to the "Blu-Ray? What's that?"

I see Blu-Ray being used for heavy storage for high-storage needing users, such as video editing, and business making backups of their data. Who needs 50+GB of storage? Not me. I have an 80 GB hard drive in my primary computer, and thats enough for me, as many users.

The major thing I have against Blu-Ray is its materials. Its made of PAPER PEOPLE. All one would need to do is cut it with scissors to destroy the data. While this does make production costs significantly lower, it does make the damage factor a lot higher.

Overall, HD-DVD just has too many more factors, even if they are small ones, over blu-ray for it to not come out on top.

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