HD War is over. Disney wins

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by RStar

I think the big reason Blue-ray will win is that I have heard that the Blue lazer can handle more information. HD DVD in the red lazer is currently maxed out. I don't know if this has any impact on the information stored on the disc, but I thought I'd mention it, and because of this I have been on the Blue-ray side for some time.

I meant to respond to this earlier and forgot (although it is a bit of a moot point):

HD DVD
Disc capacity
15GB (single layer)
30GB (dual layer)
51GB (prototype triple layer)

Video capacity (per dual-layer disc)
SD: approximately 13 hours
HD: 5.1 or 3.3 hours, depending on encoding method



Blu-ray
Disc capacity
25GB (single layer)
50GB (dual layer)
100GB (prototype quad layer)

Video capacity (per dual-layer disc)
SD: approximately 23 hours
HD: 8.5 or 5.6 hours, depending on encoding method

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

That's another thing I've been wondering about too. With HD or BluRay discs holding so much more data you would think that'd be a preferable option. A whole season on one disc would be great. As it is, one whole shelf in our living room is solely 24. Trimming that down would be great.

Besides the fact that Bluray cases are smaller physically (plus 4-disc sets like Planet Earth fit into one regular sized Bluray case -- of 4 bluray discs), I don't think they're going to have an entire season of DVD-quality video one one disc.

The point of Bluray is the high definition, which takes up more room on the disc. So things like "24" will take up the same amount of discs, but will look much better on your HDTV.

Of course, if you buy a Bluray burner for your computer and you create a menu and copy your "24" DVDs onto it.. well, that's a different story. Then yeah, I'm sure you could get it all on one disc without much quality loss

[Kevy Baby]

It appears the war will be officially over tomorrow.

TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba said it will announce its decision Tuesday on its HD DVD business, which has been under review as Hollywood studios and retailers dropped the video format in favor of the rival Blu-ray system.

Toshiba is widely expected to say it will stop producing HD DVD products, following recent Japanese media reports and comments from Toshiba officials on the condition of anonymity about an expected announcement.

[Moonliner]

I guess this will also mean then end of those 1/2 price Blu-Ray disk sales on Amazon.

[Snowflake]

Okay, now that it's over, which Blue-Ray DVD Player should I get?

[Peachy Keen]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Okay, now that it's over, which Blue-Ray DVD Player should I get?

PS3

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Okay, now that it's over, which Blue-Ray DVD Player should I get?

The main thing is that you want to be sure your player fully supports Blu-ray v2.0. (Which the ps3 does).

For the same price as the PS3 you can get a stand alone player that fits better on a shelf and makes less noise and typically has a better remote but won't play games. Your choice.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

The main thing is that you want to be sure your player fully supports Blu-ray v2.0. (Which the ps3 does).

For the same price as the PS3 you can get a stand alone player that fits better on a shelf and makes less noise and typically has a better remote but won't play games. Your choice.

Since I'm not a gamer, I'll likely go with a stand alone player.

Blue-Ray v2.0, check!

[€uroMeinke]

How about All region Blure-Rays?

[blueerica]

I was pretty stoked to get our player as a part of a combo that we were able to rig up three + weeks after we'd bought our HDTV. It ended up being only $99 rather than the $400+ we'd spend on it by itself. We needed the new TV (other one was failing), so the timing just happened to work out for us.