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Post by q8 on Dec 22, 2005 10:43:17 GMT
Can some one explain to me these new DVD formats as I am a bit confuddled.
I know that blu-ray is one new format and it can cram gigabytes of stuff on one disk. so far, so good. Then I read of something called HDTV. Is that also a DVD format too? If so are we gonna have another format war like we had with VHS/BETA DVD+/DVD- etc/
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Post by Phil on Dec 22, 2005 10:56:37 GMT
Basically, yes and yes (unfortunately)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2005 11:02:10 GMT
HDTV stands for High Definiton TV, a generic brand name for a series of technologies designed to support the transmission and storage of high-definition TV signals. electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm is a good place to learn about HDTV. As for the format war, there's definitely going to be one of those - right now the fight is between Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Blu-ray is a Sony format which uses a blue laser (blue, of course, having a higher EM frequency than red) to read correspondingly smaller pits on the surface of a DVD. HD-DVD is a competing format which uses the same blue laser, with the key difference being that HD-DVD media is more robust than Blu-ray media and less difficult to manufacture. www.hddvd.org/hddvd/ is another good reference. |
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Post by q8 on Dec 22, 2005 11:04:17 GMT
Thank you TOK and Phil. Now I know it's going to be a while before machines appear so when they do which one would you go for?
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Post by oliver on Dec 22, 2005 11:16:57 GMT
Is this the same thing about the DVD-R and DVD+R formats?
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Post by doubletrigger on Dec 22, 2005 12:20:55 GMT
Thank you TOK and Phil. Now I know it's going to be a while before machines appear so when they do which one would you go for? Tricky! It's going to be a repeat of VHS vs Betamax all over again... it's difficult to know which one to go for with HD DVD and Bluray not being cross compatible. Probably best to wait and see which one picks up the bigger market share when it is released. |
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Post by traveller1030 on Dec 22, 2005 12:43:14 GMT
Thank you TOK and Phil. Now I know it's going to be a while before machines appear so when they do which one would you go for? Tricky! It's going to be a repeat of VHS vs Betamax all over again... it's difficult to know which one to go for with HD DVD and Bluray not being cross compatible. Probably best to wait and see which one picks up the bigger market share when it is released. The inclusion of Blu-ray in the PlayStation 3 virtually guarantees a high take-up of that format in homes, IMHO. The one to watch coming up on the rails is the holographic disks being pioneered by Maxell, silly amounts of storage on one disk which has the potential to take Blu-ray and HD-DVD off the radar completely. |
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Post by doubletrigger on Dec 22, 2005 12:46:58 GMT
Tricky! It's going to be a repeat of VHS vs Betamax all over again... it's difficult to know which one to go for with HD DVD and Bluray not being cross compatible. Probably best to wait and see which one picks up the bigger market share when it is released. The inclusion of Blu-ray in the PlayStation 3 virtually guarantees a high take-up of that format in homes, IMHO. The one to watch coming up on the rails is the holographic disks being pioneered by Maxell, silly amounts of storage on one disk which has the potential to take Blu-ray and HD-DVD off the radar completely. Mmm... hologram. True what you say though mate, Playstation 3 will be a huge boost to Bluray sales, though it seems most other consoles or players are planned for HD DVD. Will it be enough? |
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Post by edb on Dec 23, 2005 7:49:34 GMT
At this moment in time it looks like Blu-Ray will win due to the PS3 halo factor and it seems to have more studios backing it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2005 20:46:23 GMT
I've already been told I need to buy a new TV set. Ive looked at conventional CRT sets and HDTV flat-screen sets side by side, and cannot really see any difference. My current DVD player, although one of the first generation, plays any disk I choose to put in it, including non-region 2 disks. I still have a VCR, necessary for all me DEV cassettes I have and refuse to upgrade to DVD. I'll wait until my TV goes kaput and prices come down before I buy a new set. PLUS, some of these highly-expensive TV sets that are HD ready, are not DIGITAL ready. Analogue TV will be switched off completely here in 2012, or sooner if the government get thier way. I saw a 60" Flatscreen TV set in Dixons the other day for £8000, and someone had bought it!!! [because it had a 'sold' sticker on it]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2005 21:11:56 GMT
Christ, if you're willing to spend that amount of money you might as well get a projector and enjoy a hell of a lot more!!
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