HD DVD is layered after the DVD format, but on much higher density. Advantages: doesn't require as much investment to redesign production facilities.
Inconvenients: somewhat limited in its versatility, lower capacity (15 Gb per layer, max 6 layers on 2 faces - requires flipping the disc, 90 Gb max capacity).
Blu-Ray is a completely new technology.
Advantages: Higher storage capacity (25Gb on a single layer, able to stack as much as 8 layers on one disc without flipping it over, max 200 Gb capacity), redesigned from scratch for versatility.
Inconvenients: extensive redesigning of manufacturing plants, reading is somewhat slower than HDDVD.
the both have their advantages however i think bluray is the better simply because of the capacity, but very large firms are supporting each format, such as sony for bluray and m$ and hollywood support HDDVD so i dont see wither format dying out soon after they come to market in full swing
the only thing i don't want is any stupid copy protection. i don't watch too many movies but even so i'm sure it will affect alot of people if they mess up.
there is loads of copy portection on HD-DVD as afar as ive heard hence the reason m$ and hollywood support it, i have heard tale of a system that prevents copying build into the hardware and that dynamically updates itself from new movie disks and such as people find ways around it, dont really know much about blu-ray but if they want music, movies, games and stuff like that then they are going to need to have some fairly tough protection on it
trust me sony is the king of copy protection. they beat microsoft hands down as anyone who has used there products know. the products themselves are usually good but the baggage that comes with them ain't
Blu-ray is going to fail. Why? In the end its going to come down to money. Blu-ray costs more to convert production to and make and those costs will be translated to the customer. Not only that but Blu-ray is slowing being beaten to death by product delays because of the fighting over standards. Then theres the fact that anything Sony does is copy protected to hell and probably won't even work in some of their own devices. With HD-DVD prices already at $30-35, people already aren't going to pay that, so they sure as hell aren't going to pay more for Blu-ray.
Personally I don't see why we need HD DVD or Blu-ray since standard DVDs look fine on HDTVs. Personally I'll wait probably 2-3 years probably until one format or the other finally wins. Personally I think its gay they can't just agree on one f*cking standard. Instead they'll try to force consumers to buy 2 different players because they didn't want to agree.
You morons out there who say, "I'll buy both" have fun. Exercise your digital cock and go waste your money on 1st gen crap that won't even have all the features of either format and won't work or be compatible in a year.
One guy was right though that probably Blu-ray will stick around a little while at least as a storage media because of its higher capacity. But in the end I think HD-DVD is going to win this one. I like the capacity of Blu-ray but the crap thats in it for copy protection turns me off.
Blu-ray is going to fail. Why? In the end its going to come down to money. Blu-ray costs more to convert production to and make and those costs will be translated to the customer. Not only that but Blu-ray is slowing being beaten to death by product delays because of the fighting over standards. Then theres the fact that anything Sony does is copy protected to hell and probably won't even work in some of their own devices. With HD-DVD prices already at $30-35, people already aren't going to pay that, so they sure as hell aren't going to pay more for Blu-ray.
Personally I don't see why we need HD DVD or Blu-ray since standard DVDs look fine on HDTVs. Personally I'll wait probably 2-3 years probably until one format or the other finally wins. Personally I think its gay they can't just agree on one f*cking standard. Instead they'll try to force consumers to buy 2 different players because they didn't want to agree.
You morons out there who say, "I'll buy both" have fun. Exercise your digital **** and go waste your money on 1st gen crap that won't even have all the features of either format and won't work or be compatible in a year.
One guy was right though that probably Blu-ray will stick around a little while at least as a storage media because of its higher capacity. But in the end I think HD-DVD is going to win this one. I like the capacity of Blu-ray but the crap thats in it for copy protection turns me off.
I understand your imotions . But not your knowledge .
they both suck,
the winner will be the one, who has a portable player, that doesnt look like a laptop.
When 1 format drops to the 15-20$, then that is a possible winner.
More importantly, when the tv's come out, and the players, come out, and you can run to wally world, and buy a combo, of the 2, (when a blonde idget ) can go home, plug it up, and it works like intended, then you have the winner
I could see HD-DVD winning simply because of its name. People who know nothing about technology, will be..hmm a HD player..or some blue thing. I want HD!
Betamax was superior to VHS, if I remember correctly, and seeing as Blue Ray is superior to HD-DVD on paper are you saying that Blue Ray is going to lose?
It's too soon to tell anyway. Give it a year or two - Beta vs VHS wasn't decided before they came out.
The porno industry, more rentals than all other types of movies combined, determined the winner between vhs/beta even though beta was superior. Same thing happened with standard DVD but much sooner in the cycle so that the competiters got out early and we never really saw them, I remember Panasonic had a competing disk but never got off the ground.
aren't we also going to see some sort of holographic disks in the next year or two which will blow these 2 away as far as storage and read speeds are concerned.
. But not your knowledge 
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