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Posted by That Don Guy on 06/25/06 01:58
asj wrote:
>Blu-ray will win because:
>
>1. There are a lot more studios behind it. HD-DVD will NOT have Disney,
>Sony, MGM, Lionsgate and other movies!!!! If you buy HDDVD, your choce
>of movies is VERY limited.
Strange - neither Fox nor Disney was ever supposed to be on DVD,
either, but just DivX (at least that's what some sales drone at
Circuit City told me). Also, didn't Disney's CEO announce at a recent
shareholders meeting that they are considering releasing HD-DVD discs
as well?
>3. Toshiba is LOSING money on each and evry HDDVD player it sells.
And Sony is going to make money with every PS3? Does the phrase "give
away the razors and make the money back on the blades" mean anything
to you?
>6. Blu-ray can potentially store up to 200 GB of data in ONE disc! TDK
>already has a 100 GB disc being tested. HDDVD has only 30 GB of
>storage.
>
>7. Blu-ray can run actual PROGRAMS using Java, the same application
>programming platform that runs your cellphone/PDA games/apps and SIM
>cards. This means MUCH richer interactivity capabilties than HDDVD.
Now there are two advantages that might mean something (and you're
right about Java; all Blu-Ray machines have to have a Java Virtual
Machine of some sort).
However, it may be many years before either side has a dedicated
advantage, as all high definition formats have one thing in common;
they are meaningless on non-HD TVs. (Note that there will be many,
many, many, manymanymany, many, MANY, did I mention "many", standard
definition TVs in homes for years after the February 2009 (subject to
yet another delay) date for all TV signals to switch to HDTV and all
TVs be able to accept a HDTV signal, even if only through a HDTV
converter of some sort.)
-- Don
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