Posted by Heinrich Galland on 06/10/06 19:37

In article <1149923528.317142.252270@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, asj
<kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote:

> GMAN wrote:
> > The thing runs on RedHat linux
> > http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/04/21/75795.aspx
>
>
> see, the geeks like blu-ray better - as i mentioned many times, storage
> capacity is always a factor. and they're right on another thing too -
> sony is shooting itself in the ass ;-)
>
> quote:
>
> Lots of fun experimentation to be done here. Well worth the price of
> admission. But honestly I'm still holding out for what the Blu-Ray
> camp has to offer because HD-DVD maxes out at only 30 gigs using its
> upper limit of 2 layers, and at 2 layers Blu-Ray is just getting
> started, offering 50 gigs of storage. 100 gigs is not too far away on
> the horizon in their 4-layer version, and in their back room a couple
> years ago they had tested up to 8 layers for 200 gigs on a disc. Would
> be interesting to know how far they are now with experimental versions
> of Blu-Ray. Now if Sony would only be wise and price the first players
> at $500 rathar than $900 then I think they would win hands-down in this
> new format war. At least they will be rolling one into every
> forthcoming PS3 which will be priced around $500.
>


I don't anticipate buying either at this point, but so far, Blu-Ray is
only a promise (and appears to be delayed another 3 months, at that),
while HD-DVD is already in the market!

Just an observation!

Heinrich

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