Articles here that includes a few comments here from Andrew Wyllie (NEC) who are backing the HD-DVD format (as opposed to BluRay) with Toshiba: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/New...?RelatedID=5794 http://pcworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/00B6ADAE5467DBC5CC256ECF00761FA3?OpenDoc ument http://www.eetimes.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=26100874&sub_ taxonomyID=2251
The article is interesting but he is wrong on a few things he mentions: - BluRay disks can now exist without a caddy due to a protective coating much as DVD-RAMs - Both Sony and Panasonic have developed blue/red combo lasers for DVD, CD and BR reading To be fair though there is just as much false info out about HD-DVD - those who say 15GB (single layer) and 30GB (dual layer) is not enough for long HD movies simply underestimate the compression WMV and MPEG4 can bring to such content. Longhorn will support HD-DVD: http://www.cdr-info.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=9845 It will be interesting to see how the HD-DVD versus BluRay 'war' turns out. IMHO we are unlikely to see an early mass adoption of blue laser products because there is no pressing need for people to upgrade - a 4.7GB DVDR provides sufficient storage for most, an 8.5GB dual layer DVDR even more so. Thus both formats are likely to survive initially - and perhaps this is a bad thing? Unlike for recordable DVD, the Hollywood studios will have an impact as they will start releasing high definition content on either HD-DVD or BR-ROM. So early adopters are in the position where they could, potentially, buy a failed product. In short a true return to the days of Betamax versus VHS - only worse as it is worldwide failure the new format is looking at. Physically BluRay has greater capacity (25GB or 50GB as opposed to HD-DVDs 15GB/30GB). However HD-DVD is potentially going to be more durable and (possibly) cheaper. Again it is too early to comment with any accuracy though. So that puts current support for HD-DVD as Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo and Microsoft. BluRay is supported by JVC, Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung and Sony among others. I do find it interesting that the HD-DVD camp are playing the 'compatibility card' - much like the DVD Alliance did until all the independent tests started to show that DVD+RW/+R actually faired somewhat worse than DVD-RW/-R in that department. Certainly both BluRay and HD-DVD machines are going to be backwards compatible with DVDs. Bigger still in the pipeline though: http://www.dvd-recordable.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=arti cle&sid=1415&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 > -----Original Message----- > From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2004 14:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Have you backuped your pics ? > > > No need to rush. I decided against a two layer DVD just last > month because I > could not find anyone selling the special disks for it. In > fact locally they > just started selling 8x DVD+R's about 3 weeks ago. Most all > of these will read > older disks anyway. OTOH if you had invested in a DVD-RAM you > probly made a mistake. > > -- > > Caveman wrote: > > > > Yes ? > > > > Good. Then prepare to produce yet another pile of disks: > > > > http://asia.cnet.com/news/personaltech/0,39037091,39197221,00.htm > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > > >
