CES Day 2: Bluray Specs

Battles for standards

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The Blu-Ray Association finally agreed on the specs on the first generation of Blu-Ray DVDs.  They will come in 25 gigabyte and 50 gigabyte sizes.
 
This sets the stage for manufacturers to begin producing the DVD format.  Meanwhile, HD-DVD also appears to have a great deal of support at CES.  Walking around the show floor looks like a shoot-out at the OK Coral between the two specs as different vendors lined up the advantages of their form factor over the other.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Cool. I'm strong supporter of Blu-ray.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can't we just keep the current DVD format? It works. I'll be damned if I have to buy my movies all over again.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If we just kept the current drives there would never be any progress however both the "hd-dvd" drives and "blue-ray" drives will be able to read current dvds so you wont have to throw em in the trash I personally support the blue ray because it can do everything the hd-dvds can but they can hold way more data the only problem is the blue ray dvds will cost more but if everyone goes for the blue ray the price for them will go down.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
however both the "hd-dvd" drives and "blue-ray" drives will be able to read current dvds so you wont have to throw em in the trash


Humm i think you might have your facts mixed up, i thought the problem with buleray was the fact that you COULD NOT play your dvds on it.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I saw a 45 GB HD DVD in a Engadget CES article, I thought they only went up to 30 GB.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As a part of class assignment, I researched Blu-Ray. It can read red laser dvd.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If the blue-ray drives couldn't read old dvds how do you expect the ps3 to be backwards compatible? In my opinion blue-ray is better in every way however I'm trying to find out if the blue-ray will be able to play the hd-dvds as well if anyone has a link that says if it does or not post it please.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm still not going to upgrade my equipment because it's the new standard.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What I'm wondering is what kind of impact Maxell's new HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) will have on the two formats. With storage capacities of about six times that of a Blu-Ray disc (initial releases are projected to have a 300 GB capacity), there's very little one couldn't do with a single disc. Of course, it'll be expensive when it first releases late next year; some are saying a single disc will be $100 US.