Blu-Ray gains advantage in Format war

[Strider]

In the war of next-gen DVD formats, the executives at Sony Corp. have secured another victory in the shape of Paramount Home Entertainment now announcing their dedicated support for Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Making Paramount the first ever movie studio to back 2 formats for the race of DVD's successor.

This news comes as a heavy blow to Toshiba, the leader of HD-DVD camp, as one of its strongest supporters now jump shipped over to its rival format. Further adding salt to Toshiba's wounds, Paramount's president Thomas Lesisnki explained the reason behind their support for Blu-ray.

He said,"We have been intrigued by the broad support of Blu-ray, especially the key advantage of including Blu-ray in Playstation3. After more detailed assessment and new data on cost, manufacturability and copy protection solutions, we have now made the decision to move ahead with the Blu-ray format."

This news appeared shortly after Intel backed out from a recent joint statement it made with partner Microsoft. In which they both claimed that Blu-ray is far behind the competition and suggested that it may not be worth the trouble of the Hollywood studios to support Blu-ray. As of today, Intel is back to a neutral stance and trying to make a positive comeback by offering both camps a chance at a unified architecture.

Right after Paramount Studios joining the Blu-ray association. Speculation has begun about Warner Bros. following in its footsteps sooner rather than later. Such a move by Warner Bros. would most probably cripple the HD-DVD support.

Toshiba has been pretty aggressive with HD-DVD's promotion but lately their stance has taken a slight turn from the norm. A few weeks ago Toshiba's president said that the company is not willing to give up on creating a single format. How would this effect the drive in Blu-ray is out of the question since most of the specs for Playstation 3 are probably finalized by now.

Looks like Blu-Ray is going to win, and if so.. that means the console wars (XBox 360 vs PS3 vs Revolution) is won also.

 

[marshal zhukov]

I am just not sure who will win. Blue Ray has more capacity, but HD-DVD is cheaper to produce.

Frankly I would go for the Blue- Ray, because it has more capacity. Go Sony

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

Yay, go Sony!!

 

[wit>trope]

Once PS3 starts being made, there's no way there will be a unified standard since PS3 will not be altered mid-production to accomodate it.

Per-bit, Blu-Ray is cheaper to produce than HDDVD. The only advantage to HDDVD is that it is less fragile.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

Greater capacity = Better. It's not that hard to work out

 

[MarineCorps]

You know I can't really see Blu-ray winning. AFAIK it isn't backwards compatible which is going to make consumers angry and in the end it's the comsumers that will have the final say. Of course backwards compatiblity is a double edged sword while it doesn't get rid of a bunch of comsumers who don't feel like buying new hardware it also means the pirates don't have to switch formats.

 

[wit>trope]

It's backwards compatible in that Blu-Ray readers will be able to read DVDs as well as CDs.

You just won't be able to read a Blu-Ray disc on a DVD player.

I didn't know HD-DVDs could be read on a regular DVD player.

 

[MarineCorps]

It's backwards compatible in that Blu-Ray readers will be able to read DVDs as well as CDs.

You just won't be able to read a Blu-Ray disc on a DVD player.

I didn't know HD-DVDs could be read on a regular DVD player.

Well then that means new hardware. A lot of people don't want to buy new hardware when they think the current format works fine,

 

[wit>trope]

I googled it and as I expected, HD-DVDs cannot be read on a regular DVD player. So backwards compatibility is exactly the same for HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray. This is what it says on wikipedia as well (on the HD-DVD article no less)

 

[The Person]

Well then that means new hardware. A lot of people don't want to buy new hardware when they think the current format works fine,

Floppy disks work fine, so why should I upgrade my hardware?

 

[Kozmos]

Yup,now where are those 2500 or so floppy disks I want to install GTA San Andreas

 

[MarineCorps]

Floppy disks work fine, so why should I upgrade my hardware?

OK. Point. But still, for the average user the DVD good enough. Better then the VHS anyways,

 

[Strider]

OK. Point. But still, for the average user the DVD good enough. Better then the VHS anyways,

That's where your wrong, have you noticed that with some movies you get 2 DVD's, instead of just one? DVD's don't hold enough data to fit an entire movie and the special features on.

Also, a DVD can only hold about 30 minutes of a HD movie, a Blu-Ray can hold 2+ hours of a HD movie. Do you know any movies that last only 30 minutes?

 

[MarineCorps]

That's where your wrong, have you noticed that with some movies you get 2 DVD's, instead of just one? DVD's don't hold enough data to fit an entire movie and the special features on.

I'm going to come up with a retort sooner or later for that

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Also, a DVD can only hold about 30 minutes of a HD movie, a Blu-Ray can hold 2+ hours of a HD movie. Do you know any movies that last only 30 minutes?

And how many DVDs come out with HD movies? The average user doesn't use HD.

 

[Strider]

I'm going to come up with a retort sooner or later for that

And how many DVDs come out with HD movies? The average user doesn't use HD.

Yet, all newer versions of TV comes with HD though. So in about 5-10 years every consumer who owns a TV will have the ability to use HD.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Looks like Blu-Ray is going to win, and if so.. that means the console wars (XBox 360 vs PS3 vs Revolution) is won also.

No that doesn't mean the winner of the console war is determined.

 

[warmwaffles]

Me personally I hate sony...I am boycotting them by not buying anything by them. Quiet frankly I am pissed off on how ****ty they make there products....The PS2, the PSX, Head Phones, and CD players...Quiet frankly I have spent over 800 bucks on them and there products have given me ****.