Reeves said:
Has anyone heard of this thing called "Blu-Ray"? Apperently they are making dual-layered discs that hold up to 54GB! These machines are due out in 2006/2007. I'm quite intrested in it, does anyone think Macs will get BD-Rom, BD-R, and BD-RW drives. I hope so because this looks impressive.
http://www.blu-ray.com
Well, it's a tough one.
There are two competing standards, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
One of them will probably at some point be ratified as the standard for next-generation DVDs.
Blu-ray is owned SOLELY by Sony, while HD-DVD is owned by several companies.
It's very similar to Betamax vs VHS.
Blu-ray has higher capacity (54 GB on a dual layer disk, vs 30 GB on a dual layer HD-DVD), but HD-DVD is FAR cheaper to produce since they can be produced at current DVD production factories.
I think HD-DVD will probably win out, since a lot of people don't want Sony to have complete control of the standard, and its cheaper as well.