Blu-Ray Wins.

[Lacero]

Forget blue lasers, I think Holographic DVDs will creep under the radar and become the new standard. This petty war will cost both those greedy companies money and face. HAhaha.

 

[bigandy]

i just hope they use blu-ray for the 50gb recordable discs...

 

[~Shard~]

I don't know, just noticed that a lot of people didn't read the entire thread but rather just posted, which happens a lot nowadays. Just picked you, could have been anyone.

Ah, alright then, thanks for the clarification, it's all good... I probably would have done the same to you...

You guys really need to get a room.

Are you suggesting myself and Diatribe follow suit with what you and many others have done? It seems like there must be a big "party" going on in that blue room you all seem to be residing in nowadays...

 

[Bakey]

To be fair I was under the impression that Apple was effectively backing both formats with no obvious swaying one way or the other.

This assumption of mine was through reading posts dating back weeks/months, they're around here somewhere!

 

[jrv3034]

I actually preferred the use of a cartridge in Blu-Ray. Anyone that has Netflix can tell you that DVD's are way too fragile for anything but the most careful handling and care. They scratch too easily.

I understand that Blu-Ray will use some sort of "hard coating" on the discs to elimiinate the need for a cartridge, but I strongly believe that they won't be as durable as media inside a hard plastic case, like minidiscs. THOSE are some durable discs!

Anyway, it seems like no agreement actually happened. Therefore, format war it is.

EDIT: I wonder if manufacturers will make players that support both Blu-Ray & HD-DVD? That would avoid a war in general. Much like the whole DVD-R and DVD+R thing. Here's hoping...

 

[Mord]

yeah, the whole competeing formats thing is plain stupid, much like the same area being covered by five different mobile phone networks when one woulod do the job at a fraction of the cost if the providers teamed up, i suppose thats the cost of capitalism...

anyway, one format will win pretty quickly, personally i own two dvd's (well one film and one box set of firefly) so it's a non issue, the xbox 360 will probably have a HD dvd player by the time i get one unless it dies before the standard is even out thier which is suspect is what is going to happen.

 

[dubbz]

EDIT: I wonder if manufacturers will make players that support both Blu-Ray & HD-DVD? That would avoid a war in general. Much like the whole DVD-R and DVD+R thing. Here's hoping...

I'm sure we'll have CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM/BluRay/HD-DVD combo drives eventually.

Personally I'm cheering for BluRay. I got a feeling that the PS3's use of BlueRay will tip the scale very much in their favor.

 

[powerbook911]

I want blue ray to win. The technology sounds great, and I like the name.

 

[WildCowboy]

I actually preferred the use of a cartridge in Blu-Ray. Anyone that has Netflix can tell you that DVD's are way too fragile for anything but the most careful handling and care. They scratch too easily.

I understand that Blu-Ray will use some sort of "hard coating" on the discs to elimiinate the need for a cartridge, but I strongly believe that they won't be as durable as media inside a hard plastic case, like minidiscs. THOSE are some durable discs!

Supposedly the new generation of hard coats will make these discs much more durable than DVDs. It's also important to note that requiring a cartridge would have a significant impact on costs, particularly the media itself.