Blu Ray Disc: The Next Generation (2 Viewers)

[KB824]

Umm, actually, blue ray players can't play HD DVD's. It would sort of defeat the purpose of having competitive formats if one player could play them both. And for the record, Samsung make some of the best DLP projection HDTV's on the market. I'm a proud owner of a 56" 1080p DLP HDTV, and its fantastic.

 

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[Cronios]

blue ray is the future, its going to be a long and lasting war though...

 

[KB824]

Blu Ray does look slightly better than HD-DVD, especially on a TV running at 1080p. Where I think Blu Ray will have a distinct advantage over HD DVD is cost efficiency of the discs themselves. You would be able to put a whole season of shows on a single dual-layered Blu Ray disc.

 

[3pac]

I have ps3s for sale if anyone is interested

I say, screw blue ray, I don't want to have to buy more

 

[Zé Tahir]

How much we talkin?

 

[Rhizoid]

Umm, actually, blue ray players can't play HD DVD's. It would sort of defeat the purpose of having competitive formats if one player could play them both. And for the record, Samsung make some of the best DLP projection HDTV's on the market. I'm a proud owner of a 56" 1080p DLP HDTV, and its fantastic.

Actually from what I've heard/read is that Blu-ray machines will be backwards compatible so that people wouldn't have to throw away their existing DVD collection.

As for your Samsung, as much as it is a quality product, you must repent for your sins

Seriously, not being bias...but re HDTV's Panasonic's image quality is slightly better than Samsung's. Especially when viewing things from different angles. (anti glare)

 

[3pac]

How much we talkin?

2k :eyebrows:

 

[mikhail]

Long term, holographic data storage will cap both of these. They're talking tens of Tb per disc.

It just happens to be my area of research. :biggrin:

 

[Falafel]

2k :eyebrows:

2k what?

 

[KB824]

Actually from what I've heard/read is that Blu-ray machines will be backwards compatible so that people wouldn't have to throw away their existing DVD collection.

As for your Samsung, as much as it is a quality product, you must repent for your sins

Seriously, not being bias...but re HDTV's Panasonic's image quality is slightly better than Samsung's. Especially when viewing things from different angles. (anti glare)

It actually doesn't play HD DVD's. Does it play standard DVD's?? Absolutely, just not the HD ones.

 

[Martin]

Seriously, not being bias...but re HDTV's Panasonic's image quality is slightly better than Samsung's. Especially when viewing things from different angles. (anti glare)

Right, because when you want to know about technical issues, the best person to ask is the sales department

 

[Cronios]

Long term, holographic data storage will cap both of these. They're talking tens of Tb per disc.

It just happens to be my area of research. :biggrin:

how can you translate this "long term"
year/decade/generation?

 

[Martin]

Long term, holographic data storage will cap both of these. They're talking tens of Tb per disc.

It just happens to be my area of research. :biggrin:

Holographic storage, isn't that what Blueray does? I thought it was..

 

[Rhizoid]

It actually doesn't play HD DVD's. Does it play standard DVD's?? Absolutely, just not the HD ones.

I'll ask our expert in the office, and get back to you on that one tomorrow... (I'm in charge of Digital/Video cameras)

 

[Rhizoid]

Right, because when you want to know about technical issues, the best person to ask is the sales department

Or someone who works in their marketing department

 

[Martin]

I think we should ban Rhizoid from working while he's on the forum.

 

[mikhail]

Holographic storage, isn't that what Blueray does? I thought it was..

No. The big deal about blu-ray is the wavelength of the laser used is shorter (blue, in fact!) and that lets you pack data in tighter. HDS stores data in the volume of a disk, unlike the stuff people use now (CD -> Bue-ray/HD) which store it on the surface (well, under a protective layer, but still on one plane, if you get me).

 

[Martin]

You know I remember reading an article about this Hungarian? scientist who basically invented a new method of storage all on his own (website didn't mention any other names or entities), which I *think* was supposed to be holographic. Many years later, I heard about Blueray and somehow connected the two, but it's a span of maybe 6-7 years so my memory is rather hazy on the specifics.

 

[3pac]

2k what?

$2000

 

[Rhizoid]

RIght, I know I said a couple of days, but I've got the definitive answer. Blu Ray machines can NOT play HD-DVD.

The aim of this is to completely eliminate that part of the competition from the market so that Blu Ray replaces all other formats, while still backward compatible with the initial DVD format.

This is the ideal Blu Ray home theater system.

The best quality Blu Ray disc covers will look a little sum'in like this.