Comments on: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD

By: David Alexander Hettinger

David Alexander Hettinger — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:51:36 +0000

Well due to the fact that Wal-mart stated that they are not going to sell HD-DVD movies and only Blu-Ray is going to be an enormous advantage and HD-DVD are going to lose the battle quick

By: anonymous 5

anonymous 5 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:10:09 +0000

sony ps3 and its blu ray games can manage 10 gig more than microsoft xbox and its hd dvd.

By: anonymous 5

anonymous 5 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:07:59 +0000

blu-ray !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rocks. 10 gig more than hd dvd when single layer.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:03:03 +0000

i think blu ray will win. its just like when we move on from cassetes to hd dvd or carteges to dvd. cassetes are the past dvds are the now blu ray is the future.

By: Dion

Dion — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:44:59 +0000

Well it seems like Blu-Ray has won and HD-DVD has lost, speculatuion has it that Toshiba might be dropping their HD-DVD format… I was surprised that Blu-Ray held more data… So it seems like Blu-Ray will be the next step forward. But what is the point when we are now seeing 16gig and 32gig memory cards coming out.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:29:36 +0000

I still prefer hd-dvd over bluray anyway!!

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:29:08 +0000

I still prefer hd-dvd over bluray anyway

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:28:26 +0000

maan this is crazy, i thought HD-DVD was bigger in capacity!

By: anonymous 2

anonymous 2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:54:53 +0000

Apple may be part of the group that helped develope Blue Ray, but they certainly don’t seem to be backing it. Thier latest macs and dvd authoring software don’t support playing, creating, or burning Blue Ray disks, but do support HD DVD.

By: A. Noni Mus

A. Noni Mus — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:55:21 +0000

I think this is another instance where consumers WILL lose like the article states. Just heard this morning that Blockbuster will choose Blu Ray over HD DVD. I hate the fact that it is not backwards compatible. Another way to push cheap chinese junk on the consumer. If I have to get a Blu Ray player I might as well just throw the towel in and never have another “player” again. Beta, VHS, DVD, HD, Blu Ray…we’re screwed.

At least VHS had a long run.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 May 2006 21:20:18 +0000

Here's a website that tracks the success of blu-rays vs. HD DVDs over time. It include a dashboard of graphs and stats, and it's based on data from Amazon.com.
Check it out here: http://www.thedvdwars.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:03:58 +0000

The HD-DVD standard supports a hybrid disc that can be played in a regular DVD player (not high-def) or in an HD-DVD player (high-def). Each version is on a different layer of the disc. This is the same type of hybrid functionality offered with the SACD standard.
Note the hybrid feature is optional. It will also be more expensive to produce a hybrid disc. The reality is the first HD-DVDs will probably *not* be hybrid, which means they won't be playable in standard DVD players. This was how SACDs played out.
Not that it matters since it is unlikely someone will buy an HD-DVD unless they have an HD-DVD player.
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will duke it out in a similar way DVD vs Divx did in 1997-1998. Hopefully the technically superior Blu-Ray will win.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:55:24 +0000

Hey there, Anonymous, another Anonymous here!
That JPEG image you linked was a Toshiba Dual Format disc. I strongly suspect that most HD-DVD discs produced will NOT be dual-format (which is likely more expensive to manufacture). So unless you can present some compelling evidence that the content producers lining up on the HD-DVD side of things WILL ship HD-DVD discs in not just HD-DVD format, but DUAL HD-DVD/DVD format, your argument that this “backwards compatibility” will weight consumers to HD-DVD just doesn't work.
I'll support whichever format, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, in which the content protection scheme is cracked first so I can exercise my full Fair Use rights to edit my own personal purchased discs for my own viewing, make backups, etc.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:49:18 +0000

http://www.hddvdprg.com/press/toshiba/t-11.jpg
HD-DVD disc can be used in both players(HD and regular DVD). A dual layer disc can be used for a 15gig for HD and 5 for DVD dual disc and a triple layer disc can be used for a 30gig HD and 8.5 DVD dual disc on the same side..