Blu Ray wins!

[TheFaQQer]

I know not, exactly. Something to do with needing to change the frequency of laser burn? Someone who I worked with last year who knew such things went into detail about it, but it washed over me.

Yep - a blue laser is more expensive than a red laser.

Plus the caddy for a blue ray is more expensive, according to Wikipedia.

[Ardesco]

Had MS had the balls to include HDDVD in the Xbox 360, it would been game over for blu ray. One year advantage over PS3 and 15 million HDDVD units sold via the Xbox, but they didnt have the balls to do it..

HD DVD was never going to win, at best it was going to share the market. Sony learnt a lot from betamax and spent a lot of money buying up film rights and shares in majour studios. Son'ys extensive back catelogue will never be available on HD-DVD because Son'y will not let it, this is how they guarantee that there will be a market for Blue Ray even if HD-DVD is more popular with the Hollywood studio's/General populace.

Putting a Blue Ray drive in the PS3 was just the icing on the cake.

[rocktronAMP]

Yup, if the XBox 360 had an in-built HD-DVD player then it would probably still be an open contest.

Most of the Blu Players in use are in the PS3.

Smart move by Sony - this is why the release of the PS3 was delayed.

Also, Sony own a major Hollywood studio, so most of the initial movie releases are from their own studio giving them a head start on content available for their players.

What does this mean for recording higher quality DVD (Blu-Ray or HD DVD )?

I can see HD-DVD being good for data archiving of videos or photos, but is this the case for the other format.

Which type of recorder is most expensive or more available?

[gingerjedi]

So the more expensive format wins... yay

They can do what they like but until Asda are selling Bluray players for £9.99 I'll be sticking with DVD thank you very much.

HD downloads will kill both in time anyway.

[oracleslave]

Yep - a blue laser is more expensive than a red laser.

Plus the caddy for a blue ray is more expensive, according to Wikipedia.

Ok. Not sure how that affects me as someone that has a blu ray player (PS3) and just buys blu ray discs which seem to cost similar to what a HD one costs.

[TheFaQQer]

Ok. Not sure how that affects me as someone that has a blu ray player (PS3) and just buys blu ray discs which seem to cost similar to what a HD one costs.

Blu Ray can also have region encoding, which HD DVD doesn't - another reason the studios are going with the more expensive technology.

[Clippy]

What does this mean for recording higher quality DVD (Blu-Ray or HD DVD )?

I can see HD-DVD being good for data archiving of videos or photos, but is this the case for the other format.

Which type of recorder is most expensive or more available?

TBH, I don't know too much about the technical merits of either format as I've no interest, at present, of adopting either technology until the 'format war' is resolved.

However, back when they both came out, I thought I read they had similar tech specs.

With regards the Hollywood studios, there is a large amount of politics involved in which ones backed Blu-Ray and which ones backed HD-DVD.

The studios who have exclusively backed HD-DVD have done this more from the perspective of not wanting to aid Sony/Sony Studios than from serious comparison of the technologies.

[Spartacus]

I read an article the other week that said most manufacturers were planning on their players being dual format anyway so if that's true it's all a bit irrelevant.

[oracleslave]

I read an article the other week that said most manufacturers were planning on their players being dual format anyway so if that's true it's all a bit irrelevant.

There are dual ones out already although likely to be more expensive than if you make a format choice. http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003408.html

[Troll]

TBH, I don't know too much about the technical merits of either format as I've no interest, at present, of adopting either technology until the 'format war' is resolved.

And will you accept paying a premium for a BluRay vs normal DVD?