Thursday, January 12, 2006
HD-DVD Has a Few Things to Say About Blu-Ray
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
"Having finished speaking to Blu-ray, BetaNews sat down with a representative from HD DVD to discuss how the Microsoft-backed format will compete with Blu-ray. Toshiba HD DVD expert Mark Knox gave a thorough explanation of the optical disc drive technology, and said that because of Blu-ray's complicated design, HD DVD will triumph in the format war. Blu-ray's difficulties, Knox explained, begin with the technology itself, and the idea that its 50GB dual-layer capacity is superior to HD DVD's 30GB. Through the use of better codec technology, such space is not actually needed for high-definition movies. In fact, Blu-ray admitted to BetaNews that most discs won't go beyond the 25GB mark."
A very interesting, and technical, breakdown of the problems that Blu-Ray is facing - mind you, this is coming from the mouth of an HD-DVD representative, but the comments seem to be quite factual. I wonder what Blu-Ray would have to say about HD-DVD?
A very interesting, and technical, breakdown of the problems that Blu-Ray is facing - mind you, this is coming from the mouth of an HD-DVD representative, but the comments seem to be quite factual. I wonder what Blu-Ray would have to say about HD-DVD?
