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Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/27/2005, 10:50pm PDT
corax wrote:

Souffle of Pain wrote:

Vietcong (Vietnam mode) wrote:

Sony on Tuesday dismissed concerns about the future of its next generation DVD standard after Intel and Microsoft threw their weight behind a competing format being championed by Toshiba, the rival Japanese consumer electronics giant.

Intel and Microsoft confirmed a report in some editions of Monday's Financial Times that they were endorsing Toshiba's HD-DVD standard over Sony's Blu-ray Disc because it had the best consumer features.


and totally not because Blu-ray is being developed by their chief console rival.


What's the benefit of one versus the other?

Well, put it this way... is one of them an attempt like Divx? Something completely worthless unless you own a multi-national corporation?

The main difference is capacity: a dual-layer Blu-Ray disc holds 50MB, while a DL HD-DVD only holds 30GB.

Samsung plans to release a dual-format drive next year.


Current DVD manufacturing plants can be retrofitted to support HD-DVD production, however, while all new facilities will be required for Blu-Ray (and the cost of building those facilities will be passed on to the consumer, of course). Also, HD-DVD players will be natively backward compatible, while Blu-Ray players will require a second laser in order to read current DVD discs.

Basically, much like VHS and Betamax, they both have their strong points and weak points. The market will shake it all out, like it always does.
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Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 6:23pm PDT NEW
    The format wars are hotting up. NT by February's Fussbett 09/27/2005, 8:29pm PDT NEW
    Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Vietcong (Vietnam mode) 09/27/2005, 8:56pm PDT NEW
        Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Souffle of Pain 09/27/2005, 9:21pm PDT NEW
            Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by corax 09/27/2005, 9:50pm PDT NEW
                Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/27/2005, 10:50pm PDT NEW
                    Porn by Motherhead 09/30/2005, 2:57am PDT NEW
                        Re: Porn by I need clarification 09/30/2005, 12:09pm PDT NEW
                Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 11:30pm PDT NEW
    Why I don't care. by Oom Shnibble 09/29/2005, 12:51pm PDT NEW
        Re: Why I don't care. by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 12:05am PDT NEW
            Maybe I'm being dense here but... by Oom Shnibble 09/30/2005, 11:13am PDT NEW
                A little short-sighted. by casual observer 09/30/2005, 11:27am PDT NEW
                    Re: A little short-sighted. by Oom Shnibble 10/04/2005, 1:56am PDT NEW
                        Re: A little short-sighted. by casual observer 10/04/2005, 2:17am PDT NEW
    HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Fussbett 01/07/2006, 5:12pm PST NEW
        Re: HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Siskel and Ebert 01/07/2006, 8:49pm PST NEW
            Final verdict: check back on this "format war" in about 5 years to see who won. NT by Creexul :( 01/07/2006, 11:14pm PST NEW
 
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