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"Next generation" hardware
mberan42:
What's the access speed of both, do you know?
Either able for personal read/write, a la CD-Rs? (Or at least the possibility.)
(I prefer blu-ray myself - smaller wavelength of the laser = more information on the same space. Plus the name sounds way better.)
nihilist:
Blu-Ray = Sony. Sony likes to fuck consumers. So, fuck that noise. I don't care how "better" (none really) it is supposed to be. I refuse to give Sony a fucking dime.
Besides, I don't even use physical media. What do I need it for? At most to install an OS, and so far those haven't even broken onto regular DVDs. I need HD-DVD or BD to watch HDTV content? Don't have an HDTV, and given what they want to do with HDMI, I probably won't end up buying that either.
(Fuck DRM, fuck it up it's stupid ass.)
Solstice:
For the record, both formats use a "blue" (405nm - which is actually violet) laser, as opposed to the old "red" laser (650nm).
As for the "war" its all bullshit. Everyone managed to get together for DVD (even after a year+ of bitching) and the whole damn everything was better for it. Now they've split up again? Bah.
I don't care for either, but my prediction is HD DVD will win. Sony's got the touch of death with formats (see: Betamax, Minidisc, UMD), and while they've got plenty of big name hardware manufacturers, the lions share of content producers (publishers etc) seems to be on the HD side. Not to mention HD should be slightly cheaper to produce. And lower price + more content wil trump superior technology any day of the week in a free market. Sad but true.
Me, I don't plan on upgrading anything for a while. God knows there'll be a new damn format next year anyways.
Rubby:
--- Quote from: nihilist ---Blu-Ray = Sony. Sony likes to fuck consumers. So, fuck that noise. I don't care how "better" (none really) it is supposed to be. I refuse to give Sony a fucking dime.
--- End quote ---
Ahh, Touché. However this is unfortunate since looking at the specs shows Blu-Ray to be the superior product. And yes, it does have a cooler name.
jhocking:
The name may be cooler, but it's kinda stupid for normal conversation. I mean, so are a lot of techy names (Java? wtf) but the point is that it's relative. Blu-Ray sounds like a brand of sunglasses, not data storage media.
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