HD-DVD vs BLU-RAY a comparison

Monday, Jan. 8 2007 | Author: Griffith

The Hack247 admin has posted a nice comparison between the new formats, which companies support and what the current status of the “war” is.

It has been a long time since we last had a format war for the main media formats (I’m not considering the flash cards as a part of them), in fact, the last battle was fought by Sony with their Betamax tapes, against JVC and their VHS, and they couldn’t win it then, however, this time around, they have many more supporters for their “cause”. These are the companies that are supporting each of the new formats:

Blu-Ray

Sony

Dell

Hewlett-Packard

Hitachi

LG Electronics

Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)

Mitsubishi Electric

Philips Electronics

Apple Computers

Pioneer Electronics

Samsung Electronics

Sharp

TDK

Thomson Multimedia

HD-DVD

Toshiba

NEC

Sanyo

Memory-Tech

Microsoft

It’s ironic that we see Apple and Sony battling against Microsoft. Apple managed to make USB a standard for everyone, and Sony wants revenge for the failure of Betamax.

According to a graphic he put up HD-DVD titles are currently selling better than BLU-RAY ones, however, the graphic also shows that during it’s period of time, the sales of BLU-RAY titles are approaching their competitor’s at a fast rate.

Will BLU-RAY eventually beat HD-DVD because of Playstation 3’s influence, and it’s larger capacity? Or will HD-DVD win because of it’s (hopefully) cheaper pricing and the influence of Microsoft with it’s Operative System and XBox 360 add-on? Only time will tell. But my bets, regardless of liking Sony or not, are on the format that provides the largest capacity, in other words, BLU-RAY.

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4 Responses for "HD-DVD vs BLU-RAY a comparison"

Marty

January 9th, 2007 at 3:39 am
1

I still don’t see what capacity has to do with anything. The disc needs to hold the high definition transer of the movie, that’s it. Special features can always be on another disc.

The winning format will meet the needs of the consumer at the cheapest price, and right now, I don’t know what the consumer needs with 60gb.
Mesonto

January 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
2

“Apple managed to make USB a standard for everyone” — no they didn’t they were a Johnny-come-lately and wanted their own Firewire to win, which we all know it hasn’t.

This was a standard centered in the PC WINTEL world, like the rest of the complete Apple platform is now-a-days.
Andy

January 14th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
3

I hate DVD’s with alot of disc’s. Thats why I’m sticking with blu-ray so a movie only has one disc.
Daniel

January 17th, 2007 at 5:22 am
4

Why isn’t there any comment here on quality? You’re also only looking at only one relevant spec - capacity, when there are others (transfer, codec used)and not asking the question “how much is needed”.

The DVD-9 spec is completely adequate for films at that level of quality. HD-DVD films at full resolution have not had an issue with disc space (including extras), and the trend in reviews seems to be saying HD DVD is a preferable choice for colour depth, clarity, etc.

Extra empty space means nothing when the alternative has just as much capacity for its purpose (films) and the quality is different.

If you’re looking for removable storage, it’s a different argument but there are tons of other alternatives to optical discs here.