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Old 07-02-06, 10:09 PM   #12 (Link)
 
fibreKid
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Re: HD DVD vs Blu-Ray Round: 1


With all the money that's at stake, I'm not going to believe much of the corporate mumbo jumbo from either camp. There has been much talk about the problems with blu ray media having a limit of 25 gig. I don't know where the real issue is but in the June/July issue of HDTV etc. page 75 there is an article that states TDK has quad layer media "100 gig" prototypes at 216 MBps and is on the verge of a 200 gig prototype. "IF" this is true, the dual layer problem is old hat and it's a sw mastering issue or somewhere else in the chain. Regardless of where the glitch is it will be fixed long before either of the formats are embraced by us the consumer.

There is also some jabs being taken at how the audio and video streams are being stored. http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/ has some interesting info "if it's true" about the various options that the blue ray spec allows.

Lets all have some popcorn and enjoy our HT a little longer :-)

-john

PS: I'm not trying to knock the Tosh player, I was very close to dropping some coin this week and picking up a HD DVD player until I came to my senses. I need to wait, money doesn't grow on trees.


Last edited by fibreKid; 07-02-06 at 10:19 PM.

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