And The Winner Is...Blu Ray...Toshiba Abandons HD DVD

[Yavin4]

SNIP:

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research), a company source said on Saturday.





http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL1643184420080216?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

[Shell Beau]

1. Well I have Blu Ray, so yay!!!

:bounce:

[supernova]

2. It's the name

Blu-Ray was too cool a name not to come out on top.

;-)

[Yavin4]

3. I Haven't Entered The Fray

How is Blu Ray better than regular DVDs?

[Swede]

5. The old lasers where red,these are blue. Higher frequency =more info.

More info better quality picture. However,this too will pass. Probably to downloadible movies.

[Deja Q]

21. Smaller laser diameter (from higher frequency) = more pits on disc = more info.

Downloadable movies do not carry the resolution... to maintain standard-def quality, each DVD sold is about 8GB in size. Or 4GB for a bare bones movie with no extras that also runs under 2 hours...

Blu-ray is, what, 40GB per disc?

[Shell Beau]

7. The picture is much clearer. You can see pores and zits on faces.

I don't care about all of that, but my husband had to have it. He got it for Christmas. Plus the DVDs are $30 which sucks!

[Deja Q]

15. I stayed out of the war...

Both high-def have their good points, FWIW - both have the down point in that 99.9% of anything that benefits from the higher visual quality is crap.

Of course, 40 year old movies filmed on high quality stock can be digitally remastered and put to good effect on blu-ray, but still... I've only seen new movies come out in either format.

I would have chosen blu-ray anyway. James Bond is where it's at... The trek movie series isn't out in high def yet, the existing tv series (all of them) will come out eventually anyway, and Serenity being the only other entity of interest will be re-released on blu-ray anyway.

[LeftyMom]

4. Well, my Dad's less than two month old Christmas present is now obsolete.

Chances of getting Fry's to exchange it are less than zero, I'm sure.

[Tyler Durden]

6. Would you like an HD BLADE RUNNER 5 disk set...cheap?

Hey, someone should be able to play the damned things. I waiting, but wanted the disks; they were on sale. Now I know WHY.

Don't even have the PLAYER, now I never will, so they're going to waste.

[LeftyMom]

9. Hells yes I would.

PM me, we'll figure something out.

We actually did okay on the thing, only paid $200 and got a bunch of movies free. Even if we never buy another HD-DVD, the free movies made it as good a deal as just buying a decent upscaling DVD player, so we'll probably move it to another room, use it for that, and get a Blu-Ray when the prices aren't quite so insane.

[Yavin4]

8. All of This Fancy, Schmancy Technology, Yet Only 5 or 6 Movies A Year

are any good.

[Deja Q]

16. Maybe 5 or 6 per decade and I'll agree...

Used to be more, as my current DVD collection will attest to...

[Yavin4]

23. Show Me The Technology That Makes A Robin Williams Movie Worth Watching

Then I will be impressed.

[Connonym]

10. will this replace ALL regular DVDs or just high def?

I'm really clueless. I personally don't give a rat's ass about high def. I'm perfectly content with the way things look now, especially if it means I don't have to pay more. Does this mean that regular DVDs are obsolete?

[Shell Beau]

18. Blu Ray plays both. Blu Ray discs and regular dvd's.

[Connonym]

26. Ah well that's not so bad then

I don't have a huge collection of DVDs but I'm relieved that it won't be obsolete.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Is Blu Ray backwards compatible with the old DVDs?

Gods this pisses me off.

[DS1]

13. yes

no need to get all :grr: about it

[KitchenWitch]

14. It still pisses me off!

:P

[LeftyMom]

17. yes, and it plays them back at near HD quality

They won't phase out regular DVDs for years yet, and you'll have the ability to play them back for a good long time after that.

[Deja Q]

12. self-del

[Dukkha]

19. No surprise there

Blu-Ray was the exclusive format for Blockbuster, Macintosh, & the PS3.

[Deja Q]

20. Well, Sony owns the PS3 so it should be no shock for that...

Blockbuster and Apple made the right guesses... or knew something in advance, ooga booga, tinfoil hat is gooda...

[Mojambo]

22. Yawn. Audio/visual nerdiness.

I'm not gonna upgrade until you can plug this shit directly into your brain.

[Yavin4]

24. I'm Waiting for Star Trek's Holodeck

That will be the last piece of technology ever invented. Once man kind can go into a room and conjure up ANY fantasy that they can possibly dream up, then ALL productivity will cease.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

25. I've been waiting for this to happen

one way or the other...now I can get an enhanced DVD player.

[1]

27. the biggest blu ray technical advantage is

that you can rewind the disc 2.768x faster than a hd dvd before you return it to the blockbuster.

be kind.



on edit: opps. 2.768.3x. sorry.