http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/ Engadget HD Comments for Major Nelson's podcast on HD DVD vs. Blu-ray http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 17th 2006 8:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
http://www.projectorcentral.com/blu-ray_2.htm
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It will be interesting to see how this pans out in a few months. Will Blu-ray be able to deliver 50GB discs? Will other studios use VC1 to overcome the single layer discs?

Will the overwhelming hardware support for Blu-ray be able to overcome the head start that HD DVD has?]]>Jul 17th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 17th 2006 11:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
Where do the likes of Denon, Marantz and Yamaha stand on the format war?

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Denon has said before that they won't release anything until the format war is over, but I don't know if they still stand by that. Marantz has very strong ties to Sony and Philips, so they'll most likely go Blu-ray. Yamaha, I haven't heard about, but seeing as how they are part of the BDA but not the HD DVD Promotion Group, it looks like they're going Blu-ray as well.]]>Jul 17th 2006 12:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
Major posted a response saying that he would be willing to have a Sony rep on his podcast to talk about BluRay. And while it would be interesting, the sad part is Sony isn't doing their job (on the BluRay front OR on the PS3 front.) Why don't they have someone like Major Nelson making people feel better about BluRay or validate their desire to own a PS3? Total missed opportunity.]]>Jul 17th 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 17th 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
ToshibaHD-DVD was really smart to come out swinging with a subsidized player and movies of superior video quality. I'm sure they were banking on the initial buzzreviews to get more studio's on board and to sway public opinion. It just may have worked.

I'll bet Sony went with MPEG2 because they were expecting to have 50GB disks available at launch. They should have swallowed their pride and worked with Microsoft to use VC-1. The video quality would be the same right now and they wouldn't have major retailers instituting a restocking fee on the Blu-ray players.]]>Jul 17th 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/]]>Jul 17th 2006 3:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 17th 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 17th 2006 4:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
1. Contrary to Kevin's claim, persistent storage is required in all Blu-ray players. Additional storage for audio/video clips is currently optional.
2. Yes, Amir, naked Blu-ray discs are quite susceptible to scratches. But no one is releasing naked Blu-ray discs, they all come with a coating which makes them far more robust than HD-DVD and DVD.
3. The codec shootout Amir refers to where VC-1 beat MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC didn't attempt to benchmark AVC's best quality mode, "high profile". It is highly unlikely the same test done today would yield the same results.
4. Developing content for BD-J doesn't require "expensive Java programmers". That's what authoring tools are for, to provide an environment suited for the skills of the author. Oh, and incidentally, the last time I looked at the tutorials for developing iHD code on Peter Torr's blog, the code looked remarkably similar to Java code, and I doubt your average cheap "web-page designer" would have a clue on how to make use of it.

You owe it to your listeners to at least fairly represent your technology against your competitors.

- Talk]]>Jul 22nd 2006 3:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/Jul 22nd 2006 11:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/17/major-nelsons-podcast-on-hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray/
They report general facts but leave out context of the competitor which would shed light on the reality of the situation; i.e. big picture.

Now, why would they want to do that? Help their competitor by eliminating their non-sequiturs? Nah...]]>Aug 8th 2006 1:07AM