Robert, definitely have to call you into question on this.
How do you know 25GB or 50GB blu-ray will always be expensive? HD-DVD has licensing fees as well... that's the WHOLE POINT of the format war. So your claim doesn't hold water.
And indeed 50GB WILL be good for backup. As it stands 15GB is a huge disappointment, even when up against 25GB (and you can get both 25 and 50GB burners right now). About half my collection of HDTV caps are larger than 15GB and will never fit on an HD-DVD. And even my iPhoto library alone beats 15GB. Plain and simple, it's weak sauce. The DVD group should have done better.
And to call a "clear winner" right now is the utmost in foolishness. Indeed, HD-DVD MAY win the format war, but you don't even realize this is the first CES show with HD-DVD as an actual launched product. Same for Blu-Ray. Both were launched after last year's CES. We are still in "wait and see" mode... and that's the only thing that's clear about the format war right now.
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EatingPie @ Jan 5th 2007 1:35PM
Robert, definitely have to call you into question on this.
How do you know 25GB or 50GB blu-ray will always be expensive? HD-DVD has licensing fees as well... that's the WHOLE POINT of the format war. So your claim doesn't hold water.
And indeed 50GB WILL be good for backup. As it stands 15GB is a huge disappointment, even when up against 25GB (and you can get both 25 and 50GB burners right now). About half my collection of HDTV caps are larger than 15GB and will never fit on an HD-DVD. And even my iPhoto library alone beats 15GB. Plain and simple, it's weak sauce. The DVD group should have done better.
And to call a "clear winner" right now is the utmost in foolishness. Indeed, HD-DVD MAY win the format war, but you don't even realize this is the first CES show with HD-DVD as an actual launched product. Same for Blu-Ray. Both were launched after last year's CES. We are still in "wait and see" mode... and that's the only thing that's clear about the format war right now.
-Pie