All things being equal, why would you buy an hd-dvd disc over a blu-ray disc for burning data? Are hd-dvd discs expected to be 40% cheaper per layer then blu-ray?
And let me just add that I understand the media side of this argument is a different world, where content and deals in back rooms affect which format is adopted, but on the data storage world what's the driving force for hd-dvd?
The only snag for only burning bluRay comes in if, say, BluRay loses the format war. Then you've only got an HD-DVD player in the house after a few years.
Sure, those 50GB BluRay disks are nice for pure data storage...but when you want to put together a disk of HD movies to play in the living room or share with the grandparents (we are talking about 2012 after all), you'll need to be able to burn HD-DVD.
What's all this mean? More future-uncertainty and yet another potential kick in the pants to consumers thanks to the format war!
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seanc @ Jan 1st 2008 8:59PM
All things being equal, why would you buy an hd-dvd disc over a blu-ray disc for burning data? Are hd-dvd discs expected to be 40% cheaper per layer then blu-ray?
seanc @ Jan 1st 2008 9:03PM
And let me just add that I understand the media side of this argument is a different world, where content and deals in back rooms affect which format is adopted, but on the data storage world what's the driving force for hd-dvd?
EQC @ Jan 2nd 2008 3:43AM
The only snag for only burning bluRay comes in if, say, BluRay loses the format war. Then you've only got an HD-DVD player in the house after a few years.
Sure, those 50GB BluRay disks are nice for pure data storage...but when you want to put together a disk of HD movies to play in the living room or share with the grandparents (we are talking about 2012 after all), you'll need to be able to burn HD-DVD.
What's all this mean? More future-uncertainty and yet another potential kick in the pants to consumers thanks to the format war!