Comments on: Fight Over HD DVD Format http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/technology_news_entertainment_new_dvd_format_being_marketed/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:19:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 42nd SSD http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/technology_news_entertainment_new_dvd_format_being_marketed/comment-page-1/#comment-29188 42nd SSD Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:12:13 +0000 /?p=8375#comment-29188 Blu-ray hasn't a chance, but they'll keep flogging it. Blu-ray may be "better" technologically, but practical considerations doom it to a short lifespan; it will be the next Beta. Most of us just got done switching to DVDs, and asking people to buy a completely incompatible player is insane. Furthermore, it's overkill; HD-DVD's increased capacity is more than sufficient, especially when you consider that many current DVDs only use 50-60% of the available capacity. The other consideration is that none of these technologies will be around longer than 10 years. Why? Because sooner than that the moral equivalent of downloading movies over the 'net will be commonplace--buy a movie, download it in 10 minutes, and watch. Much cheaper and easier for everyone involved. ('course I've been predicting that for CDs for years, and it's been taking a looong time... due largely to resistance on the part of the record industry. iTunes is a start, though.) Blu-ray hasn't a chance, but they'll keep flogging it.

Blu-ray may be "better" technologically, but practical considerations doom it to a short lifespan; it will be the next Beta. Most of us just got done switching to DVDs, and asking people to buy a completely incompatible player is insane. Furthermore, it's overkill; HD-DVD's increased capacity is more than sufficient, especially when you consider that many current DVDs only use 50-60% of the available capacity.

The other consideration is that none of these technologies will be around longer than 10 years. Why? Because sooner than that the moral equivalent of downloading movies over the 'net will be commonplace--buy a movie, download it in 10 minutes, and watch. Much cheaper and easier for everyone involved.

('course I've been predicting that for CDs for years, and it's been taking a looong time... due largely to resistance on the part of the record industry. iTunes is a start, though.)

]]> By: Paul http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/technology_news_entertainment_new_dvd_format_being_marketed/comment-page-1/#comment-29166 Paul Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:07:43 +0000 /?p=8375#comment-29166 It really doesn't matter. Whatever they decided, they'll be $29.99 at Best Buy the following Christmas. The days of a 5 or 6 year adoption cycle for computer technology are over. It really doesn't matter.

Whatever they decided, they'll be $29.99 at Best Buy the following Christmas.

The days of a 5 or 6 year adoption cycle for computer technology are over.

]]> By: Alex Knapp http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/technology_news_entertainment_new_dvd_format_being_marketed/comment-page-1/#comment-29152 Alex Knapp Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:37:05 +0000 /?p=8375#comment-29152 Well, they SHOULD go with Sony's Blue-Ray standard, which will play normal DVD's AND can store more memory, leading to less glitches due to compression. Well, they SHOULD go with Sony's Blue-Ray standard, which will play normal DVD's AND can store more memory, leading to less glitches due to compression.

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