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Post by Renown on Feb 12, 2006 12:14:20 GMT -5
As we've all heard and come to agree in most situations is that Sony has created the next-gen format for CD/DVD applications called Blu-Ray (distinctively because it uses a blue ray.) Well...the format wars was supposed to consist of the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray but both of these formats and their respective capabilities are about to be thrashed by a much more powerful and suitable format: holographic. Holographic discs that use 3D holographic images to store an astounding 1.6 TBs on a single disc. The first interpretation of this mammoth is due at the end of the year and will have a total storage medium of 300 GB. (If you want to read this you'll have to have an OXM subscription...it's in the Feb '06 issue and is featured in the "inbox".)
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Post by Latios XT on Feb 19, 2006 14:12:19 GMT -5
HD-ROMs are said to only be available to server stations since they needed something to replace the aging tape drives and other media that died out in the 70's. So I doubt there will be any HD-ROMs for consumer use in the near future. Of if they were, they'd probably at a hefty price tag. And I really don't like how DVD-9 is $3 a disc.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Mar 5, 2006 23:16:48 GMT -5
I'm Blu-Ray all the way.. and that shouldn't have rhymed.
Most likely because of the 'trust' I have for Sony. I think it's a lot of that - just consumer trust for the producer. Still, it's business. The technical stuff escapes me.
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Post by Pulp Gamer on Mar 12, 2006 3:28:33 GMT -5
It's possible. No one thought 8-track would make it, and it's become immortal. XD But seriously, VHS, CD, DVD. Every new format is put down at first. Blu-ray, to me, doesn't seem cool and futuristic enough to catch and maintain the interest of the masses. Plus, most of our storage technology is all about discs right now. HD-DVD is more familiar to human consciousness and, therefore, more likely to claim the title of top standard next, at least for a little while before something better comes. I won't say Blu-ray has no chance, because it certainly does, but humans like things that are familiar. They find comfort and more easily transition when the new toy brings familiarity. That's why the Revo controller is put down so much. That's why people were scared going from cassete to CD and VHS to DVD. It's just normal.
Blu-ray could claim the new standard spot, and DVD might stick around while some other format shows up, but between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, HD-DVD is more likely to win.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Mar 17, 2006 0:06:59 GMT -5
I don't see how "BLU-RAY" is not COOL and FUTURISTIC. And.. HD-DVD is...,
You're probably not saying that, seeing as though you said that it's 'more familiar to human consciousness', but still, I think people want cool and futuristic. And "Blu-Ray" is a badass name.
Kind of reminds me of that competitor to VHS which touted better technical specs and better video recording, but never really made it into widespread use. I can't see how Blu-Ray would go down this same path, considering that Blu-Ray's going to be used by PS3. And who's NOT going to buy PS3 besides you Nintendo Fanboys and a couple of rich parents who want their kids to 'experience how the lower half lives'.
Dude, reminds me in that part of Back to the Future II when the kids are like.. "you have to use your hands" and he's all like.. "Dude, I'm a crack shot at this", and they're like. "Dude... you're lame."
That's how Blu-Ray is going to be to HD-DVD. Blu-Ray being the cool Future-Kids in neon, and HD-DVD being the game that you have to 'use your hands for'.
Damn.
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