DVD a Next-Gen rival?

**Doomulation** · March 12th, 2007, 19:10

..To HD-DVD and Blu-ray? A new technology allows for 4 layers now, and in the future, even more. This can yield up to 20 GB of data on a single disc. There are also specifications for 24GB, 30GB, 40GB and 48GB discs.
Unfortunately, as all new technology, this comes at a price. You need a new player to play the contents of these discs (and HD material of course!). However, these new players, which have been announced, are far more cheaper than HD-DVD/Blu-ray, starting at $200 and $250 MSRP! Forget HD-DVD and Blu-ray (and PS3), and get one of these for all your HD needs instead!
I'm sure the movie industries will embrace it seeing as it's very cheap and DVD is a real hit.

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**Toasty** · March 12th, 2007, 19:28

But... but... it doesn't use blue lasers!

I'd venture a guess that normal dual-layer DVDs would probably be perfectly suitable for a good number of HD films, so long as a more modern/efficient codec (IE H.264) were used. But, the entertainment industry likes to assume that all its customers are swimming in money.

**Doomulation** · March 12th, 2007, 20:49

What prevents them from releasing on DVD as well? That means more money.

**t0rek** · March 12th, 2007, 22:22

So many next gen shit... I mean stuff...

anyway... I'm not getting any right now

**General Plot** · March 13th, 2007, 03:46

Heh. I still think it doesn't compete with currently new media formats. They have better protection against scratching, and are able to yield more data. Besides, when people move on to newer technology, they don't cling to an old format to do it.

**Doomulation** · March 13th, 2007, 08:10

I see no disadvantage to DVD against the new formats, save for maybe, space. Sure, we'll get to those formats in due time, but at this time they're far too expensive and buggy. So let DVD live a little longer I say!

**Toasty** · March 13th, 2007, 10:26

Originally Posted by Doomulation

What prevents them from releasing on DVD as well? That means more money.

I meant for the more expensive HD-DVD and Blu-ray players, not the movies themselves.

**Cyberman** · March 14th, 2007, 01:32

Ok Guys you should pay a bit of a attention to the stealth trick Divx pulled on the HD people.

What? Huh? Ehh?
You don't need a new (freaking) HD player to play HD content <-- read this several times. Any DVD player that has that Divx thing on there is actually a Divx HD player. So 480p 720p and 1080p encoded Divx movies can play with menus and cutesy add ons just like irregular HD-Blue Splay media do. The difference is it's a regular DVD. You can encode 8 hours regular DVD (720x480) and 2 hours HD content on a single layer DVD. 2 layer DVD of course doubles this. Essentially you can make MUCH better quality media to play in these MUCH cheaper players.

Cyb
http://doom9.org
and hit Divx to find out more

**smcd** · March 14th, 2007, 03:08

Given that knowledge, should we expect a BD/HDDVD-2-DVD program sometime?

That'd be hilarious

**General Plot** · March 14th, 2007, 08:40

Originally Posted by Doomulation

I see no disadvantage to DVD against the new formats, save for maybe, space. Sure, we'll get to those formats in due time, but at this time they're far too expensive and buggy. So let DVD live a little longer I say!

Who says Blu Ray is buggy? So far, standalone players (as well as the PS3) get faster loading times and a better picture compared to HD-DVD.

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