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So if you are into tech related things you may have been following the war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and at this point I find that it’s not worth getting too up in arms about…I mean which one is the better format? The cheapest? The most long lasting?  The makers of Blu-Ray and the makers of the HD DVD have been battling to see who is going to be the superior DVD for the next generation…For those of you old enough to remember (I certainly am not…) there was a battle between the makers of VHS, and Beta as to which is the superior standard for Video Tape…the winner in this case was VHS, but it was not the superior format…

The reason this issue is worth looking into now is because it was recently announced that Warner Brothers would be backing Blu-Ray, and in a not to distant past, Dreamworks announced they would be supporting HD DVD….this is an unfortunate choice by both parties because the battle is still going on…and by making certain movies available on exclusively one format or the other, will make consumers pretty unhappy…of course it is predicted that Standard DVDs…like the ones that are in my DVD collection…will still be manufactured for the next 3 years…and even when the time comes to purchase a new or different DVD player…I am sure that they will be backwards compatible and allow standard DVDs to play as well….

This topic got me a little bit more interested in what makes each format better then the other…here’s some quick highlights

Blu-Ray…taken from Blu-ray.com

- Offers more then 5xs the Storage Capacity of a Standard Disc…25Gb on a single layer (4.7Gb on Standard)

- Developed by the Blu-Ray Association

- The correct spelling is Blu-ray…not Blu-Ray

- Blu-ray has a hard coating

HD DVD taken from Wikipedia

- Storage Capacity of 17Gb

- Looks like it’s primary developer was Toshiba

Both formats rely on the Blue Laser technology…

I could go on with what I have learned about these two, but I won’t for now…as I learn more I’m sure I’ll share more…

It will be interesting to see which format comes out on top…

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