The high-def DVD format war
The high-def DVD format war is not coming to an end and may extend another year or two…to everyone’s disappointment. I went down to Sony Studios a few months ago to see a demonstration of Sony’s Blu Ray high-def DVD (i.e., footage from Lawrence of Arabia), and it was mouth-watering. Blu Ray is the somewhat more expensive but clearly more high-tech option compared to the other high-def format called HD-DVD, which is supported by Paramount, NBC-Universal, Warner Bros. and New Line. But the recent decision by 20th Century Fox to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon (joining such tech companies as Sony, Apple, Dell, HP, Panasonic, Sharp and Samsung, along with Disney and MGM) has balanced out the forces. The costlier Blu-ray technology promises to put 50GB of data on a two-layer disc, which is enough for more than four hours of HD content. HD DVD can hold up to 45GB on three layers.
The article gives vital knowldege about the high-def DVD format war that has been going on for the past and still appears to have no stop in the near future. Really interesting blog.
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