Cramming more info onto DVD's
would be alright if dvd hadn't been invented.
Too many people have standard dvds at the moment so this just wont take off, it'll be ike minidiscs, great idea shame the market is saturated with something people are more than happy with already
Too many people have standard dvds at the moment so this just wont take off, it'll be ike minidiscs, great idea shame the market is saturated with something people are more than happy with already
Totally agree
It may find a niche market somewhere but for the general public...I just can't see it somehow.
Add it to the ever growing list of 'Also Rans'
SVHS
Laser Disk
VCD
Mini-Disk
DAT Tape
DCC Tape
DVHS
Have I missed any?
It may find a niche market somewhere but for the general public...I just can't see it somehow.
Add it to the ever growing list of 'Also Rans'
SVHS
Laser Disk
VCD
Mini-Disk
DAT Tape
DCC Tape
DVHS
Have I missed any?
The new format is fully intended to be backwards compatiable so when the time comes just buy the new decks and you are away. Will not be much of an issue for the UK anyway since we have no plans for HDTV so pre recorded dvd's don't need to have greater capacity
Remeber also the US and other countries need high capacity dvd's for HDTV playback and recording and given the choice wouldn't you want to record 10 hours on dvd instead of two hours?
Remeber also the US and other countries need high capacity dvd's for HDTV playback and recording and given the choice wouldn't you want to record 10 hours on dvd instead of two hours?
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“just buy the new decks”
“just buy the new decks”
This could be the issue, people are happy with dvd they don't wwant new decks. And being backwards compatible simply means you can watch you 500disc collection on a machine that cost 2-3x as much and get no quality increase because they are dvds.
a few points...
first of all its very wrong to label MD as a failed format. Its killed off DCC and has a pretty strong presence nowadays. Of course, you'd have to be mad to buy pre recorded MDs but as a recording format, it wipes the floor with normal audio tape and is certainly worth getting.
Re blue laser DVD.
Compatibility - will a second laser be required? Maybe you can use a different lens to focus blue lasers onto infra red for DVD - if so (or if its cost efficient to have a second laser) then yes, it would be mad to release a blue laser deck without standard DVD compatibility.
Personally this could be the holy grail for standard definition TV, offering high recording capacity at the highest standard DVD bit rate. Present standard DVD recorders fail miserably.
But - will they bother with non Hi-Def territories - why confuse the market by having another DVD standard. Certainly I couldnt see any software manufacturers using blue laser technology for 625 line material - you'd need to release two types of disc or have expensive to manufacture hybrid discs in order to release material.
Also - notice that the discs are in caddies - if this is going to be the case for all blue laser discs, then how would you even play a hybrid disc on a standard player?
In short, for the UK and other standard definition territories, I dont think this is anything to get immediately excited or worried about. Blue laser DVD has been in the offing for the last 5 years and I suspect it will be another 3-5 before useful and more importantly commercial applications are found for it outside the realm of Hidef where a completely new platform could be created.
first of all its very wrong to label MD as a failed format. Its killed off DCC and has a pretty strong presence nowadays. Of course, you'd have to be mad to buy pre recorded MDs but as a recording format, it wipes the floor with normal audio tape and is certainly worth getting.
Re blue laser DVD.
Compatibility - will a second laser be required? Maybe you can use a different lens to focus blue lasers onto infra red for DVD - if so (or if its cost efficient to have a second laser) then yes, it would be mad to release a blue laser deck without standard DVD compatibility.
Personally this could be the holy grail for standard definition TV, offering high recording capacity at the highest standard DVD bit rate. Present standard DVD recorders fail miserably.
But - will they bother with non Hi-Def territories - why confuse the market by having another DVD standard. Certainly I couldnt see any software manufacturers using blue laser technology for 625 line material - you'd need to release two types of disc or have expensive to manufacture hybrid discs in order to release material.
Also - notice that the discs are in caddies - if this is going to be the case for all blue laser discs, then how would you even play a hybrid disc on a standard player?
In short, for the UK and other standard definition territories, I dont think this is anything to get immediately excited or worried about. Blue laser DVD has been in the offing for the last 5 years and I suspect it will be another 3-5 before useful and more importantly commercial applications are found for it outside the realm of Hidef where a completely new platform could be created.
