Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, and other electronic companies support blu-Ray formats. The competing HD DVD format is the product of Toshiba and NEC. The main difference between Blu-Ray Disc and HD DVD is that Blu-Ray has a lot more storage capacity. However, there are slight differences between the two formats. Both formats have very similar image quality and come in the same resolutions. Where Blu-ray (comparison to the right) is designed with emphasis on capacity, HD DVD targets compatibility. That's why Blu-Ray discs can hold up to 50GB on a two-layered disc compared with HD DVDs 30 GB of storage on a two-layered disc. One advantage to HD DVDs is that they are region free, meaning that they can be bought internationally. You normally won't be able to play a Blu-Ray Disc in the US if you order one from Europe. However with these disks, publishers can use the MPEG-2 format at faster bitrate speeds.
The main focus on whether to buy a Blu-Ray Disc or an HD DVD should not be storage or compatibility, but rather the studios' support for one format over the other. Some studios have released their films on Blu-Ray Disc, and others on HD DVD. However, they have been reluctant to support one format over the other. Sony owned Columbia pictures would be the only exception because they have already embraced Blu-Ray. If the studios embraced both formats simultaneously, that would increase manufacturing costs and inventory problems. Hollywood will be the major determinant in the format war. Bob Chapek, President of Disney subsidiary Buena Vista Home Entertainment and President of the Digital Entertainment Group compared the DVD format situation to an oncoming train wreck. ISC's Shlichting thinks that either the formats
will merge-forced together by Hollywood-or one side will give up in the race. He also thinks "the market is not really ready. DVD is a good enough media technology." Media moguls, including Chapek, believe that in the worse case scenario, the competition between the two formats will continue, and consumers won't be able to have a complete format conversion.Although it's too early to tell whether one format is going to be more supported over the other, I would choose Blu-Ray over HD DVD because of its ability to hold more information. Today's standard DVDs can hold only up to 4.7 GB of storage. Blu-Ray discs are designed to be viable technology for at least another 10 to 15 years. A combined market share of about 80% of consumer electronic companies support the Blu-ray disc format. In the near future, when burning Blu-Ray discs will be more common, having more storage is a better long-term investment, and the price difference is too small to be a disadvantage. Due to its greater disc capacity, Blu-ray producers might choose to utilize higher maximum video bit rates and higher average bit rates, allowing for smoother streaming video. Sony announced that a $400 version of the PS3 will come out late October, and in retrospect some insiders speculate that they will sell an XBOX 360 with a built-in HD DVD player, when they previously sold it separately (picture to the left). The competition between the two formats continues to proliferate with the ability for players to be backwards compatible.
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