New Blu-ray Details Emerge

[james99]

TOKYO -- Specifics have been murky about how the Blu-ray Disc format can succeed DVD by enabling the recording of high-definition content. But the companies behind the format have recently tipped their hand to their strategy, including future enhancements.

[Jake]

The path for early adopters isn't an easy one. The Sony machine uses 23GB discs while the Panasonic machine uses 25GB or 50GB discs. The result is that the Sony discs can be used for recording and playback in both machines but the same is not true of the Panasonic discs, according to Panasonic. The Sony machine can read the 25GB disc, after a 90-second delay in recognizing the disc, but recording onto the Panasonic discs using the Sony machine is impossible.

Huh! Cripes what about standards man! It is enough that there are more than one HD DVD standard. Now within the blu-ray there are incompatibilities.

[JohnnyG]

Hey, when the first 2 units on the market are not fully compatible with each other, it's time to worry!

[buritto]

Originally Posted by JohnnyG

Hey, when the first 2 units on the market are not fully compatible with each other, it's time to worry!

Yup.

[dawziecat]

Originally Posted by JohnnyG

Hey, when the first 2 units on the market are not fully compatible with each other, it's time to worry!

I bought a HDD based DVD recorder a couple of months ago. At the time I wondered if I was being hasty in not waiting for an HD-capable machine.

I feel better now . . . well in a sad way I do.

It's gonn'a be a few years yet before we see HD DVDs in the marketplace as anything other than a curiosity. Sad really . . . another setback for the HD industry IMO . . . and they don't need more delays and more setbacks.

I often despair of EVER really seeing mainstream high definition.