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A new format has been introduced to replace the DVD format over the next couple of years, Blu-Ray discs are an evolution of existing DVD technology, and are around five times larger.
The PlayStation 3 will make use of Blu-Ray technology when it hits shelves in 2006. The Blu-Ray disc format holds 27GB on one layer of data, that's around five times the size of a DVD which clocks in with just 4.7GB.
Up until recently the format has been both readable and writeable, but due to copy protection issues (and the small matter of videogame piracy) Sony have worked with worldwide electronics companies to devise a read-only Blu-Ray disc. Blu-Ray enabled hardware can also read DVDs, which neatly skirts the issue of backwards compatibility. The format is so named because of its small blue laser, as opposed to the standard red lasers used in other media players.
The Blu-Ray format, along with Blu-Ray hardware, is expected to hit the market before the end of the fiscal year in March 2005. Eventually, it's thought that high-definition movies will become available on Blu-Ray discs rather than DVDs, and will probably gradually replace the format over the next five years. That DVD collection you've built up over the last few years? Worthless.
The PlayStation 3 will make use of Blu-Ray technology when it hits shelves in 2006. The Blu-Ray disc format holds 27GB on one layer of data, that's around five times the size of a DVD which clocks in with just 4.7GB.
Up until recently the format has been both readable and writeable, but due to copy protection issues (and the small matter of videogame piracy) Sony have worked with worldwide electronics companies to devise a read-only Blu-Ray disc. Blu-Ray enabled hardware can also read DVDs, which neatly skirts the issue of backwards compatibility. The format is so named because of its small blue laser, as opposed to the standard red lasers used in other media players.
The Blu-Ray format, along with Blu-Ray hardware, is expected to hit the market before the end of the fiscal year in March 2005. Eventually, it's thought that high-definition movies will become available on Blu-Ray discs rather than DVDs, and will probably gradually replace the format over the next five years. That DVD collection you've built up over the last few years? Worthless.
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A new format has been introduced to replace the DVD format over the next couple of years, Blu-Ray discs are an evolution of existing DVD technology, and are around five times larger.
The PlayStation 3 will make use of Blu-Ray technology when it hits shelves in 2006. The Blu-Ray disc format holds 27GB on one layer of data, that's around five times the size of a DVD which clocks in with just 4.7GB.
Up until recently the format has been both readable and writeable, but due to copy protection issues (and the small matter of videogame piracy) Sony have worked with worldwide electronics companies to devise a read-only Blu-Ray disc. Blu-Ray enabled hardware can also read DVDs, which neatly skirts the issue of backwards compatibility. The format is so named because of its small blue laser, as opposed to the standard red lasers used in other media players.
The Blu-Ray format, along with Blu-Ray hardware, is expected to hit the market before the end of the fiscal year in March 2005. Eventually, it's thought that high-definition movies will become available on Blu-Ray discs rather than DVDs, and will probably gradually replace the format over the next five years. That DVD collection you've built up over the last few years? Worthless.
The PlayStation 3 will make use of Blu-Ray technology when it hits shelves in 2006. The Blu-Ray disc format holds 27GB on one layer of data, that's around five times the size of a DVD which clocks in with just 4.7GB.
Up until recently the format has been both readable and writeable, but due to copy protection issues (and the small matter of videogame piracy) Sony have worked with worldwide electronics companies to devise a read-only Blu-Ray disc. Blu-Ray enabled hardware can also read DVDs, which neatly skirts the issue of backwards compatibility. The format is so named because of its small blue laser, as opposed to the standard red lasers used in other media players.
The Blu-Ray format, along with Blu-Ray hardware, is expected to hit the market before the end of the fiscal year in March 2005. Eventually, it's thought that high-definition movies will become available on Blu-Ray discs rather than DVDs, and will probably gradually replace the format over the next five years. That DVD collection you've built up over the last few years? Worthless.
Good, cheaper DVDs on the way then. :)
You could have just posted a link to Snuggly's arcticle;
[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/n_3182-news.html[/URL]
[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/n_3182-news.html[/URL]
*Posts fist into Forest Fan's face*
Anyway... annoying busybodies (sp?) aside
I guess DVD-R's 'll become the new CD-R and most players will be able to play music off of DVD-R's.
(too much abbreviation?)
I guess DVD-R's 'll become the new CD-R and most players will be able to play music off of DVD-R's.
(too much abbreviation?)
Ah, but do you know why it holds more data?
Blu-Ray is nothing new, its been talked of for quite sometime and a few of the big names in technology are already planning on releasing players and recorders. Sony have said they would use it in the PS3 for quite sometime as long as they could overcome a few small problems they initially had.
Should hold of piracy on the PS3 for a while too.
Not much different to DVD's at the moment except they come in a protective cassing a bit like a game cartridge. Work by using a blue laser (Instead of the common red laser) which has a shorter wavelength so it is more accurate meaning you can pack info much more tightly on the disk which increases the capacity.
Should hold of piracy on the PS3 for a while too.
Not much different to DVD's at the moment except they come in a protective cassing a bit like a game cartridge. Work by using a blue laser (Instead of the common red laser) which has a shorter wavelength so it is more accurate meaning you can pack info much more tightly on the disk which increases the capacity.
So will both the new Nintendo console and Microsoft console have to follow suit, or are there other alternatives?
Microsoft are bound to follow suit, as it holds more data and will hold pirates off for a while, Nintendo would have backward-comp issues tho.
Yes, but Nintendo are unlikely to go backwards compatible for their new home console, its not like that did for Cube, N64 or SNES.
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