nytimes.com— Experts say the breakthrough holds the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses.
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I have a bluray burner and bought a 50pack of discs as well. So far I have burned about 30, and nearly all have been High Definition home movies from my Canon Vixia. The rest were file backups of digital photos. So far I enjoy bluray and am glad I can burn and play high definition movies with ease.
yes, and that is the point of home based BD authoring. However I see people wanting 100, 200, even 500GB optical media and I wonder.....would they even use it?.
"They said 2011 or 2012. So Blu-ray has 3 years left. lol."If it was possible to establish a market overnight, Blu-Ray would have already done it.New media formats are very slow to be adopted. By 2012, Blu-Ray players may be $40 or $50, and the new GE players may be $500 to $700. Blu-Ray movies may be $15-$20, while GE movies are $50-$60.Also consider that what GE is talking about is increased storage capacity, not increased resolution. Blu-Ray already pumps out HD-quality resolution, so are movie studios going to fill these GE discs will almost a terrabyte of extras? Yeah, right. A lot of movies don't ship with many extras now, so GE's main selling point is lost.No, the GE format seems to make the most sense for computers and game consoles, where all that extra capacity will really come in handy. For individual movies, not so much. At least, not until we have a higher resolution TV that demands a new HD video format. Until then, I see this new format really struggling to gain a foothold against Blu-Ray.
Blu-Ray is not in trouble.GE is offering increased storage capacity, not increased resolution. Blu-Ray already delivers the max resolution that TV's can display.Are people going to buy the GE player so that they can watch half a terrabyte of extras? Most movies ship on a single disc or even a double disc, if the studio is feeling generous. If the GE format is the equivalent of 20 Blu-Rays, are the studios going to fill all that space for every release? I very, VERY much doubt it!New formats are very expensive... I don't see a lot of people paying $700 for a GE player just so they can watch half a terrabyte of extras.
That's why I stay away from DRM infected media..If I buy something, well then damn it I own it, not "rent" it.Now we just need to educate the percentage of people who still rush out and by DRM infected media from iTunes.The users who purchased from Walmart and Yahoo were f**ked royally earlier in the year when both giants just flipped their DRM servers off one night, and only gave a prior 24 hour notice to their customers.
sirdominoApr 27, 2009
I have a bluray burner and bought a 50pack of discs as well. So far I have burned about 30, and nearly all have been High Definition home movies from my Canon Vixia. The rest were file backups of digital photos. So far I enjoy bluray and am glad I can burn and play high definition movies with ease.
tylerduhrdanApr 27, 2009
yes, and that is the point of home based BD authoring. However I see people wanting 100, 200, even 500GB optical media and I wonder.....would they even use it?.
protogenxlApr 27, 2009
Sony,<a class="user" href="http://www.sadtrombone.com/">http://www.sadtrombone.com/</a>Sincerely,People who did not buy a PS3 or a Blu-Ray drive.
charlotte_webApr 27, 2009
"They said 2011 or 2012. So Blu-ray has 3 years left. lol."If it was possible to establish a market overnight, Blu-Ray would have already done it.New media formats are very slow to be adopted. By 2012, Blu-Ray players may be $40 or $50, and the new GE players may be $500 to $700. Blu-Ray movies may be $15-$20, while GE movies are $50-$60.Also consider that what GE is talking about is increased storage capacity, not increased resolution. Blu-Ray already pumps out HD-quality resolution, so are movie studios going to fill these GE discs will almost a terrabyte of extras? Yeah, right. A lot of movies don't ship with many extras now, so GE's main selling point is lost.No, the GE format seems to make the most sense for computers and game consoles, where all that extra capacity will really come in handy. For individual movies, not so much. At least, not until we have a higher resolution TV that demands a new HD video format. Until then, I see this new format really struggling to gain a foothold against Blu-Ray.
charlotte_webApr 27, 2009
Blu-Ray is not in trouble.GE is offering increased storage capacity, not increased resolution. Blu-Ray already delivers the max resolution that TV's can display.Are people going to buy the GE player so that they can watch half a terrabyte of extras? Most movies ship on a single disc or even a double disc, if the studio is feeling generous. If the GE format is the equivalent of 20 Blu-Rays, are the studios going to fill all that space for every release? I very, VERY much doubt it!New formats are very expensive... I don't see a lot of people paying $700 for a GE player just so they can watch half a terrabyte of extras.
astrotrainApr 27, 2009
That's why I stay away from DRM infected media..If I buy something, well then damn it I own it, not "rent" it.Now we just need to educate the percentage of people who still rush out and by DRM infected media from iTunes.The users who purchased from Walmart and Yahoo were f**ked royally earlier in the year when both giants just flipped their DRM servers off one night, and only gave a prior 24 hour notice to their customers.
unfriendlyfireApr 27, 2009
Maybe he meant moor porn?
ttech2Apr 28, 2009
Wait I thought Blu-Ray was supposed to be the best?I sure didn't see this coming