nextlust.com — This week, with no end in the format war in sight, steps were taken to ensure both will succeed in the marketplace. Toshiba announced a 51GB, 3-layer disc, still in development. This follows up the January announcement of a disc with HD-DVD on one side and Blu-ray on the other. But wait, There’s more!
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xtheeliminatorMar 2, 2007
I don't particularly care either way, I'll take the 5GB bittorrent re-encode of whichever version eventually wins.
patranusMar 2, 2007
Study after study has shown that resolution is one of the least important factors - size being the first most important factor - for the average person when watching a movie.At 8-feet the human eye can NOT resolve 1080p on a 50 inch set - PERIOD (I will provide calculations if you demand it). The main advantage to HD is the color space and resolution increase to 720p. The average viewer will not be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 720p.I really do not care what media my HD material is distributed in, i do care that I get my HD content (which is why I think that bittorrent is very popular for TV shows). I really do not care about TrueHD, DTS-HD, VC-1, MPEG-2, or H264 as long as I get HD picture and sound, it looks good, and sounds good. I could also care less what Tom Cruse has to say about this performance, I do not pay to listen to his talk I pay to watch him act in a movie.The issue of capacity is a joke. Film has a resolution of about 200 lines per mm at 24 frames/sec. This makes 1080p/60 useless. Give me any disk with a quality picture and 7.1 sound and I will buy it. I do not care what that disk is.
zxcv12Mar 2, 2007
You are 100% correct. I recently bought a 40 inch Samsung LCD HD-TV. The store had the 720 and 1080 versions sitting right next to each other. Zero difference. Zero. I saved $1,000 by going with the 720p version. I also have to agree with DVD compared to the various high def DVD's. On a 40 inch TV there is no practical difference.Maybe, someday when I do a 100 inch projection set up in my basement it will make a difference, but since I don't even have basement I don't see that happening for a while.
jsutherMar 2, 2007
I don't see this as really a new format. DVDs come as single and dual layers ever since the start. Both BR and HDDVD have offered both single and dual layer from the start. The only difference I see here is that the is that they did this after the initial release. The only people potentially screw by this (as usual) are the early adopters that bought the first gen HDDVD player. Since Toshiba planned on doing this all along hopefully they can offer a fireware upgrade to handle it and not alienate there customers. FYI: Blue Ray has plans to release higher capacity disc someday too...
ijavajoeMar 2, 2007
It's true, this is not another format. However, it will require a different player to take advantage of the third layer. A player that currently does not exist on the market. There's to much movement in the "standards" and players to make a "HD" decision right now (given a limited budget). The question is are you willing to buy a player now only to replace it in 6 months with a new player able to play the 3rd, 4th, or 10th layer. At $200 a player perhaps, at $500 - $1000 for a player NO WAY. BTW: I have seen 720p and 1080p played on 46 inch (1080p capable) LCD and plasma sets, and I can tell the difference. The Blu Ray disc / HD Disc has to have been made using a method of encoding the 1080p film. Many of the HD DVD/Blu Ray movies are transfers in 720p resolution so you WON'T see a difference even with the 1080p player and TV set.
rowlodgeMar 2, 2007
some of these blog writers can turn an interesting story into something really boring to read.
theg58Mar 2, 2007
You should wait for the new innovation that's coming...Raid 4 BDComing Summer 2461...
netphantomMar 3, 2007
the new format is the VMD discs the story talk about, not the 3 layer toshiba discs... the article never says that's the new format
michelroseMay 7, 2007
Thanx a lot for the info. Nothing particular, but still interesting for me.
mikehartorAug 16, 2007
Awesome. I couldn't see any graphics in IE7 or FF. <a class="user" href="http://coffeepages.blogspot.com">http://coffeepages.blogspot.com</a>
murkiFeb 26, 2008
I wouldn't be so sure of that (Toshiba being trustworthy because of "Satellite's quality"):<a class="user" href="http://www.a70m30xsettlement.com/">http://www.a70m30xsettlement.com/</a>Or just read ANY review about those models (and some others too).