Comments on: In the war between Blu-Ray and HDDVD will there be a winner like VHS and Betamax? http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/in-the-war-between-blu-ray-and-hddvd-will-there-be-a-winner-like-vhs-and-betamax/ Blu-ray1st, the next-generation optical disc storage Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lee http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/in-the-war-between-blu-ray-and-hddvd-will-there-be-a-winner-like-vhs-and-betamax/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 Lee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:33 +0000 http://www.blu-ray1st.com/in-the-war-between-blu-ray-and-hddvd-will-there-be-a-winner-like-vhs-and-betamax/#comment-3413 Blu-Ray has won the battle. If you are thinking of buying an HD-DVD because you can get one real cheap, don't. You won't be able to buy any new movies. They both have very good video and audio quality. They just use different formats. The HD-DVD format was closest to the original DVD format. Blu-Ray uses a newer form of compression than HD-DVD, so it's been considered to be more advanced. Blu-Ray discs also hold more data. Who knows how long Blu-Ray will last? Technology changes so fast it's hard to tell. A lot of people believe that ultimately we will download movies off the internet, which will eventually make Blu-Ray obsolete. If I were to guess, I would say it should be around for 10 years. If they don't drop the price of the discs and if movie downloads end up being cheaper, Blu-Ray could be gone in 5 years. Blu-Ray has won the battle. If you are thinking of buying an HD-DVD because you can get one real cheap, don’t. You won’t be able to buy any new movies.

They both have very good video and audio quality. They just use different formats. The HD-DVD format was closest to the original DVD format. Blu-Ray uses a newer form of compression than HD-DVD, so it’s been considered to be more advanced. Blu-Ray discs also hold more data.

Who knows how long Blu-Ray will last? Technology changes so fast it’s hard to tell. A lot of people believe that ultimately we will download movies off the internet, which will eventually make Blu-Ray obsolete.

If I were to guess, I would say it should be around for 10 years. If they don’t drop the price of the discs and if movie downloads end up being cheaper, Blu-Ray could be gone in 5 years.

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