HD DVD? Blu-Ray? How does that matter to me?
Seems pretty similar to a guy happy not so long ago on the VHS - DVD? Doesn't matter.
You could say that the data available on a single disc makes the difference. DVD is capable of multiple subtitles, DTS sound, scene selection and much more, simply because of the tremendous data capacity - How much is that? 4.7 GB - over 120 minutes of high quality video and a great deal of solid features.
So much and much more in a DVD. So, why are we talking about HD DVD and BDs?
Blame it on the guys who stretched the TV, so that they became more of wall features than cabinet ones.
Though it is just one of the reasons, it is worth its ground. Today's giant flat screens need a resolution which is over the limit of what a normal DVD can supply. PLUS, you can use the extra space which a HD DVD or a Blu-Ray provides. There's always some more stuff to fit in.
So, what exactly does "extra space mean"?
Thats 15 GB for a HD DVD (close to thrice the DVD space) and 25 GB for BD (you can do the calcs on that one). And again, we are talking about single layer ROM (Read Only Memory). For dual layers, multiply the disc space by two.
So what else can the two new technologies offer me that a normal DVD can't? It basically boils down to pixels - more resolution per frame - and audio fidelity for a video. However, we are forgetting the game phenomenon. 3D - Games get more than a face-lift on the these, especially the Blu-Ray Discs.
Does that mean that the DVD players you have wont be able to play the DVDs that are going to come over the next few years? The earlier ones will will come with both HD and normal DVD formats. However, there's no doubting the fact that the DVD as we know it today will be outdated over the years to come.
Whether the Blu-ray hits one over the HD DVD is yet to be seen though.
