Much needed PS3 Hype

[windbane]

Bodhesatva said:

windbane said:

 

How do you delete those boxes? Ugh...anyway...

Actually, even the writable Blu-rays, unlike HD-DVDs, are scratch proof. You can sandpaper the data side and it will still work. Blu-rays have a protective layer due to the data being so close to the edge of the disc (allowing the 200GB theoritical instead of the 75GB I think for hd-dvd). Blu-ray is larger, scratchproof, and allows all the best video and sound formats. It is technically superior.

I love renting games now knowing that no matter what the previous user did to the discs, it will work. Fingerprints, scratches, drinks, it doesn't matter. All blu-ray discs protective coating. I think BD-Rs are more reliable than hard drives now.

 

Yep, Blu-Ray is definitely nicer. The only thing it has going against it at all is that it's more expensive, but that doesn't seem to be a huge hurdle thus far.

Yeah, the players are a little more expensive.  If you compare players of similar quality then they end up being the same price, but a lot of people are settling for the lower quality, cheap players (both hd-dvd and blu-ray).

The discs, however, are now just as cheap to produce and according to http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/ the blu-ray discs are a lot cheaper on average when compared to hd-dvd.  Most titles end up the same price, but hd-dvd has the dvd/hd-dvd combo that costs $4 more than the blu-ray copies.

Anyway, as soon as the cheapest blu-ray players are on par with the cheapest hd-dvd players (regardless of quality, because apparently people don't care about that), hd-dvd will no longer have any advantage.