| Frituurman said: Lol, if it wasn't for Sony, we wouldn't even have the discussion of HD-DVD vs Blue Ray, because Sony invented the CD-format and was therefore the birthplace for all formats derived from the CD, namely the CD-ROM, DVD, Blue Ray and, yes, even the HD-DVD. It's also rather funny to see that this discussion is losely based on what Xbox360 en PS3 fanboys have to say. Looking at the numbers (which aren't that dandy for either Blue Ray or HD-DVD) I would say that DVD is still king and that, in a couple of years when HD is settled in, the new prince in the video-kingdom will be the Holodisc or HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc), which will have a single layer capacity of over 300 GB. It's being developed by Hitachi / Maxwell as we speak. |
From Wikipedia:
"Laserdisc technology, using a transparent disc, was invented by David Paul Gregg in 1958 (and patented in 1961 and 1969). By 1969 Philips had developed a videodisc in reflective mode, which has great advantages over the transparent mode. MCA and Philips decided to join their efforts. They first publicly demonstrated the videodisc in 1972. LD was first available on the market, in Atlanta, on December 15, 1978, two years after the VHS VCR and four years before the CD, which is based on laserdisc technology"
As you can see the technology for the CD was mainly produced by Philips and Sony's involvement was mainly to make CDs popular. Laser Disc also represents a technology that was much higher quality than its competition because its competition was far more convienient.
