MikeB on 06 March 2007
@ HappySqurriel
Blu-Ray has its disadvantages; the main one being that the player is expensive, and the transfer rate is pretty low.
Due to mass production, Blu-Ray related production costs have already dropped significantly. HD DVD and Blu-Ray disc production costs are now about on par, in some cases scratch/smudge protected Blu-Ray disc production is even cheaper.
With regard to transfer rates the PS3's Blu-Ray drive's average reading speed of a Blu-Ray disc is faster than the XBox 360's DVD drive while reading Dual Layer DVDs.
XBox 360 drive speed = (3.3x to 8x) 7,46MB/s average reading speed of a Dual Layer disc:
Drive specs
The PS3's Blu-Ray drive reads at a sustained 9MB/s.
