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omgwtfbbq on 13 January 2008

BD is the official abbreviation. But I think people will just call them DVDs. or maybe "big DVDs"



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PooperScooper on 13 January 2008

I think since HD-DVD's are gone we can call them HDDVDS(because thats what they are. DVD's that play Hidef.)



Kasz216 on 13 January 2008

I'd almost bet that outside of purcheses they'd be still called DVDs. Or Discs.



PooperScooper on 13 January 2008

I always called them "DVD's 'in blu-ray'"

I walk into a store "do you guys have the 300 dvd 'in blu-ray'?"

"yeah right over here."



dgm6780 on 13 January 2008

i like "blu ray" better then anything else mentioned here.



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bdbdbd on 13 January 2008
omgwtfbbq said:
BD is the official abbreviation.

Yes, and it's commonly used. Although, unlike Compact Disc or Digital Versatile Disc, Blu-Ray is easy to pronounce, so i'd expect Blu-Ray to be used more commonly than BD.

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dgm6780 on 13 January 2008

BD sounds too much like VD ...



Grey Acumen on 13 January 2008

BRD BRD BRD, the BRD is the wrd...



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blaydcor on 13 January 2008

People will call them DVD's, or Blu-Ray DVD's if they have to differentiate. Unlike you techie elites, most people couldn't care less about the technical aspects of any media format; just the appearance. Hence, BRD's are DVD's.



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a.l.e.x59 on 14 January 2008
StanGable said:
So now that Blu-Ray has basically won the war, what do you think we'll be calling their discs in the future? I just can't grasp us to keep using the word Blu-Ray the way we use it everyday, ya know? Like "Pass me that DVD or let's buy some DVDs" So how do you think we'll be referring to Blu-Ray discs in the future once they become common?

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Naw, Blu-Ray will stay... The name is cool, and does not need to be abbreviated any more. Sony thought they're nuts by removing the "e" at the end of "Blue," but they're not, and no one is, for altering languages... It should have been Blue-Ray, because that's the correct way to write it. It's almost as irretating as "thru," or "glo."