Today's Featured Article - Blu-ray
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Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next-generation optical disc format meant for storage of high-definition video and high-density data. The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). As compared to the HD DVD format, its main competitor, Blu-ray has more information capacity per layer, 25 instead of 15 gigabytes, but may initially be more expensive to support.
Blu-ray gets its name from the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of a "blue" (technically blue-violet) laser that allows it to store substantially more data than a DVD, which has the same physical dimensions but uses a longer wavelength (650 nm) red laser.
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They are manufacturing it already. But so expensive.
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waiting for laptops to have BD-RW
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FireIce, you very rich leh. How about HD-DVD?Originally posted by FireIce:waiting for laptops to have BD-RW -
I'm supporting blu-ray. Its capacity is going to increase like mad while the HD-DVD may not even hit 100GB
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blu ray disc have to placed in a sleeve because they are easily scratched..
and with Sony's involvement in BluRay's DRM, you can be assured it's shit.
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Just checking, Is blu-ray out in Singapore? Anyone know the range for a blu-ray DVD writer?
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I don't think so. Probably can find it in the US, but chances are, it will expensive and not many stores will sell it.Originally posted by babymac13:Just checking, Is blu-ray out in Singapore? Anyone know the range for a blu-ray DVD writer? -
I'm wondering... You posted many topics about how Sgforums is crap compared to others. But your still here... Hm...Originally posted by targa3:blu ray disc have to placed in a sleeve because they are easily scratched..
and with Sony's involvement in BluRay's DRM, you can be assured it's shit.
Support HD-DVD.
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Technology advancement is good, but when buying it, it a totally another question because why we buy something that is way beyond our need as well as paying a hefty sum for it and to see it sitting there and depreciate in price exponentially until it become worthless.
Blu-ray and HD-DVD technology allows tonnes of data to be burn into a single disk, but serious how often do we need to it and how often do we use it? Even with current DVD of 4.7G disk, you can burn win xp, xp office, NSW2003 and tonnes of common used software into one single dvd.
Lastly, never ever buy branded DVD write like pioneer, sony etc go for those cheap taiwan brand like Lite-On or ASUS becos they dun have copyright protection and they are much cheaper. Performance wise they won't lost to those establish Japanese brand.
Btw i'm not encourging piracy or anti-brand. It just my experience that i gather over the past few years. Anyway it just my 2 cent.
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I agree with you.
Those new standard DVDs will probably suit researchers. They have tons of data. -
Blu-ray
Single-layer 25GB = US$17.99
Dual-Layer 50GB = US$42.99
For rewritable ones, US$24.99 and US$59.99 respectively.
Prices are likely to drop once they start massive production.
Info from X-bit labs
The blu-ray drives can write at x2 (8.58MB/s)
When 16x hits, it'll take about 6.2 minutes to burn a 25gb disc.
They have already tested out quad-layer 100GB ones...
Gogo Blu-ray!
On the other hand, imagine the prices of games that uses all these formats... -
Also, PS3 will use Blue Ray Discs
