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Everyone seems to hate Sony but love Blu-ray. Why?



I think they expect the higher capacity of Blu-ray to magically guarantee more content and higher-quality content from studios.



But HD-DVD technology right now has more capacity. It has for some time now. We just aren't seeing it yet. Early this year, Blu-Ray was doing dual layers at 25GB a piece as a max capacity. HD-DVD announced a triple layer disc with 17GB per layer, or if you do your math, 51GB. So really HD-DVD has the "potential" for more capacity. But for now, there hasn't been a push to actually need the space above a dual layer HD-DVD, so they aren't putting movies on them.

What you quoted sounds like the spin that Sony put on their PS3 ads early on. "With Blu-Ray, you get nearly double the capacity as with other HD formats."

2008 should bring out the 100GB Blu-Ray disc capacity, but again, with 30GB being enough to do the HD movies with extras, we don't currently need that extra space.

So really, the space thing isn't a factor.... Yet... And by the time it is, we will have several more "layers" at our fingertips to tap into.

Farewell - June 4, 2020