[maroon1]

can any one post some information about blu-ray and hd-dvd, and the difference between them
and when they will be released

[Obtruse_Man4]

Take a look at the Blu-ray FAQ, and it should answer all your questions.

[Law]

I did a research paper comparing Blu-ray to HD-DVD and I'm telling you Blu-ray will be the wave of the future. Develop to record HDTV and overcome the capacity limit of modern DVD disc. Sony Playstation 3 will be using Blu-ray. HD-DVD is no match for Blu-ray when it comes to data transfer and storage capacity but it has some advantages, HD-DVD is cheaper and backward compatible with older DVD player but not Blu-ray. I hear sony will develop a 8 layer version that can support up to 200GB on a single medium.

http://www.computerworld.com/hardwar...,92587,00.html

http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4430

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115835,00.asp

http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/26/tech...ch/dvd_format/

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,84964,00.asp

[maroon1]

i accept ur opinion, i think blu-ray will beat hd-dvd
anyway u said that ps3 will be using blu-ray
what about xbox360 and nintendo revolution, what they will use blu-ray, hd-dvd or just the normal dvd
and i want to ask u does hd-dvd run with any dvd-rom or it has a special drive for it

and thanks for ur research

[Law]

I'm not sure about Microsoft, but I know that Blu-ray standard are not accepted by major company yet, their still fighting over which specification to implement. The technology belongs to Sony so yes you will see PS3 game that can hold large amount of data so it wouldn't require so much disc to play a single game.

HD-DVD was develop to over come the capacity of modern DVD using the same technology as Blu-ray. Both use blue laser as oppose to red laser, because blue laser is smaller and can write more precise thus allowing for more room. HD-DVD however can not exceed beyond Blu-ray capacity because it has to maintain backward compatibility with older DVD player. Blu-ray is a whole different specification so older DVD can not play them.

As for Microsoft and Nintendo, only time will tell. I predict Blu-ray will be the leading standard for DVD recording when major companies start to adopt it.