|   New DVD standard... anyone knows about? | MarceloSQ
Feb 22, 2002 9:26 AM | | Recently some manufacturers introduced a new standard for DVD video and audio. Anyone knows something on that?
Would it be worth the wait, perhaps a year, before purchasing a player?
Any comments welcome.
Thanks.
Marcelo. |
| Its called Blue ray disc.... | Terrible Terrence
Feb 22, 2002 3:43 PM | | Marcelo,
It is always good to wait AT LEAST a year before buying into any format. There have been waaaayy too many of them, and way to many failures of them. I would definately wait before buying into any new format. I usually wait until they shake all of the bugs out, and get sufficient software before I jump into a new format. Here is a brief overview of the technology:
Large recording capacity up to 27GB: by adopting a 405 nm blue-violet semiconductor laser, with a 0.85 NA field lens and a 0.1 mm optical transmittance protection disc layer structure, it can record up to 27 GB video data on a single-sided 12 cm phase change disc. It can record over two hours of digital high definition video and more than 13 hours of standard TV broadcasting (VHS/standard-definition picture quality, 3.8 Mbps).
High speed data transfer rate of 36 Mbps: it is possible for the Blu-ray Disc to record digital high-definition broadcasts or high-definition images from a digital video camera, while maintaining the original picture quality. In addition, by fully utilizing an optical disc's random accessing functions, it is possible to easily edit video data captured on a video camera or play back prerecorded video on the disc while simultaneously recording images being broadcast on TV.
Easy-to-use disc cartridge: an easy-to-use optical disc cartridge protects the optical disc's recording and playback phase from dust and fingerprints
Terrence |
| So I think I´ll buy my new plain-vanilla DVD (nt) | MarceloSQ
Feb 22, 2002 4:42 PM | | |
| Wise move (nt) | Terrible Terrence
Feb 22, 2002 4:44 PM | | |
| Its called Blue ray disc.... | recoveryone
Feb 23, 2002 8:53 AM | | Hey Terrible T
I saw a review on this new tech and they said it is still 3-6 years away from consumer use, but it sounds like this is the anwser to push the cable industry into offering HDTV if they want to keep their control on the TV viewing market. |
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