by "Charles E Hardwidge" <boing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 5, 2008 at 06:18 AM
"Nikolai Dante" <barny AT shergold DOT org> wrote in message
news:o7bnr35t9b35adonvjehgqfqoccfh99urn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Since we all love films and there has been hot debate over the Blu-Ray
> Vs HD-DVD issue, it comes as sad news to hear that the battler is
> over.
>
> Blu-Ray won.
>
> Here are the relevant articles:
> http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-do***entid=7572078
> http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-do***entid=7565248
>
> It's sad really as HD-DVD was superior in that although the pictures
> were darned close, HD-DVD offers TrueHD Audio.
I'm not aware of any superiority of HD-DVD over Bluray. There's _some_
difference in 'must have' content format choice but Bluray has a slight
edge
on the bigger picture. Plus, Bluray has the better disc media standard
that
can reach higher capacities.
Mostly, I think, some people were riding an anti-Sony bandwagon and have
forgotten that To****ba turned down an offer from Sony to develop a unified
standard. Then there's the actions of Microsoft pu****ng their own CODEC
and
ecosystem.
--
Charles E Hardwidge
