The Successor to the DVD Is?

[Nick]

From PC World magazine

August 16, 2005

Given the swirl of recent announcements and counter-announcements, the optical disc format race is clearly heating up.

The latest salvo comes from the Blu-ray Disc Association, which today announced that Universal Music Group (UMG) has joined as a contributing member of the nascent format. Blu-ray Disc is battling HD-DVD for dominance as the next-generation disc for delivery of entertainment content--and the successor to today's DVD.

With UMG in the fold, Blu-ray is positioned for all entertainment platforms notes Josh Peterson, director of strategic alliances, optical storage solutions business at Hewlett-Packard, and a spokesperson for Blu-ray. Already, Blu-ray has alliances in the movie (Disney, Sony, and Twentieth Century Fox) and gaming (Sony PlayStation 3, plus numerous game developers) industries. Sony BMG also is signed on for music...More at http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/000830.html

Read the blog: one blogger's highly-technical assessment:

"HD-DVD sucks for many good reason and Blue-Ray is far more good. Thats all"

[MikeSoltis]

Even I know that should be "far more gooder" :)

[James_F]

An easy way to assess both is:

HD-DVD/Blu-ray = Laserdisc

*note: I have and still own a Laserdisc player so I'll probably buy one or both of these 9though I've seen Samsung plans a combo unit, but the average buyer won't bite. Lets just all wate for holographic media.