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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
I really hope that Blue-ray wins out over HD-DVD, for a few reasons:
1) It holds almost twice as much data.
- Companies that have huge databases will be able to store more in a disk, making backup and archival easier. With the rate data is being stored and transfered a smaller size will become a problem sooner rather than later.
- Applications like computer games can start to put in better textures with a disk. This is one of the reasons Sony went with the Blue-ray in the PS3.
- Who doesn't need more space? My personal backups can probably top 100 GB easily, and thats without extra media like movies and music.
2) HD-DVD is backed by Microsoft.
However, the cost of converting existing plants to use Blue-ray may be prohibative; HD-DVD can use current technology.
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well right now they can't even make blu-ray discs that hold as much data as was promised, currently they're about even with HD-DVD. plus HD-DVD is a brand new format, there's likely to be revisions in the future that add more space (compare first generation DVD's to todays). and looking at how Microsoft is handling the Xbox 360 vs. Sony and the PS3, i'm much more willing to trust Microsoft at this point