The Future of Blu-Ray
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The Future of Blu-Ray
What do you guys think. Is Blu-Ray gonna go the distance or is it going to go the way of the beta or minidisc? I hope it does well.
It's has a possibility of going the way of beta and mini disk considering that there also another similar technology for disk storage. I forgot who it was designed by, but it could go either way.
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Because a CD - by speced out physical definition that ties directly to all CD players, burners, glass mastering and pressing equipment already in place - is 16bit / 44.1kHz PCM only. Anything else is not a CD and requires different equipment to manufacture and play.Albert wrote:This seems so simple, why don't they just use 24/96 as the new audio CD standard?
Anyway - 24bit/96kHz hi-res audio discs have been available for years already as DVD-A. Consumer indifference has pretty much doomed this format as far as I can tell - i.e. last year RIAA tracked 500,000 units of sales of DVD-A vs. 705million units of CD albums alone. It's a cool thing to have for yourself though if you're looking for a way to play your hi-res mixes back away from the confines of your DAW or studio - as there are some inexpensive DVD-A authoring apps out there now.
I think Blu-ray has a chance as larger & larger storeage formats seem to be needed these days - and I think consumers will go for having things like an entire series of shows available on single disc.
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http://www.blu-ray.com/info/nick_a wrote:what is blu-ray anyway?
Basically a disc designed to be a mega DVD - it can store either 25gigs on a single layer or 50gigs on a double layer - in other words 5 times as much as a single dual layer or double sided DVD can now.
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Lots of computer users I know of that would like to be able to back up 50gigs on a single disc though. So it might have a little bit of staying power as an archive format more than as a new movie format - although I can see how some folks might like to have every episode of a TV show's entire season on a single disc too. Main thing to try and sell it is that hardware manufacturers are planning on making Blu-ray players backwards compatible with DVD & CD by having two lasers in the same box.saultime wrote:I don't think consumers will be at all willing to switch to another format so soon.
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