Re: Blu-ray/HD

Pete #2 wrote:

thepixelfreak wrote:

So who's winning this standards battle? Who will go the way of the Betamax? Just wondering.


I'd like to see Blu-ray win the battle with its better scalability, potential for technical growth and media durability.


i haven't been following this thing much

i still remember the Beta vs. VHS disaster. :(

have you seen any recent site/cite on media
durability actually being significantly better
with Blu-ray???



Interesting link:
< http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34235/113/ >


pretty short

last sentence has merit:
<"The more important statistic is that neither
high-def format is even close to matching DVD demand.
According to compete.com, only 0.3% of all Netflix
viewers even viewed the Blu-ray or HD DVD sections.">

bill
.