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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray

by Debbie

Are you as confused as I about these new DVD formats? Which one should I pick? Which has better features? Will one of these go the way of the Sony BetaMax and leave me hanging?

I did a litte research on the two formats, and while I still don’t know which one to choose, I’m a little more informed. Here’s a table comparing the info I found:

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Cost of Hardware $230 to $800 $470 to $1000
Data Storage 15GB (single layer)30GB (dual layer)45GB (prototype triple layer) 25GB (single layer)50GB (dual layer)100GB (prototype quad layer)
Video Capacity SD: approximately 24 hours 
HD: approximately 8 hours		 SD: approximately 23 hours 
HD: approximately 9 hours
Backwards Compatible with current DVD Format Yes Yes
Studio Support Warner Bros. supports both formats. Paramount, DreamWorks & Universal are exclusive to HD-DVD (updated 8/20) Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Sony, MGM, Lion’s Gate and Disney
Hardware Support Toshiba, Microsoft (through the XBox 360 attachment) and Hewlett-Packard Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Samsung, Hitachi, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, LG, Phillps
Video Game Support XBox 360 Sony Playstation 3
Retailers Most major retailers carry the players and discs Most major retailers carry the players and discs. Target is exclusively carrying Blu-ray.
Rentals Netflix, Blockbuster.com Netflix, Blockbuster.com  Blockbuster exclusively rents Blu-ray in the stores.

Sources: CNet, Wikipedia

 

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Posted in Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, News on August 14th, 2007

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