Has Blu-Ray won the format war?

[Ryder]

Originally Posted by bamhm182

Screw HD-DVD and Bluray, regular definition for me, who cares about a little smaller of a pixel there and a bit of a better explosion there. I'm with regular DVD, cheaper, smaller size, and I can still enjoy it perfectly fine. Transformers on a HD-DVD/Bluray= 20 GB, regular DVDs = 700 MB, 800 MBs tops. You could have roughly 25 movies that look good in the space that 1 movie that looks a little better.

Also, were you the one that used up all the bandwith on the rapidshare account? It doesn't really matter as it's expired now anyways, just curious.

An extra pixel here and there? Its a little more than that really...ha, but hey, to each his own I guess...and no, I used 2GB at the most...I don't like hogging bandwidth haha.,.

[Monkey Business]

Holographic Versatile Disc...

Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology which would hold up to 3.9 terabytes (TB) of information which is approximately 5,500 times the capacity of a CD-ROM, 830 times the capacity of a DVD, 160 times the capacity of single-layer Blu-ray Discs, and about 4 times the capacity of the largest computer hard drives as of 2007.

Maybe in 10 years right?

Holographic Versatile Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Kernel Kev]

Originally Posted by Ryder

Yeah...good luck...I tried downloading the 1080p rip of transofomers off an HD-DVD...I think it was up there in the 20GBs...and ZIPPED to top it off...I'll just wait for the Bluray release...

Thats why i would download a ripped converted version.



Kev

[Ryder]

Originally Posted by Kernel Kev

Thats why i would download a ripped converted version.



Kev

Well I still want it in 1080p and the fact that converting 20+ GB's of data would be insane...I don't think a computer will be able to do it without taking ages...maybe if you convert it on the PS3 using Linux, haha 8 processors converting simultaneously, thats a good 20+ Ghz of max processing speed if I'm not mistaken...each SPU is like 3.2Ghz each!

[Kernel Kev]

Do the linux OS's use the full processing power, or do they only use the main CPU? Also, how is the linux on those, because you just gave me a superb idea ryder.

Dont buy a pc for my room and not get a ps3. Instead, by a ps3 running linux.



Kev

[Ryder]

Originally Posted by Kernel Kev

Do the linux OS's use the full processing power, or do they only use the main CPU? Also, how is the linux on those, because you just gave me a superb idea ryder.

Dont buy a pc for my room and not get a ps3. Instead, by a ps3 running linux.



Kev

Well Yellow dog Linux is built specifically for the PS3, so I'd imagine that it'd use more than the main PPU...but remember Kev, 512MB RAM, and you have to format the HDD to either 10GB to Linux 50GB to PS3 OS, or 50GB to Linux and 10GB to PS3 OS, kinda sucks about that part, but you could use a USB HDD. Oh and Sony rendered the graphics chip inaccessible to Linux, as the PS3 would become the ultimate piracy vessel...take this into mind young padwon...

[Berserk_Fury]

Originally Posted by Ryder

Well I still want it in 1080p and the fact that converting 20+ GB's of data would be insane...I don't think a computer will be able to do it without taking ages...maybe if you convert it on the PS3 using Linux, haha 8 processors converting simultaneously, thats a good 20+ Ghz of max processing speed if I'm not mistaken...each SPU is like 3.2Ghz each!

Why would you want to download it in 1080p resolution? I mean my computer screen, along with my TV only go up to 1280 x 768 resolutions (or 720p when not for the TV when its not connected to a computer). Do you actually have anything that can play that?

[odhranus]

I have yet to see any film or game shown in HD, so I wont comment....though I just did....so I have.....erm.....

anyway wasn't there a company that was burning HD-DVD format to one side of a disc and blueray on t'other?

[Ryder]

Originally Posted by Berserk_Fury

Why would you want to download it in 1080p resolution? I mean my computer screen, along with my TV only go up to 1280 x 768 resolutions (or 720p when not for the TV when its not connected to a computer). Do you actually have anything that can play that?

62' DLP 1080p in the living room...gotta love it...

[VAMP]

Originally Posted by odhranus

I have yet to see any film or game shown in HD, so I wont comment....though I just did....so I have.....erm.....

anyway wasn't there a company that was burning HD-DVD format to one side of a disc and blueray on t'other?

I know that some HD-DVDs have regular DVDs on one side, but I don't know if there are dual format disks like that. I think LG made a dual format player though...