2006-10-07 08:04:51 · 3 answers · asked by AFR1KA 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
VC-1 is a compression technology, different and superior to MPEG 2 and 4. Each compression format requires the availability in the player of a CODEC (COmpression / DECompression) to process the compressed signal. HD-DVDs are already using VC-1 compression (possibly because the available storage space is less than Blu-Ray). Blu-Ray disk manufacturers will but have not (yet) chosen to use VC-1.
Since Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are incompatible neither can play the other format, so whether or not VC-1 was used for the disk doesn't matter. Both formats do build in capability for backward compatibility so you can paly your existing DVD's and CDs ... and in the case of DVDs both formats allow normal DVDs to be upscaled to HD resolution (but this is NOT as good as native HD)
Bottom line: HD-DVD players will play HD-DVD disks (plus other including normal DVD, but not Blu-Ray disks) and Blu-Ray players will play Blu-Ray disks (plus others including normal DVDs, but not HD-DVD disks).
2006-10-09 02:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by agb90spruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your computer or for your TV? Probably not yet, but I'm sure the two formats will be joined eventually, at least there will be a player that can play both type of media formats.
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2006-10-07 17:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the formats are incompatible regardless of the type of compression used.
2006-10-07 21:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋