Tech Gurus: What mean by "Blu-Ray vs. HDDVD war"?

Question

Just kidding...I know what it means. But since you clicked this, you might know something about it, so I value your input.

1) Which is the higher-quality format for movies and video? Why? Try not to get too technical. (Best layman's terms wins!)

2) So I read a lot about only one of those two formats "winning" this "war". In YOUR OPINION, which will win. Why?

Thank you.

Answer 1

1) Currently the higher quality per say is in the eye of the beholder. Blu ray has the potential to be far superior due to the size of data it is capable of storing. I believe it is 2 to 3xs larger than HD-DVD

2) I believe blu ray will win out. Sony has locked in a few of the major production companies to produce only blu-ray format movies. Add that to the fact that blu-rays will be in the homes of many via the ps3, that will be an added advantage. Microsoft is going to have a counter but it's hard to fight against a system that comes prepared to handled the next gen format

Answer 2

Both are capable of full HD quality. It is very possible that there will be no "winner" in this war. Already players are coming out that will play both formats, and discs that have HD-DVD on one side and BluRay on the other. This was not possible with Beta vs VHS. Also, the porn industry may not be as influential this time around, since porn is readily available over the internet. Before home VCRs, there was almost no way to get porn into the home.

Answer 3

A some of the articles on Yahoo News claim it will be the Porn Industry that will be the deciding factor. Blue Ray by Sony has stated that they will not allow Porn on the Format. So Sony may lose another format battle. Sony which had BATA lost to VHS because VHS was longer playing, the Porn industry chose VHS. :)