which holds more gigs, blu ray or hd dvd?

Question

just wondering

if you can, give the ammount of gigs

Answer 1

blu ray has more but needs more. 50 g to 30g respectively.

blu ray sucks, Sony sucks, go RCA!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

I'm going to provide a long answer for the benefit of others as well). Your question is answered in the next paragraph ... but you may wish to read on to get a fuller perspective.

A dual layer Blu-Ray disk can hold 50 GB and a similar HD DVD 30 GB. BUT the numbers are of more theoretical than practical importance.

Both formats are too small for data backup purposes (Holographic disks will take that role, and in the meantime Terabyte backup devices have the edge).

And for movies all current movies under about 2.5 hrs and necessary HD audio tracks will fit on either HD DVD or Blu-Ray disks. And in exceptional cases a dual disk version would be feasible as for some DVDs now.

On the other hand, there are good reasons to 1) not buy either format yet (the format war and the need to have both formats to view all movies, DVDs are cheaper and when upscaled look pretty good, most consumers don't have equipment that allows the benefits of either HD disk format to be realized, etc) or 2) buy HD DVD.

On the latter:
- HD DVD players are cheaper ($200 vs $3-400 starting price).
- The technical spec is stable (Blu-Ray's technical spec won't even be final until at least November and current players will almost all be obsolete (re extras and online content capability at least).
- Studios are turning away from Blu-Ray partly because of the high cost and difficulty of programming for Blu-Ray and partly because of production difficulties (Blu-Ray disks have a less than 40% acceptance rate (i.e. 60+% won't play), while HD DVD have a 95+% acceptance rate) and cost (a Blu-Ray disk cost about $6 to produce vs about $1,50 for an HD DVD). Furthermore there is only one commercial pressing plant for Blu-Ray (Sony!) all others are struggling with about 10-20% success rates ... too low for commercial viability. On the other hand HD DVDs are relatively easy to produce since they are an extension of normal DVD technology.
- Finally, Blu-ray disks are more fragile because of the thin plastic protective layer (relative to HD DVD) over the tracks.

That all said, to date HD disk sales have only just passed VHS tape sales ... it is still a niche market and the average joe takes a risk buying either format.

My personal experience (I have an HD-A2 HD DVD player and project a 110" image via a 720p HT projector) is that HD DVDs are a bit sharper and the Dolby HD sound is better than DD ... but normal DVDs look pretty darn good. I have no intention of buying many HD DVDs (and rental is not a viable option for me) until I can find them used (as I did with most of my 400+ DVDs) at a reasonable price $10-15 max ... and that will be a while.

Answer 3

Bluray holds more : 50gb
HD-DVD holds less : 30gb

This is dual layer.
Single layer is - BR: 25gb and HD: 15gb

Bluray has writers already available and HDDVD doesn't.

They both use the exact same encoding codecs.

Blueray has more movie studios.

Blueray:
20th Century Fox
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Electronic Arts
MGM Studios
Paramount Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Bros.

HD-DVD:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
New Line Cinema
Paramount Pictures
The Walt Disney Company
Universal Studios
Warner Bros.

Answer 4

Bluray holds more info but HD is cheaper to make and buy, considering most movies and games do not use all of the available space on a bluray more and more movie companies are choosing HD over Bluray, if not for PS3 Bluray would be dead

Answer 5

blu ray rocks id give that first guy a thumbs down but im not at level two yet!the answer is blu-ray it has either 50 or 60 gigs!!please give me best answer!

Answer 6

Blueray

Answer 7

blu-ray