2007-12-24 06:18:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
Agree with the first poster for watching films but Bluray had twice the data storage capability of HDDVD. If you're putting a burner in your PC, get the Bluray.
Also, Bluray has more content available (more movies) than HDDVD. It's about 70% Bluray/30% HDDVD.
If you're looking to buy a player, you are going to be frustrated when the title you want is only available in the other format. This is why I own an LG player. It plays both Bluray and HDDVD. It costs a bit more, but I get to choose from 100% of available content. :)
2007-12-24 08:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Pragmatism Please 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They both use a blue-laser to read, but BD (Blu-ray) has a narrower pitch, so it has bigger capacity.
In terms of movie quality, they both use the same codecs (WMV, MPEG-2, or H.264) so they are pretty much the same.
HD DVDs are cheaper to make. There are big steaks in royalties (read $$) , that's why the competing formats.
2007-12-24 12:22:52 · answer #2 · answered by TV guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who makes money when you buy them. They're basically the same quality, but different formats, so they're incompatible with each other.
2007-12-24 06:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋