Philips will introduce Blu-Ray this year
 

Just read an article that Dutch Electronics manufacturer Philips will introduce
the New Blu-Ray hardware and discs with initially 25Gb and 50Gb storage
capability. The player/recorder hardware will be introduced in the second half
of this year.

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Yep if they make them cheap nuff that will kick dvd's ass

read that wonder how much a writer will be

i also heard yesterday on bloomberg that HD-dvd is going to beat blu-ray to market by a couple months.

isn't that technology that sony is using in the PS3 or the technology they originally wanted to use in the PS3 ?

cool...something exciting to wait for :)

i think its pioneer or panasonic that is meant to be releasing one this month

Cool, I am looking forward for that. :)

Yup, BluRay is gonna kick ass. The are showing drives at CES. BluRay burner fo rthe computer is $999 I think.

well i know i wont be buying 1st generation , i don't fancy paying to be a beta tester

hmm same price the cd was, I bought a burner for around 700 the first time 2 speed lol... thats 7 yrs ago

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Hollywood has got to be shitting their pants right about now. Regular DVDR's are 4.7GB, so you can't fit an entire 12GB retail DVD movie on there without loss of quality. Soon that will not the the case, and DVD trading online is going to explode.

which retail dvds are 12gb? most ive seen is 8.5gb and 8.5gb blanks are actually affordable ($2) each

No DVD is 12 gigs... 8.5 for dual layer media.

I won't burn normal dvds to BluRay, what a waste. I'll burn BluRay to BluRay. BluRay will be too expensive at the start anyway.

ps3s have blu-ray

Yup and because of this, BluRay will beat out HD-DVD

it's going to be used on the ps3...

i don't think hollywood have all that much to worry about
when bluray first comes out , only the diehards will have a drive and media will be a high prices , similar to when dvd's first came out or before that cd's

by the time bluray is in reach of regular consumers hollywood would be pumping out bluray movies with a better encryption