Samsung India: The Blu-ray disc drive era is about to begin

[Tekman]

According to Samsung India, “The Blu-ray disc drive era is about to begin. This revolutionary product for the optical disc drive market offers a huge storing capacity. While HDTV and digital broadcasting service markets get bigger, and consumer demand continues to grow for HD programming, the consumer’s expectation for the benefits of the high-capacity Blu-ray disc drive is already being established.

Blu-ray as a disc player enables you to continue to view and enjoy your existing DVD libraries. Says R Manikandan, business group head, LG; “Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 170 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from major movie studios as a successor to today’s DVD format.

The LG Blu-ray disc rewriter combines cutting edge Blu-ray technology with all other optical disc formats. Compatibility with all recordable disc formats takes the complexity and guesswork out of purchasing blank media. There is, however, a little problem. According to Manikandan, “Since Blu-ray discs have high definition content it is better to see it on HDTV. In normal televisions the resolution will not be very good.
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[calcajun]

This is exactly why i chose BD. Storage. Not just for movies but also for my high res photos, music and video files. It is not just about how much room for a movie. A big factor is it's use on computers and other storage needs.

Thats another reason why Blu-Ray is going to be the new standard. HD-DVD is just too limited in space to appeal to different markets.

It is not just about movies.

[richteer]

Originally Posted by calcajun

Thats another reason why Blu-Ray is going to be the new standard. HD-DVD is just too limited in space to appeal to different markets.

It is not just about movies.

Agreed. As someone recently said, Blu-ray isn't just about being a movie medium, it's a whole new infrastructure (movies, HD camcorders, writable BD drives, etc.). HD DVD is struggling to maintain some semblence of relevence in the prerecorded movie market, but for the others (AFAIK), it's a no-show. Hey Toshiba, how do you expect to win if you don't even show up for the fight?!