What makes Blu-ray better than HD-DVD?

[Filmmaker85]

I have done my research before entering the format war. I chose Blu because the blu-ray discs went up to 50GB dual layer, because of the strong studio support and along with the best in high def sound, Uncompressed PCM. I also really found it interesting that a lot of the industries top leading filmmakers approved of Blu-ray because they felt it gave them the best transfer and preserved the look for their films. But it recently came to my attention that to my very own brother supports HD-DVD. He believes it is the better format because of extras and HDI menus. I tried to explain about BD-Java and the what the future holds for blu with profile 2.0. He fails to see my point and truly believes that the transfers are all the same and that there is no real difference between Dolby Tru HD and Uncompressed PCM. I am just wondering if there is any website that is not biased that will flat out show why blu-ray is the better format. I guess hes in denial that his format lost due to Warner Bros.

[bykes]

Tell your brother this....


A little butter, five minutes in the toaster and blu-ray discs taste delicious...

[lexm]

Dolby true hd is identical bit by bit to PCM after it is uncompressed.

Another important difference between the 2 formats is banwith. Blu ray has much wider banwith than hd DVD. So bd can transfer more info to the receiver and display. Which is another reason why movies like transformers can't cope with pcm.

As far as transfers goes, only wb is releasing in both and the transfers are the same because they are doing them for the lowest common tech spec, which is hd DVD.

[Marcusarilius]

If your brother is a hardcore DUDster, no point. If he is willing to give BD a look and a listen, put something choice on for him to experience.

He won't have much choice for long any ways. DUD will be pulling up their tents and closing shop this year.

[tofur69]

Tell your brother to go here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...l_disc_formats

It is the Wikipedia entry showing the comparison between the two. If he has 1/2 a brain cell, he should be able to see that Blu-Ray is superior in every way. Good luck...

[Canada]

More gigs: 50 gigs right now maybe higher than 200 gig way down the road.
Better audio: Uncompressed PCM
Number one in my opinion though is studio support plain and simple these are all Blu exclusive studios: Columbia Studio, Disney/ Touchstone, Warner Brother as of June 1,08,Lions Gate, Starz, Anchor Bay I am sure I'm missing some.

[jorg]

he said that its better becuase he likes the menues and extras more that funny look at him in the eyes and say "if it wasent a better format why did over 170 of the worlds largest and most suscsefull companies chose blu-ray over hd dvd, sony dosent have that much money"

heres a list:

Board of Directors
Apple, Inc.
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.



Contributors


Acer Incorporated

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Almedio Inc.
Alticast
Aplix Corporation
ArcSoft, Inc.
AudioDev AB
Broadcom Corporation
Canon Inc.

China Hualu Group Co., Ltd.
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Corel Corporation
Cryptography Research Inc.
CyberLink Corp.
DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
Daxon Technology Inc.
D-Box Technologies Inc.
DCA Inc.
Deluxe Media Services Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Dreamer Co., Ltd.
DTS, Inc.

Eclipse Data Technologies
Esmertec

FUJIFILM Corporation
Fujitsu Ltd.

Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
Gibson Guitar Corp.
Kenwood Corporation

Lenovo
Lionsgate Entertainment
LITE-ON IT Corporation

Macrovision Corp.

Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.
MediaTek Inc.
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co.Ltd.
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

Monster Cable Products
Moser Baer India Limited
NEC Electronics Corporation
Nero

Osmosys SA
Pixela Corporation
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Ritek Corporation
ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
Sigma Designs Inc.

Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
Sonic Solutions
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
ST Microelectronics
Sunext
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.,
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
Visionare Corporation
Zentek Technology Japan, Inc.
ZOOtech Ltd.
Zoran Corporation



General Members

Adobe Systems

Allion Test Labs, Inc.

Alpine Electronics Inc.
Arima Devices Corporation
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG

ASV Corp.

Avid Development GmbH
BASF AG
B.H.A. Corporation

BluFocus Inc.
Bose Corporation

Brickbox Digital Media
B&W Group
The Cannery
Cheertek Inc.
Cinram Manufacturing Inc.
CustomFlix Labs, Inc.

Custom Technology Inc.
D&M holdings, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Elpida Memory, Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.

Falcon Technologies International
Fujitsu Ten Ltd.
GalleryPlayer Media Networks
Gear Software

Global Machinery Co., Ltd.

Gowell Electronic Limited
Hie Electronics, Inc.
Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd

Horizon Semiconductor.
IMAGICA Corp.

Imation Corp.
INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
Infomedia Inc.

Info Source Multi Media Ltd.
Intersil Corporation
Iwatsu Test Instruments

Kobe Steel Co. Ltd.
Konica Minolta Opto Inc.
Lauda Co. Ltd.
Lead Data Inc.
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
LINTEC Corporation
MainConcept AG
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.

MIT Technology Co., Ltd.

MoSys Incorporated
Must Technology Co., Ltd.
MX Production Services

NEC Personal Products Ltd.
Netflix Inc.
Newtech Infosystems Inc.
NexWave Solutions

NHK Technical Services, Inc.
Nichia Corporation
Nikkatsu Corporation
NTT Electronics Corporation
nVidia Corporation
OC Oerlikon Balzer AG
Omnibus Japan Inc.
Onkyo Corporation
Online Media Technologies Ltd.
Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.
OPT Corporation

Optodisc Technology Corporation
Origin Electric Co., Ltd.
Pico House

Plannet Associates
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Pony Canyon Enterprise
Primera Technology, Inc.
Q-TEC, Inc.

Quantized Systems
Quanta Storage Inc.

Realtek Semiconductors
Rimage Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
Dr. Schwab Inspection Technology GmbH
Singulus Technologies

Targray Technology International Inc.
TEAC Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.

Texas Instruments, Inc.
THX Ltd.
Toei Video Company Ltd.
Toho Company, Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
TOPTICA Photonics AG
Trailer Park
UmeDisc Ltd.

Universal Music Group, Inc.

VideACE Inc.
Yamaha Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
1K Studios, LLC

[Blaumann]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker85

I have done my research before entering the format war. I chose Blu because the blu-ray discs went up to 50GB dual layer, because of the strong studio support and along with the best in high def sound, Uncompressed PCM. I also really found it interesting that a lot of the industries top leading filmmakers approved of Blu-ray because they felt it gave them the best transfer and preserved the look for their films. But it recently came to my attention that to my very own brother supports HD-DVD. He believes it is the better format because of extras and HDI menus. I tried to explain about BD-Java and the what the future holds for blu with profile 2.0. He fails to see my point and truly believes that the transfers are all the same and that there is no real difference between Dolby Tru HD and Uncompressed PCM. I am just wondering if there is any website that is not biased that will flat out show why blu-ray is the better format. I guess hes in denial that his format lost due to Warner Bros.

Brothers, huh?

"He believes it is the better format because of extras and HDI menus."

Aw well, that really is just an excuse. If he knows about technical stuff like "HDi" menues, then he prolly knows about all the relevant stuff as well.

Let me, as a deeply purple person, who loves both red and blu the same, give you this advise:

Don´t try to make "his" format look bad and give him the feeling, he was an idiot for chosing it or whatever. A lot of this stuff is on a personal, emotional level and you only get him angry with the "my stuff is better than your stuff" approach. Instead show him, that blu is great. Show him some great films, like the Pixar stuff if he´s into that. Try to get him to be purple, but don´t try to get him to abandon his HD DVD gear. If he choses to do so himself, that´s another thing.

Maybe give him a Blu-ray as a present, even if he doesn´t have a player yet. He WILL be curious, believe me. I bought my first Blu-ray before i had decided on a player and that thing FORCED me to buy the hardware....

[tiger roach]

All the talk about technical specs and menus aside, the fact is that HD-DVD is on the way out and Blu-ray will be *the* HD format before much longer.

[kurtlingle]

Originally Posted by tiger roach

All the talk about technical specs and menus aside, the fact is that HD-DVD is on the way out and Blu-ray will be *the* HD format before much longer.

I aggree! Blu is better (specs) but more importantly - blu is the NextGen format, period.

[Beta Man]

That sounds right..... if he truly believes HD DVD is better, you're probably not going to convince him otherwise, but he should understand that hardware with no accompanying software is going to be essentially usesless (keep in mind I am purple, but I couldn't wait for certain titles)

[johnnymech]

Beside anything on the technical side, "Blu-ray" is simply a better name.