Blu-ray vs. Steel Wool: Blu-ray wins!

[Josh]

I swiped steel wool across the disk approximately fifteen times, washed and dried the fibers off, then inserted the disk. Unfortunately you can't kill Talladega Nights. For the love of god, don't try this on any games or worth while movies. Don't blame me if you try this and your disk doesn't work.

Taken from http://boards.ign.com/ps3_general_bo...5240677/p1/?17

from poster, goldenshower (shamelessly copied from funko1 on AVS)

[JTK]

I'd still be scared to even try that. It just goes against everyone of my basic instincts, but that's pretty fascinating to look at and impressive.

[Garconis]

1. Try that with a regular DVD and see if it still works. It probably would.
2. Nice TV. lol
3. Clean your sink.

[Nismobeach]

F that.

[DavePS3]

You officially have too much time on your hands Garconis... you're hilarious. This presentation is part of the "This is your brain on drugs" promo.

[dialog_gvf]

Wow, that is amazing.

Someone needs to send that off to the Netflix and Blockbuster decision makers. For them, it is going to come down to simple economics. BD is better for them.

Gary

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by Garconis

1. Try that with a regular DVD and see if it still works. It probably would.
2. Nice TV. lol
3. Clean your sink.

It probably won't work with a DVD or and HD DVD that employs the same type of protection as a regular DVD...(my bold emphasis added)

TDK's Abuse-Resistant 200GB Blu-ray Disc

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7612

Hopping on along to the TDK booth, part of the Blu-ray supporters club, and we saw the company highlighting incredible leaps made in Blu-ray disc capacities.

Click on the above image and the top-left disc is a single-sided 200GB prototype. That's right, the potential to store over 40 DVD's worth of data on a single disc. TDK has managed to reach this outlandish mark by increasing the layer count to six and the capacity per layer to 33.3GB, above the usual 25GB associated with Blu-ray media.

It's presently unclear whether current Blu-ray drives will be able to support this disc but that's a moot point for now. The 200GB prototype needs to be passed via the Blu-ray standards body before certification is approved. Whatever the case, at CES 2007 the supporters of Blu-ray have lots more to shout about than their HD DVD counterparts.

You may well be aware of the fact that Blu-ray discs have a much smaller coating layer than incumbent DVD's or HD DVD's 0.6mm. The BD discs shielding is just 0.1mm thick, so media manufacturers have needed to come up with methods to safeguard data. TDK's harde-coating solution is its Durabis 2 technology.



To highlight the effectiveness of the hard-coating technology against the usual scratches and wear subjected to media over time, fine wire wool and a permanent marker were rubbed/applied on to both a standard DVD disc on the left and a Durabis 2-coated disc on the right. As the picture shows, there was no meaningful wear on the TDK BD but the DVD disc was rendered unplayable. Not the most scientific of tests, sure, but an indication that it does indeed work.




Want to know how a four-layer BD is constructed? The above picture indicates the process used by TDK to engineer its 100GB prototype. There's more to it than meets the eye.

Precisely why Blu-ray in my opinion is the better format along with greater capacity and higher throughput.