Blu-ray or HD-DVD? - Blu-ray Forum

Polyh3dron · 12-10-2006, 07:54 PM

If the studios use Blu-Ray to its potential, it will be a better format. I mean in a battle between a 50GB and a 30GB format, which format do you think would be better? The problem is, some studios are still using the MPEG-2 codec on Blu-Ray which wastes all of that extra space and they're wasting the format's potential.

Initial HD-DVDs looked better than Blu-Ray discs looked better because they used the VC-1 codec on their 30GB discs, and at that time Blu-Ray discs were only available in a 25GB format. Warner is now putting out Blu-Ray discs, but they are usually identical to their HD-DVD counterpart minus a big feature such as Dolby TrueHD lossless audio. The BD versions could be much better but as of now it seems that Warner doesn't feel like utilizing the BD's extra space. Slowly but surely though, the studios are starting to use the BD to its potential and if this trend continues, it will be the clear winner.

The only thing going for HD-DVD is the support it's getting from Universal, and the fact that a couple other studios like to put a couple more extras on the HD-DVD version of a film because that's the format they are rooting for. The BD has better specs though, and the biggest HD-DVD proponent can't dispute that.

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12-10-2006, 07:54 PM	#6
Polyh3dron Senior Member Member since:Dec 2006	If the studios use Blu-Ray to its potential, it will be a better format. I mean in a battle between a 50GB and a 30GB format, which format do you think would be better? The problem is, some studios are still using the MPEG-2 codec on Blu-Ray which wastes all of that extra space and they're wasting the format's potential. Initial HD-DVDs looked better than Blu-Ray discs looked better because they used the VC-1 codec on their 30GB discs, and at that time Blu-Ray discs were only available in a 25GB format. Warner is now putting out Blu-Ray discs, but they are usually identical to their HD-DVD counterpart minus a big feature such as Dolby TrueHD lossless audio. The BD versions could be much better but as of now it seems that Warner doesn't feel like utilizing the BD's extra space. Slowly but surely though, the studios are starting to use the BD to its potential and if this trend continues, it will be the clear winner. The only thing going for HD-DVD is the support it's getting from Universal, and the fact that a couple other studios like to put a couple more extras on the HD-DVD version of a film because that's the format they are rooting for. The BD has better specs though, and the biggest HD-DVD proponent can't dispute that.

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