Post DVD optical format argument heats upIt looks like Apple is going with Sony, Dell and HP in supporting Blu-ray over HD-DVD as the next generation optical disc format according to various sources including News.com
The association, which includes the likes of Sony, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, on Thursday announced Apple as its latest member following a bimonthly meeting in South Korea hosted by electronics maker Samsung. Apple will lend its expertise in high-definition and DVD authoring to the development of the Blu-ray Disc specification, which is backward-compatible with DVDs and allows for the storage of up to 50GB of data. Current DVDs can hold up to about 8.5GB of information. ...
HD DVDs hold up to 30GB of data and are backward-compatible with current DVDs.
Winning Apple over is an important victory especially with their image as a leader in content creation but I think the computer industry really needs a hard look at the current DVD situation and who produces the majority of the material - it definitely is not the computer sector; for whatever reason it still seems like the preferred method of distributing games is through 5 CDs instead of a single DVD. It is movies and console games that are driving the demand for DVDs and while Sony has half that equation worked out with the PS3, the Hollywood factor is arguably just as important as optical media still has the perception of being movies more than games in my eyes.?Article Link: Apple to Support Blu-Ray
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