That’s what I’m saying. :bravo: 
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But HD DVD and Blue Ray both use blue lights.
Ok, I’ve been reading a little about the subject, but I’m no techie, so someone please correct me where I’m wrong. Ninety percent of consumers are presently perfectly content with standard DVDs, but 10% are starting to buy High Definition TVs, so now the industry needs to create high definition DVDs for them, because a high definition movie consists of more data than will fit on a standard DVD. There are several ways one can cram more data on a disc. Instead of using red lasers, one can go with one of the new blue laser technologies that are being developed – primarily HD DVD or Blue Ray, which hold 15 gigabyte on a single layer disc or 25 gig single layer/50 gig dual layer disc respectively. HD DVD is backed by Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo and the Hollywood studios; Blue Ray by Sony, Dell, HP, Thomson and Disney, and so far its hard to say who will win.
Meanwhile, China is working on its own compression standard – AVS – with the assistance of Philips, IBM and Microsoft. Will that be comparable to the above two technologies – a means of cramming more data on discs to facilitate high definition TV and DRM?
And then there’s DivX. DivX is an alternative means of compressing video data to facilitate HDTV, but it doesn’t involve blue laser. Instead it’s a program that incorporates MPEG-4, a codec developed based on extensive industry cooperation. Proponents of HD DVD and Blue Ray claim DivX produces inferior quality video, but in truth its biggest hurdle is that the major studios refuse to back it because they’re afraid of piracy.
What would it mean if they did back it? What would they do? Sell HD movies that can be played with DivX software? And, aside from the fact that DivX doesnt’ use blue laser, what’s the difference between it and HD DVD or Blue Laser? Can consumers download DivX software off the Internet, but they must purchase blue laser solutions as hardware?
I liked Robt Storey’s post explaining his theory that the whole thing is really about manufacturers and the movie studios trying to find a way to sell new hardware and discs. It’s my understanding that presently people aren’t biting, because the blue laser DVD players are costly, with some going for as much as $1,000, while one can get a standard DVD player for $40, but that should change soon as prices should start dropping dramatically by the end of this year. Meanwhile, that’s one thing DivX has going for it – that it’s cheaper – but since the major studios won’t back it I’m not sure what one can watch on it (home movies one burned with DivX software?)
I hope I got much of this right. Thanks for straightening me out on the parts that I didn’t.
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