Blu-Ray is like Betamax and HD DVD is like VHS, say Microsoft

[Steven W]

Great analogy from the European Manager of Xbox, in an interview with a German website.

Check out the Headline for more info.

[kalniel]

So basically they're saying blu-ray is the better product in every way, but they'll use marketing clout to make sure no-one buys it?

[Funkstar]

We'll have to wait to see if HD-DVD becomes the more domenant player, but one part of this is right. BluRay is the technically superior, just like Betamax was.

[Spud1]

It's a good analogy - but nothing new..most of us been using this analogy for months now I happen to think that HD-DVD will come out on top, purely because afaik it's players wil be cheaper than blue-ray and it has a name that will be easily recognised by consumers (moreso than blueray) - both those factors should help the standard sell well initially.

Who know's what will happen though

[Steven W]

It's a good analogy - but nothing new..most of us been using this analogy for months now I happen to think that HD-DVD will come out on top, purely because afaik it's players wil be cheaper than blue-ray and it has a name that will be easily recognised by consumers (moreso than blueray) - both those factors should help the standard sell well initially.

Who know's what will happen though

Yeah, he must have picked up the analogy of those people who've been saying it. Very sneaky!

[Funkstar]

At least with 12cm optical disks it is feasable to make a universal player, something that was never possible with magnetic tapes.

I really like BluRay as a data disk, especially if they can get the multi-layer recordables down to a reasonable price. One of the big manufacturers (i'm thinking TDK, but could be wrong) is working on 200gig disks which is 8 layers. No idea if this can be used for recording, or is just for pressed disks though.

[Grey M@a]

think of it this way, Sony release millions of PS3's over the first 2 years, they all have blueray out the box, people get a console and a media centre, I think blueray will stand the test of time. HD-DVD is cheaper but then again, Sony say something along the lines of a million PS3 units a month for the first 2 years thats a lot of PS3's world wide.