Yves MakhoulAnother reason to invest in Blu-ray?
December 23rd 2008 00:48
The latest reports coming out of Japan indicate Blu-ray is about to go to bed with the old red-ray.
Here's the deal. You want to buy an expensive Blu-ray movie, but you know it can only be played on your PS3 (or your Blu-ray player). You're the only PS3 fan in your hood, no one else you know (none of your friends, none of your relatives.. not even your grandmother!) has a device that can play Blu-ray movies. So what's the point of paying almost double the regular DVD price when the only place that you'll ever be able to watch it is in your room?!
Solution! Create a Blu-ray disc that plays both standard definition and high definition renditions of the same film.
A company called Infinity Storage Media has released the very first hybrid disc. It's a nifty little dual-layer process where an old DVD drive will able to read the DVD layer and a spanking new Blu-ray drive will be able to read the Blu-ray layer. The image above simply explains the process.
Don't cease purchasing your Blu-ray titles now though, this has only just been released (and only in Japan so far). The technology shouldn't be too far off though, perhaps next holidays we'll be sinking our teeth into these future proof discs. However, don't expect them to be cheap!
Here's the deal. You want to buy an expensive Blu-ray movie, but you know it can only be played on your PS3 (or your Blu-ray player). You're the only PS3 fan in your hood, no one else you know (none of your friends, none of your relatives.. not even your grandmother!) has a device that can play Blu-ray movies. So what's the point of paying almost double the regular DVD price when the only place that you'll ever be able to watch it is in your room?!
How about a Blu-ray disc with the capacity to hold the old DVD data for that red beam?
Solution! Create a Blu-ray disc that plays both standard definition and high definition renditions of the same film.
A company called Infinity Storage Media has released the very first hybrid disc. It's a nifty little dual-layer process where an old DVD drive will able to read the DVD layer and a spanking new Blu-ray drive will be able to read the Blu-ray layer. The image above simply explains the process.
Don't cease purchasing your Blu-ray titles now though, this has only just been released (and only in Japan so far). The technology shouldn't be too far off though, perhaps next holidays we'll be sinking our teeth into these future proof discs. However, don't expect them to be cheap!
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