Apparently microsofts VC-9 codec will be availble for Blu-Ray. This is good news. It both gives Blu-Ray Microsofts support (though they are not taking sides) and gives its format the advantage. With VC-9 compression Blu-Ray can be truely the master format. While Blu-Ray will still be signifigantly more expensive to make per disc it can actually be cheaper in the end. With 50 gigabits instead of 30 you could fit much more playtime eliminating the need for two discs. This could actually make Blu-Ray cheaper. Still no support for MPEG-4. HD-DVD still might win because of its year head start but my moneys with Blu-Ray at this point.
Apparently microsofts VC-9 codec will be availble for Blu-Ray. This is good news. It both gives Blu-Ray Microsofts support (though they are not taking sides) and gives its format the advantage. With VC-9 compression Blu-Ray can be truely the master format. While Blu-Ray will still be signifigantly more expensive to make per disc it can actually be cheaper in the end. With 50 gigabits instead of 30 you could fit much more playtime eliminating the need for two discs. This could actually make Blu-Ray cheaper. Still no support for MPEG-4. HD-DVD still might win because of its year head start but my moneys with Blu-Ray at this point.