Originally posted by: lordjedi
But why even bother when VC-1 and AVC are superior? They could save space and make the extras in HD as well. Right now, on most releases, the movie is in hi-def while the extras are all in SD (generally 480p I believe).
I don't know. Maybe all they want to put on the disc is the movie. A lot of releases are like that on DVD right now.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Why would having a bigger disk give you a faster install or faster load times?
But why even bother when VC-1 and AVC are superior? They could save space and make the extras in HD as well. Right now, on most releases, the movie is in hi-def while the extras are all in SD (generally 480p I believe).
I don't know. Maybe all they want to put on the disc is the movie. A lot of releases are like that on DVD right now.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Why would having a bigger disk give you a faster install or faster load times?
Well, a BD is bigger in terms of storage space but not disc size. Otherwise, the read/write times have nothing to do with disc space. It has to do with the configuration of the data on the BD. I'm not sure, but I think that's the main reason why BDs couldn't be manufactured on existing DVD production machinery.