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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Once again, VC-9 isn't actual HD, and its AOD's main codec, so the picture has less info, not more. The studios are known to mostly support Blu-ray, while none fully back HD-DVD. More improtantly, the manufactuers support Blu-ray. We're talking Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, TDK, Hewlett Packard and Dell. Sony even removed the one flaw it originally had, having no backwards compatibility. HD-DVD had to modify itself to a blue laser(originally, it was red). I still haven't read of AOD using the DVD-A audio format. Could you show me a link? Blu-ray is also considering AVC for a codec. They'll barely cost more than regular DVDs, and are certain to dominate the PC and gaming market.
Just about everything you said is wrong. First of all AOD doesn't excist anymore. Its HD-DVD. Also VC-9 is a compression standard not a video standard. So saying that VC-9 isn't HD makes no sense at all. VC-9 allows 3x the video storage efficiency. With that a 30 gigabit HD-DVD can hold 30% more then a 54 gigabit Blu-Ray at MPEG-2. Also HD-DVD will use 24/96 MLP of DVD-audio. Blu-Ray is still limited to the next generation of standard doby and DTS. Blu-Ray will sound better then SD-DVD but HD-DVD takes it a step even further. Japanese Studio Poly Cannon and Time Warner both fully back HD-DVD. Universal, Fox, Artisan, and Disney all support HD-DVD over Blu-Ray. They voted for HD-DVD in the Forum and rejected joining the Blu-Ray association. Studios are attracted to HD-DVD for its cheaper price and better sound quality. No studio other then Columbia Tristar has shown any intrest in Blu-Ray. Also the DVD forum is made up of 210 companies. Only 13 companies back Blu-Ray. Also both formats are backwards compatible. Anything else would be suicide. The difference is HD-DVD can read both red and blue lasers with the same diode. Blu-Ray requires two diodes to read both formats. Since the majority of a players cost is in laser diodes Blu-Ray players will be signifigantly more expensive then HD-DVD players.