Blue-Ray, HD-DVD, or Just stick with DVD

What are Everyones Plans? Stick with Dvd or go and get Blue-Ray or HD-DVD.



Thoughts?

One comment that I could throw your way is simply finding a good low cost bundle of blank dvd-rs for data dvds that would be 16x not 4x to improve the writes speeds. Those burning video from digital cam corders may prefer the alternatives now available.

Well i meant in the techknowlgy in genarl. Because I just dont think we have a need for 15,30,and 50 gb discs. For me all i could ever want to back up could be burn on 3 4.7 gb discs. 2 of which are my iTunes Music/Video Collection.

I just am wondering if people think its worth it or if DVDs are fine like i think after all we just switched to DVDs 6 years ago. They still sell VHS players.

Gee I would love to have 50gb blanks for backing up drives here with the present hardware. But then I often have to move 13gb video files to removable as well as a ton of other types. When you start running larger capacity drives you will soon find out fast why 4.2gb data dvds still are too small at times. And forget the old style tape drives that take forever to access.

But is there enough of a market for discs that big?

Cd writers found a market fast when files were too large for 3 1/2" floppy disks. Now with more and multimedia programs as well as the quest for larger capacity means of storing your data on a small medium that will soon see a market just as it took a few short years for dvd burners to be the "IN THING".

In direct answer to your question, I will be waiting until the format war is over between the two before I invest in one or the other. In the old days of Betamax and VHS, although Betamax was the better quality format, VHS won the day due to largely advertising. So it's too early to tell, and I'm going to stick with DVD until I know what is going to be the most compatible.

True. You may just be right. But either way im staying and waiting to see which one wins so i dont run into another Betamax

I thought VHS won because Sony wouldnt license Betamax to the adult film industry?

Betamax was Sony's baby, if you want to read all about the downfall of Betamax, Wikipedia has a good article on it.