Comments on: Blu-ray, HD DVD players: Clunky, unimpressive

At CES, the Blu-ray and HD DVD players on display were reminiscent of VCRs and CD players from earlier eras.

[Junkie Man of Machine]

Flashback

Holie Moley, he is right. I was around those days, of mega boom boxes mini system and the like.

This sounds like they have gone retro...but it is more of an indication. They have no idea on how to present the look of the next gen in DVD viewing.

Pity.

*Playing Every Breath you Take...every move you make*

[ralfthedog]

Do you know what your DVD looks like?

How many people ever look at there DVD player any way? Most people who buy first generation blue ray/HD DVD will keep them in the projection room. Yes, someone will need to look at them to install and operate them but that is what the household staff is for.

[StevenBerglund]

yottabytes On a DVD

I'm trying to get an idea what this sounds like to someone experienced in DVD storage and the Yottabyte.

A developer and patent owner whom I've invested some capital in has prototypes of equiptment that can do several tasks.

1. Reproduce high definition DVD's that are top quality with out the expense of making a master DVD.

2. reproduce such a dvd in a small fraction of a second.

3. store 4 yottabytes on a single dvd.

Does the last one seem even possible to anyone experienced in this technology?

The player technology patents show that the cost of such a player will not have to be many hundreds of dollars per unit to produce as it does not have the many lasers now needed to build a high definition dvd player.

Comments please. SB

[Skettimos]

Are they big enough

Gee could they make the cases any bigger. All of that technology and they couldn't figure out how to make it smaller. Also, what are they thinking, over $1000 for one. No thanks.

[tony2965]

choice

I don't care who "wins"will the world just pick one fast so i do not get screwed over again(beta max anyone). :D

[digital_video_guru]

Do they play custom burned HD or Blue Ray DVDs?

I have a question.... So corporate world clients want to start making HD or Blue Ray DVDs BUT every duplication house I talk to says the problem is that there are no HD DVD players that will actually play burned HD DVDs. That you have to mass replicate a DVD by Sony or Toshiba with their special brand of copyright encoded on the disc in order for the players to actually read the discs. Problem is mass duplcation in the 10 thousands isnt' feasible or wanted for most clients, they want 5-20. Anyone have some real world experience burning HD or Blue Ray discs on a system like the one above and having a consumer player be able to read it? If so what model/brand player are you using?

Thanks,

prefer if you can shoot me an email over here....
khammond AT kenwood group.com