Blu-ray disc lurches to 50GB

First 50GB Blu-ray disc will reach consumers on Tuesday with the high-definition release of Adam Sandler's "Click."

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[xmit30]

Did you forget something?

I think your story was about the release of new large capacity <br />movies. How much will the new titles cost?

[Gasaraki]

Cost

They should cost the same. Why would they charge you extra? They don't charge you extra for movies on dual-layer dvds so why would they charge extra just because it's dual-layer blue ray?

[bobby_brady]

BlueRay/HD-DVD dead on arrival, anyways

When all the hype settles, these formats will die as a medium to watch movies. I think they'll have a place on the PC, but it will end there. <br /><br />Who really cares if I'll be able to count the freckles on some actor/actress? <br /><br />Progressive scan DVD will suit 95% of the movie watchers. Studios are only pushing HD and Blue ray to force yet more DRM down the consumers throats.

[mf193]

Except that...

Except that people always feel the need to go bigger and better and newer. And anyone who sees HD video vs DVD will automatically want HD video. Even my gf who doesnt know jack about HD comments that the DVDs dont look as good on my HDTV as her HD-PBS shows. <br /><br />It'll drop in price and become the standard medium that DVD has become, just give it time. People arent going to switch to on-demand or downloadable video too quickly, people want something hard to hold onto and store in a cabinet.

[GGGlen]

Say wha?

Please explain to me how my BluRay DVD backup is gonna be <br />DRM'd, woud'ya?<br />Maybe all YOU do if watch movies, but if someone can sell me a <br />single-disc solution to backing my data up to optical, and as cheap <br />as BlueRay can do it, then I'm perfectly happy with it!<br />Now HD-DVD... yeah, I wish it would just go away.

[MrHandle]

1080p is becomming important

Microsoft recently announced a software update to allow 360 games to use the 1080p format. Also, the PS3 will allow for 1080p. I plan on getting a PS3, so I'll have a Blu-ray drive as will many people over the next couple of years. The prices for Blu-ray players will drop quickly and that will encourage more 1080p HDTV sets. By 2009, this should be the dominant format. Blu-ray will not go away; there is too much content coming for it. And, the people who buy newer TV sets that support it will know the difference. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.

[verucabong]

I'm so glad that...

we're going with high quality content on this great new medium. Instead of something great, like a new edition of Band of Brothers, a truely amazing piece of work, with new extras, 1080p and the entire series on one disc, we're going with Adam Sandler. <br /> <br />Great. Glad we're blowing away those "dumb American" stereotypes.

[HecticDialectics]

Funny and true

Cept Band of Brothers wouldn't be all that fun. If they really want to show off, how about a 50GB Star Wars or maybe Saving Private Ryan... something with some action.<br /><br />I really have no desire at all to spend $1000 on a DVD player and $30 on a movie to watch -Click- in REALLY HIGH QUALITY!

[snavely77]

sad

this comment makes me sad because it sums up everything "commercialism." Seriously, is the industry trying to make these formats fail? My only concern is that you have to use HDMI for 1080p...HDMI cables can't realistically go farther that 15 feet. I think the HDMI stardard is going to change in the next few years (that's my real concern).

[ralfthedog]

good luck and good night (should be good for showing off color)

I found it strange that they would release a black and white movie in blue ray.

[heystoopid]

OMG

Oh my , box office dogs and turkeys, just goes to show how distant SONY is from it's target audience!<br /><br />But then again since Silicon Graphic's filed for bankruptcy in September '06 with book debts well in excess of 650 million dollars, looks like the cost of special add on effects in new movies will certainly double in the short term!<br /><br />But then again, who really cares?, anything released and/or made by SONY, has got to be substandard and low grade inferior rubbish!, at the best of times, in this new century!

[Post Producer]

UR2dum

Work for Toshiba?

[sasper]

Blue-ray HD is da best.

Progressive scan for DVD is a piece of junk. No big improvement. DVD uses standard video that was invented in the 70's. Tries to add progressive scan no improvement. Buyer just got rob. That if you really know the in and out of video technology. HD is the news technology, yes it cost alot, but it is better than seeing something in the 70's. I have work with video technology for over 5 year including HD. Blue-Ray read/write drive is the best at 50G. User can store any movie format they want into the 50G disk. It doesn't have to be Sony only format. It can be any format they want or personal data. Which is better choice for buyer.

[mcepat]

why would I trust 50GB of my data on a scratch easy disc

blueray is just doing the bigger is better to try and beat HDDVD<br /><br />too bad external drives are growing bigger and bigger and cheaper<br /><br />sorry blueray, please go away. I want a DVD that has more fair use and is cheaper to build and can work with cheaper drives

[zaznet]

Next-Gen CD-R/RW...

Well you won't have long to wait. There already exists technology that can boost the storage capacity of existing standard ~650MB CD-R disks well past the capacity of these Blue-Ray disks.<br /><br />We already have very cheap media so adoption of a new drive to vastly increase capacity of CD-ROM discs would be pretty fast compared to the new Blue-Ray and HD-DVD devices.

[umbrae]

Too bad...

Sony and Hitatchi have talked all the movie studios into abandoning DVD by 2008.

[smilin:)]

Blu-Ray has scratch proof coat - unlike hddvd

Remember Blu-Ray also has the scratch resistant coating. HD-DVD does not.<br /><br />What does "scratch resistant" mean? It means you can take steel wool to it and still read the data. Seriously, I saw the demo.<br /><br />You need to stop wishing the VHS wins again. Blu-ray is a highly superior media with capacity that will continue to expand in the future. Worrying about some short term cost is the same mistake that landed us with VHS instead of BetaMax back in the day.<br /><br />Do you even own a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player? Didn't think so, then what do you care?

[goldenmage]

COST WON'T BE AN ISSUE

You say that Blu-ray has higher cost? Didn't DVDs cost about the same when they were first released? Once production volumes increase, the price of the Blu-ray disc will dramatically decrease.<br /><br />And the cost of producing a Blu-ray disc will also be chearper due to the fact that they will only have to create one injection moling instead of two.<br /><br />Also, the Blu-ray discs will be scratch-resistant due to the low-cost hard-coat that will be applied to the blu-ray discs, which have been reported to resist scratches far better than any disk ever produced.<br /><br />You should do your research first before you spout your phony facts.<br /><br /><br />Link ----&gt; <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_pricing" target="_newWindow">http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_pricing</a>

[kstjohn]

Update to story

Both owners of a Blu-ray capable player indicated that they may purchase the new disk.<br /><br />One indicated he would purchase it to be "cool" (hasn't had a date in 15 years). <br /><br />The other indicated he liked the movie but he wondered when "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" would be released on Blu-ray as that was his all time favorite.

[KsprayDad]

Pee Wee

Of course Pee Wee's Big Adventure will come out...don't you know that pr0n is always one of the first adopters of technology?

[airwalkery2k]

What an AMAZING Debut!

So, a brand new video technology is going to debut with the great classic, award-winning movie Click with Adam Sandler? Wowie!<br /><br />That's almost as amazing a debut as debuting a brand-new BMW in the drive-thru at McDonalds.

[ralfthedog]

DRM may quickly become irrelevant.

As I was sitting here I think I may have come up with a way to rapidly factor prime numbers. Death to DRM!

[bleah311]

Please people, don't back the wrong horse...

Yes, wonderful! 50 GBs of space on a disc! Truly Blu-Ray is currently the superior technology! <br /><br />That last comment really wasn't sarcasm. Blu Ray really is superior. Does that really make a difference? No. <br /><br />Why would I say something like this, my techno-rati friends? Why?? Clearly if Blu Ray is superior, it will triumph, right? Nope. Here's why! <br /><br />Sony has had 0 luck pushing ANY standard of its own. Lets look at the history and take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?<br /><br />Betamax in the 80s: Truly the superior format back in the day. Did that help it though? Nope. <br /><br />The Minidisc: Honestly, a GREAT idea. I mean, common, how can you go wrong? It's smaller than a CD, very slick... It's quite a shame SONY dropped the ball, and didn't market it the way it should have been marketed. Now, Minidisc players have been relegated to pawn shops.<br /><br />The Memory stick: Unless you have a vaio PC, or a craptastic SONY Point-and-shoot camera, who really cares? Oh wait, SONY makes an SLR now too...well, add that into the list of products you can use the soon to be extinct memory stick in.<br /><br />Do I really need to also mention the ATRAC3 Format? The ::cough:: wonderful proprietary alternative to MP3. Yeah, that really caught on. That must be why all iTunes downloads are done with ATRAC3. Oh wait, they're not.<br /><br />I really can't believe that I just typed all that...about a dumb DVD format. Oh well. <br /><br />In closing, learn from history. SONY needs to do what they do best: Making big, SONY WEGA Televisions, and staying away from pushing proprietary formats, and manufacturing exploding batteries.

[Andrew J Glina]

You forgot

3 1/2 inch discs<br /><br /><a class="jive-link-external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk" target="_newWindow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk</a>