Write-Once HD-DVD discs in 2006

Hitachi Maxell and Mitsubishi Kagaku have said that write-once HD-DVD discs can be produced using existing production equipment. Does that mean our current dvd burners would work with that new media?

No, they mean that the file system structure is similar, so it would be more "cost effective" if the companies cut corners and were able to simply modify their existing production equipment to allow for the blue laser technology. The new discs will not work in existing players or writers, its only better for companies, not the consumer, to have to use only slightly improved technology.

As long as they both can really get a good MPEG-4 high-def movie on both types of disc, I honestly don't really care which one wins. My guess is that the HD-DVD really would be slightly less expensive though, even to the consumer.

daemonzx6: this would be better for everyone as more cost to produce means more cost when we go to buy the new dvds, players and burners so keeping costs down helps everyone while still getting a better product then we have now.

heres what the war should be about! (taken from http://www.gizmodo.com )

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Optware, the leaders in everything holographic (except my limited edition holographic Picachu), have a new type of media. This is roughly the size of a credit card and hold 30GB worth of data. It is called the Holographic Versatile Card (HVC) and is going to join the lines of Blu ray and HD DVD for the throne of the next big media. Right now the HVC seems less practical in home uses because the HVC reader costs $1800 dollars while each 30GB card is going to be under $1. For large server purposes this seems more practical. I’m wondering if these might not be a good console gaming storage device. Hmmm? Hmmm? Optware to Release 30 GB Holographic Card for Less than $1 at the End of 2006 [NikkeiBP]

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I'm sure bluray media will still use most of the production factories machines to make their media and writers as well, so don't think that a bluray change has to scrap every machine in the factory.

It would be comforting to know that the new, upcoming BluRay high-capacity burners would be backwards-compatible with present-day dvd media (DVD +/-R) much as today's burners are compatible with CD-R. It might be a stretch to hope for all three though, desireable though it would be - CD-R plus DVD+R/-R plus Blu-Ray, all-in-one burner. It might be an expensive option - infrared laser (cd), plus visible red laser (dvd) plus blue laser.

i think its all a big rip off, if everyone as gone out and spent on dvds , then in two years need to buy the same movie again but in a diffrent format.. whos winning and whos losein boing boing baggies baggies

You're the winner westbron (really). IF the new format were to yield a movie in exactly the same video quality as your present dvd copy, you would be a loser. But if you have a high-definition home television (we will all have them; standard NTSC/PAL tv's are on their way out), then the remastered, re-encoded noo-&-improoved BluRay Hi-Def Hollywood blockbuster feature film will look better than it ever has before. I sort of suspect that after we've lived with hi-def discs for a while, we'll become spoiled rotten. You won't really want that stinky ol' standard dvd any more. The really good news is that since bluray/hi-def technology is so new, it'll be a good long time before something better comes along. Planned obsolescence, I don't think, is a part of the hi-def format. You should be 'OK' for a month or two! :-)

whos gonna pay for my new tv and films then , any offers boing boing baggies baggies

You can bet the technology will be more expensive initially, it always is. The answer,don't buy until the price drops. Isn't this a technology that the Chinese developed and were going to market cheaper than the existing one? However the big companies got into the act. Joewho.