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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	WS, I agree that BluRay had a major advantage in the way of 'money to throw at it', but as the storage capacity is substantially higher, and with the hope that time will take the edge off the production costs, I still maintain that BluRay is superior. Of course, it is more expensive as it requires all-new production equipment, but major proponents of the format seem to think they'll bring the costs in-line with HD-DVD in a relatively short space of time. While the established limits are about 54GB for a dual-layer BluRay and 30GB for dual-layer HD DVD, the theoretical limits are actually closer to 200GB for BluRay and 60GB for HD-DVD. In the long run, BluRay goes that step further. While steam-power does a job admirably, things change and new processes become necessary. The technology [i]behind[/i] the technology eventually has to move on, and manufacturing techniques can't just be re-jigged forever without compromising on substantial technological advancement. On a side note; it must really get Microsoft's goat that Toshiba's baby was usurped by a format supported by (among others) Apple! :D Loading...
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