LG's GGW-H10N HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive previewed

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Wellinformed @ May 8th 2007 1:36PM

I don't want a lesser delivery system...period. That lesser delivery system is HD DVD.

I'm glad Blu-ray outsold HD DVD by 500,000 discs in the first quarter of this year (no...Neilsen Videoscan numbers does not count free discs). At that rate, the disc sales gap should be 1.5 million in favor of Blu-ray by the end of the year.

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Garry @ May 8th 2007 5:16PM

@ (not-so-) Wellinformed:

As to HD-DVD being the "inferior" format:
1) HD-DVD is region free. Blu-Ray is not.
2) HD-DVD mandates the use of *at least* one next-gen audio (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, DTS HD Master Audio) format on every disc. Blu-Ray? Nope.
3) Blu-Ray uses AACS's HDCP, as does HD-DVD. But Blu-Ray adds an entirely new layer of DRM to every disc.

These are the primary reasons that I hope Blu-Ray dies a horrid, gruesome, bloody death. I'm not from Troy, and I don't like wooden horses.

Storage space (and inclusion in the PS3) does not a next-gen video format make. And in case you disagree, HD-DVD currently holds the storage capacity lead with its multi-layer (soon to be 4) discs.

And finally, 500,000 a quarter is NOT 1.5 million per year. One quarter= 3 months= 4 quarters in a year= 2 million units. But all of the "sales" numbers being spewed by both sides are probably 25% overstated on a good day, so who am I to split hairs?

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