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View Full Version : What is Blu-ray? Brian Damage 08-31-2006, 12:29 PM Maybe it is my age catching up to me, but I have been hearing a lot about Blu-ray lately. I was watching a commercial for a new dvd release and it said available this Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray. What the heck is this? James"Thunder"Early 08-31-2006, 12:34 PM It's news to me too, I had to look it up. It's some new kind of disc http://www.blu-ray.com/info/ Brian Damage 08-31-2006, 12:45 PM All I know is, if I have to upgrade all my stuff to Blu-ray eventually, I am going to be PO'd. lol robyrob 08-31-2006, 01:32 PM it is a digital-rights management scam system that Sony is trying to push out to mass market, in the form of high-definition dvd's and players. once you've got it, they will be able to control where, what and how often you will be able to play their your dvd's - and forget about recording to back up or loaning them out to friends; it will just not be possible. Ireneparalegal 08-31-2006, 01:48 PM It should be called STING-ray. theshark8777 08-31-2006, 05:53 PM Viva HD DVD. Down with Blu Ray. Chelsea 08-31-2006, 07:56 PM http://www.freephoto1.com/photo/photo-vhs.jpg TJL 08-31-2006, 08:00 PM ^ What the Hell is that? ;) theshark8777 08-31-2006, 08:01 PM I haven't seen that in like 7 years!! James"Thunder"Early 08-31-2006, 08:03 PM http://www.freephoto1.com/photo/photo-vhs.jpgI still use those now JNSBSB 08-31-2006, 11:57 PM TJL and theshark8777, it's the high-end super VHS aka S-VHS tape. Super because it would hold much more info per 1 inch of tape length compared to conventional VHS tapes. Plus, they were too expensive per tape, and you had to use an S-Video plug just to see the video clearly, otherwise it looked crappy with just an analog(yellow) video cable. S-VHS VCRs went extinct rather quicky because not much demand after a period of time. :) JNSBSB 09-01-2006, 12:07 AM Blue Ray could very well end up going the route of these machines. S-VHS player.(see huge pic below)(sorry for pic size.) http://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/svhs/photos/general/brs800co.jpg Hi-8 video player.(see pic below) http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/intech/lab/images/IR_playr.jpg TJL 09-01-2006, 01:40 AM TJL and theshark8777, it's the high-end super VHS aka S-VHS tape. Super because it would hold much more info per 1 inch of tape length compared to conventional VHS tapes. Plus, they were too expensive per tape, and you had to use an S-Video plug just to see the video clearly, otherwise it looked crappy with just an analog(yellow) video cable. S-VHS VCRs went extinct rather quicky because not much demand after a period of time. :) I remember S-VHS. The quality was great, but the tech wasn't right at the time. |