"grant kinsley" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:04:58 GMT, "Mccain"
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Aaron Lawrence" <> wrote in message
>>news:. com...
>>> On a pleasant day while strolling in alt.video.dvd, a
>>> person by the name of scott michaels exclaimed:
>>>> How easily are blu-ray discs (I guess it really does not matter with
>>>> HD-DVD)?
>>>>
>>>> Compared to dvds, cds are indestructable. Is there a similar difference
>>>> between dvd and blu-ray?
>>>
>>> Supposedly blu-ray is quite robust - at least scratch
>>> resistant, because of the special coating they got.
>>> HD-DVD is the same materials as DVD but with the higher
>>> data density, more easily damaged than DVD.
>>>
>>
>>I'd say the are exactly the same. Beta Ray records it's data close to the
>>upper edge of the disc which makes it more vulnerable then other optical
>>media so an extra coating is applied to protect the data. but that coating
>>is not strong and is causing problems. Many discs have been "rotting" and
>>"spotting"already and I've seen coatings turn brownish from hot drives
>>running in demo machines all day. At least that is what my manager told
>>me.
>>
>>Just look up blu Ray rot in a search engine.
>>
>>I think a good time to consider buying a player would be late fall 2009
>>Early 2010. By then we should know what the next big thing will be and
>>Beta
>>Ray specs will be at at least profile 2.0 or 2.5 with cheapers drives
>>around
>>and movies..hopefully and the bugs should be mostly worked out.
>>
>
> just the fact that he uses the term Beta-Ray shows his strong
> anti-blu-ray bias. I would take the commentary about rot with a giant
> piece of salt.
>
> G
>
Is it finished? no. It's in beta.
Yeah I have a PS3 and profile 1.0 player and HD-DVD but call it what it
is... Beta Ray
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=857067
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