Blu Ray Media Controversy

There has been much controversy over what will be the next standard in high definition media. It seems Blu-ray technology with a capacity of 25gB may be succeeding over hd-dvd with a capacity of 15gB. It is most likely to be injected into the gaming, data and video marked in 2006.

The disc itself offers high definition quality that is far beyond anything out today. It takes advantage of the large 25gig size to store video with resolutions of up to 1920x1080 at a bandwidth of 54 Mb/s. To put this into perspective, a dvd is around 6Mb/s with a resolution of 720x480. Also, due to the large size, no compression algorithms are needed. On top of this, there are plans for manufacturers to release dual and quad layered discs (holding 2 and 4 times the amount of space respectively).

However, it does have its downside. Along with it, this new media requires movies and video to be reproduced. It demands that people buy a costly blu-ray player after recently changing to a dvd player. The question remains, will all of this change be worth it? Should Blu-ray be used as the new standard? Is there really a need to bring out a new format in digital video media when we already have dvd's? Please tell us your thoughts on the topic.