Blu-Ray and HD DVD What’s the Difference?
For a couple years now stores have been carrying both Blu-Ray and HD DVD disks. The manufacturers have been making both types of drives, and people buy both kinds. However, Blu-Ray players are unable to play HD DVD’s, and HD DVD players can’t play Blu-Ray discs. At the end of the day, they both do the same thing by playing data on a HDTV. So what is the feud? Well, it’s a matter of who arrived first. Two companies developed and successfully marketed a working high definition delivery system. But, as we all know; only one will survive, and in the battle of Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD player computability, it seems Blu-Ray has won the fight. The movie rental chains have decided on Blu-Ray as their HD disk of choice, and some electronics retailers are selling Blu-Ray players instead of HD DVD players. However, that leaves a little bit of a dilemma. Thousands of people have already bought an HD DVD player, and some movies have come out on it already. Though as many newer movies may not be coming out on this format.Make sure you do the right research before you commit. Remember Laser-Disc in the early 1990’s? That was the must have but not to many movies came out on laser disc. Find out where you can purchase dvd for your new collection. If HD DVD are hard to find in your area, chances are you might go with Blu-Ray. If both are hard to find, well, i would suggest upgrading your TV.
