yes, sony has done it again, created somthing totally off the wall, however, this time, it MIGHT actually be a good idea... Blu-Ray disc's hold 25 gigs (50 gigs dual layer), as seen in this article:
The format provides five times larger capacity than today's DVDs, with unprecedented storage capacity of 25 GB (single-layer) and 50 GB (dual-layer). Blu-ray Disc™ players will be fully backward compatible with current DVD formats, delivering entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality, under a secure environment made possible through the most advanced copyright protection technology.
Blu-ray Disc™ provides picture quality beyond anything available, with full capability 1080p/24 resolution in Blu-ray and Up to 40Mbps bit encoding - 5X current DVD. The theater quality "uncompressed" audio supports 8 channels of Liner PCM, Up to 32 streams of audio, interactive capability, seamless menus, integrated games, hi-def bonus and educational features. Java will allow for more dynamic, more sophisticated interactivity.
Blu-ray Disc™ was created to match the accelerating growth in digital consumer electronics and computer technology. The platform supports the convergence of film, music, gaming and other computer entertainment in a single standard. Sony Computer Entertainment's adoption of Blu-ray Disc™ ROM technology in the next-generation PlayStation 3 system was announced at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
now, sure, sony will keep it alive with PS3, BUT, it will not catch on anywhere else, unless they let others make blu-ray discs and\or burners, so far, the only discs and burners are sony... personally, the only good i see this doing for anyone is making it that much easyer to pirate sony's PS3 games. that is, when these things are in a reasonable price range (if that ever happens). the current price for a blu-ray burner is 700 bucks on newegg:
[link]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131034[/link]
i doubt THAT price will be dropping soon. i think i will stick with DVD's, and Dual Layer DVD's. alteast, until these burners and discs are a reasonable price (doubt that will happen anytime soon, if ever)
another thing, i think that one of these would be alittle much for my 2.6 celery
Pentium IV 3.0GHz or faster512MB or more RAM
30GB free HDD space
UXGA (1600 x 1200) display (recommended)
Graphics card capable of 1600 x 1200 resolution display
and just why does the resolution matter?
