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The compact disc has been around since 1978, developed by Phillips and Sony. The reason it was developed was to take over for the Laserdisc as the industry standard digital audio disc. Since its invention, we have seen many updates on the compact disc technology. The most recent being the CD-R and DVD discs. With the CD-R, you can now burn your own discs at home, and then modify those discs at a later date. DVD technology allows us to record video onto a disc, where we used to only be able to record audio and data. As time rolls by, and the disc industry advances, we are presented with new forms of these technologies. The two new contenders are Blu-Ray discs and HD-DVD, hereÂ’s a little information about each of these new disc types.

1. Blu-Ray

This type of disc, also known as Blu-Ray Disc, is the next generation of optical disc. It was developed by the Blu-Ray Disc Association, a group of consumer electronic/PC/media manufacturers, including: Apple, HP, Mitsubishi, Phillips, Sony, and others. The Blu-Ray disc type was mainly developed for recording, rewriting, and playing back high-definition (HD) video. ItÂ’s also perfect for storing large amounts of data, exceeding previous DVD-R disc storage capabilities. It can hold more than 5 times the amount of information that a traditional DVD can hold, up to 25GB single layer, and up to 50GB dual layer. One of the main differences of the Blu-Ray disc is the type of laser that the disc is read with. Normal DVDs are read with a red laser, the Blu-Ray discs are read with a blue-violet laser. The main benefit of this change is the wave length of the laser types. The traditional red laser has a wider focus, so the blue-violet laser can be focused more precisely allowing more tightly packed data. This equals more data in less space on the disc, this results in the additional storage space available on the new Blu-Ray discs. These new discs are backwards compatible with regular DVDs, which they are expected to replace in the near future.

2. HD-DVD

HD-DVD discs, High Definition Versatile Discs or High Definition Digital Video Discs, are very similar to the Blu-Ray discs. This disc type is being developed by a group of consumer electronics/PC companies, headed by Toshiba. They also use a blue-violet laser to read the contents of the disc, which results in an increase in storage capacity compared to normal DVD discs. The HD-DVD can store 15GB single layer and 30GB double layer, making their storage capacity 10GB per layer smaller than the Blu-Ray. But Toshiba has announced a triple layer disc that can hold 45GB of information, and the HD DVD discs can hold both HD DVD and regular DVD information on one disc.

Right now these two disc types are battling it out to become the next generation of DVD disc technology, conjuring up images of the battle between Betamax and VHS in the 80Â’s. I guess weÂ’re all wondering whoÂ’s going to come out on top? In my honest opinion, I believe that Blu-Ray will become the new standard. Both disc types offer HD capability and large data storage capacity, so itÂ’s kind of hard to say which is better. The Blu-Ray, with its greater maximum storage capacity and the fact that itÂ’s being backed by more of the large consumer electronic/PC/media manufacturers, I believe will win the battle. But itÂ’s all still up in the air, so only time will tell.

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High def wars and the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player?

I have been following the HD war on the side lines not wanting to get burned. But I really need a new DVD player for my 42 inch HDTV.(mine is about 7 years old) So I start checking out upscaling DVD players. Then I just found out about the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player. But I don't want to lose. So here is my question.

This HD DVD player is under 3 bills. Sound and vision magazine said that all the players they 've tested shows that HD DVD looks better than blue ray.(the 1080p on blueray will not benefit me) It upconverts regular dvds really well. And since it is 2nd gen it has fixed many of the flaws of the the 1st sets. they say these 2nd gen HD DVD players are the closest to being worth the money. So even if blue ray wins out you will still have a good upconvert dvd player. How can one lose picking up this player for 300 smackers?

Sounds like a reasonable plan. The HD-A2 is supposed to be a great upconverting player and if you compare to the Oppo 981 (one of the best "standard" upconverting players) at $229 it is a great deal, particulalry if you consider the 5 free HD DVDs available with the $299 HD-A2. There are cheaper upscaling players, but they don't all do a good job. In fact my brother bought a Sony and it died in a few months.

I'm in much the same boat as you. I'd really like to get the HD-X2 because of the superior scaler but it is nowhere near as good a deal. The HD-A2 is the only blue laser player (HD DVD or Blu-Ray) I consider to be a viable option at this point, and if you need a new DVD player it is almost a no-brainer. Even if Blu-Ray "win" the format war you still have a good upscaling player and the means to play the cheap HD DVDs that will be sold off.

Some comments on other responses. The HD-A2 will give 1080i output over either component or HDMI, so an HDMI connection on your TV is not essential (should you not have one) BUT to get upconversion of standard DVDs (to 480p, 720p or 1080i) you need HDMI. Output is 1080i max on the HD-A2 (you need to buy the HD-A20 for 1080p output), but on most HDTVs 1080p would not give a noticable better picture. Neither Blu-Ray nor HD DVD may ever be the eventual winner (could be download or holographic disks, who knows), and may never catch on given their questionable appeal to the average consumer, but you can benefit now for relatively little money. I have adopted SACD and DVD-A for music and don't regret it even if most consumers have ignored it ... you have to do what works for you.

If you do go ahead and buy, consider Amazon.com's deal --- if you buy both the HD-A2 ($299) and the Matrix trilogy ($63) you get the mail in 5 free HD DVDs offered by Toshiba, plus 2 free HD DVDs from Amazon (total of 7 HD DVDs, up to a $200 value).

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