Elizabeth: BlueRay was not the better format, video quality is almost identical 1080p is 1080p... there was no advantage other than Sony reaping the patent $$ from every blueray sale. SACD was only brought out by Sony because they lost the Patent $$$ they were collecting from every CD manufactured not to destroy DVD-A. SACD Failed because Sony's licensing approach like the betamax. Toshiba receives patent money from DVD.
Perceived advantage of more storage???? Blueray disc's didn't use the double sided tech because of manufacturing problems. "Fully implemented Blueray features" were included in the first HD-DVD player... not 2 years later like blueray where the first players can't play some of the current movies (Samsung lawsuit), and at the end of this year the 2.0 version of blueray will come out cause headaches for everyone buying one.
The only winner in this situation after confusing the customer base are the online downloaders... AppleTV, Vudu, etc where customers can download HD content (doesn't look as good) but doesn't require a $400+ Blue Ray player or spending $39 for a single movie.
Perceived advantage of more storage???? Blueray disc's didn't use the double sided tech because of manufacturing problems. "Fully implemented Blueray features" were included in the first HD-DVD player... not 2 years later like blueray where the first players can't play some of the current movies (Samsung lawsuit), and at the end of this year the 2.0 version of blueray will come out cause headaches for everyone buying one.
The only winner in this situation after confusing the customer base are the online downloaders... AppleTV, Vudu, etc where customers can download HD content (doesn't look as good) but doesn't require a $400+ Blue Ray player or spending $39 for a single movie.