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you skipped the best part!! Well, so much for the Bluray size advantage!

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In Reply to: RE: 51G HD DVD media [screendigest.com] posted by 4season on September 10, 2007 at 09:53:32

Our take...
The approval of Toshiba's 51 GB disc is good news for the HD DVD camp, allowing it to compete directly with rival Blu-ray Disc's (BD) dual-layer 50 GB disc. As with the BD50, it is likely to take some time for production yields to reach a commercially viable level. However, once this has been achieved it will arguably eliminate one of the principle reasons behind some studios' support of Blu-ray over HD DVD, thus potentially making it easier for Disney or Fox to adopt a format-agnostic position without losing face. Meanwhile, the development of a triple-layer single-sided hybrid HD DVD/DVD disc will also be welcomed by HD DVD supporters. Both Warner and Universal have been releasing double-sided hybrids in the US for some time but they have yet to use this approach in Europe. Single-sided hybrids (sometimes called 'twin format' discs) offer the sam

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blu-ray can do 200 gigs - Jazz Inmate 10:28:24 09/11/07 (1)
No, that hasn't been used on a commercial BD release, but the capacity is there. The 51 GB HD DVD hasn't been implemented either. So it looks like HD DVD is only 150 gigs behind blu-ray at this point.

You guys should really dig deeper than the HD DVD camp's troll du jour.
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- Ahem...works the other way, too, Jazz. (NT) - jeffreybehr 10:13:47 09/14/07 (0)
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