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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray: The Great Optical Disc Battle
HD-DVD, Blu-ray…two terms that have pervaded the tech scene, two terms embroiled in what some would describe as a deadly format war. This featured article does a fine job of educating the unenlightened.
Long gone are the times when all we had were compact discs, first for music, then for data storage and movies. The DVDs came next, boasting of what seemed then as tons of data storage.
But as they say, times quickly change, and so does the technology. Personal and commercial demands for data storage — be they for music, movies, games, or software — are outstripping the present capacities of optical discs.
Fortunately, two new players in the optical storage scene have arrived — HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Both share similarities, and at the same time compete against each other to become the new standard technology for the future.
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The author suggests opticalstorage.org for more information regarding optical discs, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, DRM, and more. A member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the author is also with Ituloy AngSulong.
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