03-28-2006, 06:50 AM
Well, you're correct that bluray players will have a red laser for dvd's (atleast the ps3 will). But that's a different kind of laser than the hddvd one. It would be a bit expensive to put both new formats in 1 machine and I doubt they would want to pay royalties to the competitor.
They'll probably be made but they'll be even more expensive. And its almost guaranteed that in 2/3 years there'll be only 1 format left. I put my bets on bluray for the supperior storage, its inclussion in the ps3 (instant user base of tens of millions of users) and its supperior studio support. Bluray has WAY more (exclusive) support. Plus hddvd will never have a full catalogue of movies due to sony having quite a few studio's that they own.
They'll probably be made but they'll be even more expensive. And its almost guaranteed that in 2/3 years there'll be only 1 format left. I put my bets on bluray for the supperior storage, its inclussion in the ps3 (instant user base of tens of millions of users) and its supperior studio support. Bluray has WAY more (exclusive) support. Plus hddvd will never have a full catalogue of movies due to sony having quite a few studio's that they own.