what is a BluRay?

[LSK]

:shrug:

[Broken_Hero]

1. good question...

could somebody please explain this in a simple fashion?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. It's a new media format.

Could be the next VHS. Could also be the next Beta.

Sony's going with the Blu-ray format. Thus, they've using it in their new Playstation. Just plain Blu-ray players are going for $1000 now. Thus, Sony figures if they've got the Blu-ray format in their game system, it will go along way towards promoting the format.

[CabalPowered]

5. HD DVD has larger capacity, but graphics aren't as good

BluRay has a smaller capacity but better graphics. I think that's the breakdown.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. HD DVD holds about 30 GB.

Blu-Ray up to 200 GB, last time I checked.

The graphics depends on the hardware, not the media format, I believe.

[CabalPowered]

8. Err.. you're right. And I meant resolution, not graphics.

[mduffy31]

16. It's gonna be the winner

Just because it is in the PS3

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. That's what people are saying.

You never know until it's over.

[mduffy31]

18. I know that it why the PS2 was the winner over the other

systems because of the inclusion of a DVD player.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. There were plenty of reasons why...

the PS2 beat out it's competition.

But it won't necessarily apply here. The format that wins is not necessarily the best format, or the most convenient.

[bertha katzenengel]

34. God dammit. I just bought an iPod because I figured "they" can't come

up with anything better.

Now you tell me I have to throw away my Betamax, too? Shit.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. It's a new high definition video/media format.

A competitor for the HD-DVD.

[buddhamama]

4. if my son were home

he could explain it to you. i am clueless.

[bidiboom]

6. Here you go

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

More at http://www.blu-ray.com/info/

[Montauk6]

9. I would've guessed a type of sunglasses

[LaraMN]

10. Everyone else in this thread is a dirty liar.

It's a bird with laser-eyes.

Trust me.

[Broken_Hero]

12. ...........

:spray: :rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

14. I suddenly want a PS3 waaayyyyy more now.

[Renew Deal]

11. The greatest thing ever

D'uhhh! :dunce:

[LSK]

13. sex?

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

15. He's the guy who's sig-line has the picture of Bush looking at a squirrel.

[billyskank]

22. Jay

Jay.

:D

[madinmaryland]

33. No. Squirrel. Seriesly!

[Xipe Totec]

19. The Betamax of the HD DVD market n/t

[billyskank]

20. It is the corporate world's latest attempt to prevent me playing discs I paid for

on my computer, 'cause I run a commie operating system or something like that.

[MrCoffee]

23. quit stealing the corporate world's money, and they'll quit changing formats on you...

sheesh.

[billyskank]

26. I know. I am a no-good thieving Microsoft-tax dodger

[MrCoffee]

28. Uncle Bill is not amused

[billyskank]

30. No doubt the BSA are on their way right now

:D

[LSK]

24. linux?

[billyskank]

25. Yep

I am so sad, I just installed Linux on my laptop from scratch - not even from a distro. I compiled everything from source myself, by hand.

It fucking boots fast though. :7

[LSK]

27. ok, that is pretty hardcore

What did you use for a bootdisk? Did you manually build the directory stucture and such? Details!

[billyskank]

29. I got help

There is a site www.linuxfromscratch.org (site is fubar right now) that guides you through installing your own Linux system from source from scratch, step by step. Actually it's really easy in principle - all you gotta do is follow the instructions precisely. The only difficulty comes in that there are so many of them. It took me three days just to be able to boot the thing on its own.

The site has a bootable CD you can download, that contains a working set of tools to compile your initial toolset, as well as a complete set of the source code you need.

[LSK]

31. cool,

I used to have a desktop system using the slackware distro, but it got blown away. I still use slackware for a firewall and file servers.

[billyskank]

32. Slackware is on my desktop system right now

that I am using to type this. Slackware is my favoured distro.

[Deja Q]

35. Overpriced.

:rofl:

What others said; it's a new DVD format. 10x the capacity... also 10x the price. And none of the titles is 1/10th as good...

[billyskank]

36. Hey Toad

:hi:

[bluedogyellowdog]

37. It's the latest addition to the club

that also includes Betamax, 8-track tapes, MiniDiscs, 8 inch floppy discs, 110 and 126 Instamatic film, and the Edsel.

Or will be soon.

:rofl: