The format war between Toshiba/HD DVD and Sony/Blu-ray is as strong as ever with the holidays approaching. With Halo 3 helping boost Xbox 360 sales, which can have the HD DVD attachment purchased, Sony has stepped up their game for Blu-ray.
Blu-ray Contest
Blu-ray is a next generation disc format for 1080p high definition content. If you want to get the best in high definition for you Hi-def TV you want to get Blu-ray. Here are the key benefits of Blu-ray:
- Up to 6x better resolution than DVD
- Progressive scanning delivers a smoother image than interlaced and stays sharper during motion
- High Definition sound, up to 7.1 channels of lossless high definition audio for a superior listening experience.
- Regular DVDs play on all existing Blu-ray Disc players
- Over 170 companies support Blu-ray, therefore more Hollywood movies and the top blockbusters are available on Blu-ray
- 5x more capacity than DVD and 66% more than HD DVD allowing for more space for higher quality audio, video and interactive content
For those of you who own a Blu-ray player or PS3, check out this thread for a chance to win a copy of Superman, Cars or Ultraviolet.
Being one who owns an HD DVD (Xbox 360) player, I'm obviously rooting for the other guy. Yes, I'm bias, but I do have friends who own the Blu-ray player and they swear by it. So there you go.
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