HD-DVD Dead – So What Happens To Star Trek? February 22, 2008
Posted by showmescifi in scifi.Tags: Blu Ray, HD DVD, HDDVD, Sci Fi, science fiction, scifi, Star Trek, star trek remastered, startrek, Toshiba
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Yes we got an HD DVD player just to watch the new Star Trek classic remastered.
Yes we’re p**ssed that Toshiba is ditching us.
I guess this means that CBS will have to put out a Blu-Ray version now…
BUT WAIT!! They can’t! You know why? Because Blu-Ray doesn’t have the same capacity. So you physically can’t put the same FANTASTIC material that’s on the HD-DVD Star Trek remastered onto Blu-Crap.
Once again – as was the case with Beta – the better format has lost and that really sucks.
Show Me SciFi 
Actually Blu-Ray has a larger capacity than HD-DVD, and the Dual-layer discs even more so.
HD-DVD: 15 Gb single, 30 Gb dual
Blu-Ray: 25 Gb single, 50Gb dual
If anything, they would be able to add even more content like special features and documentaries to a Blu-Ray version with the extra space. 🙂
it will be a while before blu-ray becomes commonplace, I say around 5 years. Only got myself a second hand dvd player for my computer around a year or so ago