Jeroen Stessen wrote: > > So Blu-ray disks will be extra vulnerable to scratches, > > I believe that BRD are always kept inside a caddy, > so this should be a non-issue. A caddy may be thought > of as annoying, but if it fits in the same drawer as > a regular DVD or CD, who cares ? Not me. Although it would remind me of the late and unlamented CED videodisc format. Remember that one? I think it lasted until the mid 1980s or so?=20 > Blu-ray players are more susceptible to bumps and > misalignment.=20 > > Says who? I can not disclose about this, but I have > seen an example of extremely accurate alignment. The article said this. I agree that this seems like a non-issue. After all, compared with LP players, you could certainly say the same thing of CD players. Technology takes care of these problems. > I'm no expert on this, but my gut feeling is that DRM > is _the_ killer specification point in this format war. Yes, I agree that this seems like it will be the case. Which leads me to believe that no warmed-over red laser DVD with WM9 codecs will satisfy the real studios at all, for HD movie distribution. > Historically... DVD-R versus +R, double sided versus > dual layer, who has been in the winning camp ? ;-) Gee, Jeroen, I wonder what you mean? Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.