When will Blue ray discs/writers be widely availible

[MachineMan]

How many years before Blue Ray media/players/writers will be availible? By the end of 2004? Also will there be one standerd format and capacity?

Probably there are no sure answers as of yet but I was just wondering.

[holistic]

How many years before Blue Ray media/players/writers will be availible?

Soner or later but proberly more sooner than later.

Also will there be one standerd format and capacity?

Almost fell of my chair laughing at this one. Doubt it. When you look at the developer of this product you will understand.




***** http://www.dvdburning.biz/dvd-r-rw-burners.htm
http://www.dvd-makers.com/public/810.cfm?sd=116

[MachineMan]

Holistic, I checked your link, good info.

This is probably just a step towards the next generation since the wavelength is only 405nm. Currently in the semiconductor industry we are resolving lithography in the DUV at 193nm to pattern < 0.13um geometry. If the same principles apply then the next laser resolution past blue ray (405nm) will be 365nm, 248nm, 193nm, 157nm...................

[lordsmurf]

Don't worry about it until it gets here. You never know if these things will get past the demo stage. Most technology doesn't. Too much hype on Blu-Ray.

[Gil T Pleasure]

Info on the different competing formats:
http://www.hddvd.org/hddvd/difformatsblueray.php

Then there's the One Format Only Campaign to let movie studios and manufacturers to "agree upon a SINGLE, unified format before making any such format available to consumers."

I appreciate all of their efforts, but with millions of $$$ in royalty at stake I think they're fighting a losing battle here.

[BJ_M]

you can buy them now in japan and north america on a limited basis .. though what you are going to use them for is another mater -- blanks are 25$

[The village idiot]

And how big are they?

What is it, somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 a GB ?

[SLICK RICK]

The village idiot,

In holistic's link http://www.dvd-makers.com/public/810.cfm?sd=116 it stated that there will be 3 different capacities:23GB, 25GB, and 27GB. The price of the 23GB disc being around $30.

SLICK RICK

[tompika]

3 different capacities:23GB, 25GB, and 27GB.

Wow, can you imagine how many VCD movies we could put on a 27GB blue-ray disc!

[BJ_M]

they have gone in price (the blanks) 5 packs are 200$ for 23gig ..

you can buy blueray here (and blanks) for north america

http://www.dvnation.com/dvrbdz.html