Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Discs Delayed

[Vid-Kid]

This posted today on BetaNews.com:

http://www.betanews.com/article/BlurayHD_DVD_Combo_Discs_Delayed/1183059954

[lordsmurf]

I think this comment was a perfect response to that news bit:

"Warner's inventors claimed to have discovered that high reflectivity was not entirely necessary for even existing players to read the signals from thinner, underlying layers - transmissivity could theoretically be reduced from 100% to as low as 12%, and still be effective."

This is a worrying paragraph.

"transmissivity"
Not a word.

"high reflectivity was not entirely necessary"
Not entirely? So it is a bit?

"and still be effective"
Effective doesn't mean good. Effective means mostly works.

I totally agree. Very worrisome.

[ozymango]

"transmissivity"
Not a word.

Uh ... yes it is ... 'cept it's used in hydrogeology to describe the flow of ground water through an aquifer, so what that's got to do with DVD players I dunno!