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6
2004
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Playstation 3 goes Blu-Ray
Sony eats its own dog-food with DVD tech
Sony revealed yesterday that the DVD drives on its next-gen console will be powered by Sony's own Blu-Ray technology. Blu-Ray is one of two competing standards that are vying for common acceptance as the next standard for DVDs. Blu-Ray DVDs can hold 23Gb of information, as opposed to the 4.7Gb that current DVDs can manage. Sony will no doubt be keen on the idea of getting a large number of Blu-Ray devices out onto the market, and with predicted sales of the PS3 being this side of massive, they should get a good penetration without having to exert much in the way of effort.
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Excellent news - this will help drive the adoption of an HD standard for DVD's. Now if that makes them start selling the hi-def tellies in Britain, maybe the government will get its act together and realize we want HDTV, not 800 digital channels.
Just imagine how much you can record with BR-DVD-R's (Blu-Ray DVD-R's)!!!!
I agree!
CAN I PLEASE SEE A PICTURE.
CAN I PLEASE SEE A PICTURE.
CAN I PLEASE SEE A PICTURE OF THE PS3.
Sorry to be a bit pedantic CDal, but they are called BD-Rs. Suppose its easier to say than BR-DVD-Rs.
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