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A Hi-Def Look At Blu-ray. Has It Done More Harm Than Good?

Prime Player writes: "In this ever evolving world of technology, video enthusiasts and gamers alike have become very familiar with the advanced, yet infantile Blu-ray format. I say "infantile" with no implied negative connotation, but more so because it remains a young format that has yet to reach its full potential. Even though BD has been on the market for little over three years–less than three for the Playstation 3–it has still garnered equal amounts of praise and criticism. That fact is largely due to Sony's implementation and marketing of the PS3 as an alternative BD player, in addition to pushing it as a necessary gaming format.

There exist the technical advantages versus older formats including hi-definition video/ audio perception, scratch-resistant technology, and voluminous data capacity. Though, beyond those technical feats, has BD done more harm than good to Sony, gaming consumers, and game developers?"

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dj555555555410d ago

Hmmmm will this article be removed because of the conclusion at the end as last time i brought up the benefits of blu ray i received a 3 day ban and lost bubbles.

TruEve5410d ago

I hope not. That wouldn't make sense as this is an objective article, though I do insert my opinion in the conclusion. That's unfortunate for your ban...not sure whether the method of expressing yourself was in anyway a 'use' violation.

On the flip-side, people can just get upset if they come across any info they don't agree with, and react inappropriately.

Marceles5410d ago

"Ultimately, the end result will likely better the industry to a great extent. With time, production costs will reduce, quirks will be worked out, and mainstream penetration will be reached."

Exactly...just like PS2 and DVD when they came out. The only bad thing about Blu-ray happened with the delay of the PS3 launch because of production problems. But since Blu-ray has been out it's been nothing but good and is a big stand-out selling point of PS3, especially for consumers that are starting to get into the HD swing of things.

CryWolf5410d ago

No blu-ray haven't done any harm to Sony DVD's get scratch easy making it not readable overtime with the amount of scratchest does blu-ray scratch easy No it has scratch-resistant coating to protect disc from Unnecessary scratchest.

Then you have the storage space with blu-ray disc the give you High Definition video/audio without compressing anything compare to DVD quality, if you have a new HDTV and you want to is the full quality of your Television then blu-ray player or a playstation 3 will give you HD view and Audio without compressing the movie or videogames.

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MSI releases new RTX 4060 Ti bundle that fans of Monster Hunter will love

MSI celebrates the 20th anniversary of Monster Hunter with this unique bundle that features a matching RTX 4060 Ti and game controller.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader821d 6h ago

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