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1. Comment - HD DVD: Blu-ray Has Problems

   (Jan 12, 2006 - 10:45 PM)

   i read recently that blu-ray will not be using the newer h.264 compression that hd-dvd uses, but rather the older mpeg-2 compression that current dvd uses.
   
   i've been experimenting with h.264 avc compression for some time now and have found that SD-DVD content can be compressed using h.264 avc to one fifth of its original size, with no loss in quality.
   by the same logic that means that content of five times that resoultion (1080p), using h.264 would take up little more space than a SD-DVD.
   
   blu-ray will need every bit of its 50 GB capacilty to store video content ( approx 8.5 x 5 = 42.5 GB)
   
   by comparison, hd-dvd would require approximately 10GB to store a feature length movie, out of an available 30GB.
   
   admittedly these figures are approximate and dependant on content. what do you guys think?
   
   i must say as someone else pointed out, i too will be seriously pissed off if they try to further compress SD-DVD content to a single layer. SD-DVD's have enough compression artifacts already!