Reply #162: A few details about Bluray from someone in the AV industry

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first off each bluray single layer holds 25 GB of data - thats alot, and what you need for full HD (1080P) fora few hours of video. Most BlurRays are dual layer

Next nearly all Blurays on the market worth buying support "BluRay Live" - which means they have a built in web browser and usually support U tube and the rest.

Also every BluRay I saw at Costco also had a NetFlix option where you could DL movies to watch w/o renting a dvd or anything.

I personally have a PS3 - which was the cheapest BluRay player at thetime.

it's awesome. it up scales (DVD to HD) and updates online, web pages, as well as NetFlix FINALLY came out with a way to rent dvd's (like the other players) directly to the PS3.

oh yeah and it plays games, DVDs and CDs (many blu rays dont include the CD laser, and thus you can't listen to music on it)

but that's my 2 cents.

I found a lot of Bluray players that were decent were about 150 +-

One last thing. People talk about everything going online...

Do YOU want to leave your valuable collection in a non-perminant format?

i LIKE my DVD, and now Bluray collection.

I put it in and it plays. No fuss, no muss, easy peasy. (i also stream, etc)

I dont see physical media going away for a long time.
Hell I even have some vcr tapes lying around.