• MGM Bears Torch for Blu-ray

    MGM Bears Torch for Blu-ray

    Techtree News Staff, Nov 10, 2005 1459 hrs IST

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has announced its support of the Blu-ray Gen-Next DVD format; with this the format war got bloodier!

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The seemingly never-ending Blu-ray vs HD DVD format war just got bloodier, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) having announced its support of the Blu-ray Gen-Next DVD format.

Post the launch of Blu-ray hardware in Europe, North America and Japan, MGM in co-operation with the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), will release film and television titles from its vast library.

Blu-ray is a Gen-X optical disc format, developed for high-capacity software applications and high-definition video. While a single-layer Blu-ray disc can store up to 25 gigabytes of data, a dual-layer Blu-ray disc can hold around 50 gigabytes of data. Blu-ray also incorporates highly advanced copy protection, advanced interactivity, and backward compatibility with current DVD format connectivity.

Harry Sloan, chairman and CEO, MGM Studios, said, "MGM's focus has always been to provide movie lovers complete access to the world's largest modern film library, in the most technologically advanced formats. Adopting this new Blu-ray technology, with its expanded storage capacity and increased interactive capabilities, allows us to continue to provide our customers with the best movie viewing experience available."

Howard Stringer, chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation, said, "This is a tremendous win for movie lovers everywhere. The Blu-ray Disc format provides a completely new viewing experience, and consumers can now look forward to enjoying content from the world's largest library of modern films, including titles from franchises such as James Bond and The Pink Panther in this amazing new format."

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Jimmy
,Los Angeles, on Nov 11, 2005 12:53 PM
Can't say this was any surprise. Sony OWNS MGM. I for one was hoping MGM would suffer from a bit of nostalgia and hark back to the days of VCDs. In any case, this isn't news. Its just noise from Sony.
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mind_spark
,Mumbai, on Nov 11, 2005 09:51 AM
the success of blue ray will again boil down to the cost factor..no matter how many movies you can store in one disk...
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john
,kitchener, on Nov 11, 2005 12:31 AM
Looking forward someday to buying a blu-ray machine but what about war between holographic disc and blu-ray. but what bothers me blu-ray might think disc is corrupt and possibly shut down if it thinks its being hacked
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Arcane
,CapeTown, on Nov 10, 2005 11:14 PM
what about ps3? It supports BR disks and ps3 games will need the space of BR! Rootkits on the otherhand... can go to hell!!
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Russ
,Green Bay, on Nov 10, 2005 10:47 PM
If I can't make a digital backup of these darn things, they can go to hell. As expensive as they are going to be, I'm not going to run the risk of a scratch destroying my investment. Who the heck ISN'T going to have their entire movie library stored on their hard drive, anyway? We'll all have a dukebox type media center for movies on our TVs... won't we?
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bob
,bob, on Nov 10, 2005 10:50 PM
I'm with you on that one. In order to use an entire 50 GB for a single movie the resolition would have to be 60,000 by 38,00. Or it would have to be 15 hours long. Right now the highest high-def movies are 1290 x 768 pixels.
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bob
,bob, on Nov 10, 2005 10:48 PM
The Blu-ray disc WILL use the same Root-Kit software as the Sony CD's. That's why Microsoft won't use them; the software for blu-ray intalls root-kits that disable your computer's major funcionality.
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kevin boyd
,meridian,mississippi, on Nov 10, 2005 07:52 PM
i think that its great what blu-ray tech will bring to the home. i love what sony puts out and i will support blu-ray.
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Craig
,Raleigh, on Nov 10, 2005 06:43 PM
Root Kit K?
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