Will SWG be offended if I say "gay"?

Time to sell all those DVDs I have

*sigh* I can hardly wait for: Star Wars BLU-RAY episodes 1-5? Star trek digitally remastered *OMG* *insert other crappy movies here*

(technically) the DVD Forum chose HD-DVD, not Blu-Ray for high def DVDs, but it remains to be seen which will win out. HD-DVD offers much greater backwards compatibility with curre…

When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (If not, I'll be really pissed!)

Well, no, the superdrives are really only designed for 2x/4x (and some 8x) DVD-Rs. The newest burnable DVD technology that just came out are DVD+R DL (dual layer) discs, which allo…

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (I…

Do I need a special burner for a DVD+R DL disk? If so, what should I get?

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (I…

I don't think my drive can burn DVD-9's.

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Dual Layer, out now. A 100 GB external HD seems more practical. Much more cheaper that way, right?

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: Do I need a special burner for a DVD+R DL disk? If so, what should I get? Yes. Yes you will. There is one by sony that bur…

Blu-Ray: I'm so sick of their proprietary technologies

Quote: Originally posted by Adam Betts: Blu-Ray: I'm so sick of their proprietary technologies I'm picking up on that too.

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: A 100 GB external HD seems more practical. Much more cheaper that way, right? Somewhat.... the internals go for $170 - $20…

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Somewhat.... the internals go for $170 - $200. Much less than the first DVD burners. What are you talking about? you can get…

whats blu-ray?

Quote: Originally posted by MaxPower2k3: What are you talking about? you can get a 160GB drive for $90 with no rebates. If you find a good deal, you can get them for $50…

Screw it. DVD's just standardized. Superbit encoded DVD's look great on any HD set. It took over five years to finally get Star Wars on DVD. We don't need another proprietary f…

Quote: Originally posted by fireside: i believe he was talking about internal dvd-r dl burners. atleast, thats what i assumed after i thought about it for awhile. at fi…

Quote: Originally posted by SafariX: Will SWG be offended if I say "gay"? No, but I am offended that Starman posted a thread like this without a link.

So does this mean that the video will no longer suck like current-generation DVDs?

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: So does this mean that the video will no longer suck like current-generation DVDs? What sucks? MPEG 1?

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: What sucks? MPEG 1? I have yet to see a single commercial DVD where the video isn't marred by compression artefacts, one typ…

Quote: Originally posted by LoganCharles: Screw it. DVD's just standardized. Superbit encoded DVD's look great on any HD set. It took over five years to finally get S…