[nylug-talk] [Fwd: [IP] No one on the planet will choose this voluntarily]

[mylar]

On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 17:54, Ah Pook wrote:
> On Friday 19 May 2006 3:44 pm, mylar wrote:
> > DVD's will probably be available for a long time coming. And what
> > about backwards compatability ? Are these new Blu_Raygun players
> > going to play my old DVD's ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Some released discs will have both types of content too, so you can play 
> the same disc in a "normal" DVD player or an HD player.
> 
Sounds cool and makes sense. A lot of people are not going to run out
and update their players. They'll be using the older players for a while
so it would make sense to create dvd's that will play on both type of
machines.


> Coolest part of blu-ray is probably Durabis coatings (basically 
> scratch-proof).  Wish I could get some of that on my CD collection.

Sounds awesome. 

mylar