Rumour: Blu-Ray official for PS3

passerby · Mar 30, 2004

http://gameonline.jp/news/2004/03/30019.html
NOTE that the article quotes no reference, and is therefore still under suspect. The information is reportedly revealed by an entity "Asahi Computer", which may be an IT publication or organization, or whatever. The report states that Sony has made projections to start the production of BD-ROM in 2005 to be used for the PS3. A single layer BD-ROM stores 25GB, a dual layer BD-ROM stores 50GB. The article concludes with a "PS3 officially confirmed to use Blu-Ray!" exclamation.

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

Errr.... How is a rumour offical?

Clashman · Mar 30, 2004

If rumors could "officially confirm" anything....
3Dfx would have already risen from the dead
nV30 would roxors!!!
AMD would have bought out nVidia
Intel would have bought out ATI
and on and on and on....

Seriously, let's wait for an announcement from the actual company releasing the system before we attach the label "officially confirmed" to anything.

passerby · Mar 30, 2004

london-boy said:
Errr.... How is a rumour offical?

THAT is a paradox.

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

passerby said:
london-boy said:

Errr.... How is a rumour offical?

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THAT is a paradox.

You made the thread with that title, not me

Deadmeat · Mar 30, 2004

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BR-ROM? Where is the content? Jap Porn purhaps? Watch somebody else's home recorded video? BR-ROM movies surely aren't coming from Hollywood(Already agreed on HD-DVD).....

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

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Deadmeat said:
BR-ROM? Where is the content? Jap Porn purhaps? Watch somebody else's home recorded video? BR-ROM movies surely aren't coming from Hollywood(Already agreed on HD-DVD).....

I guess in 2006 the content will still largely be current DVD. Then new formatS will be introduced, so why worry about it now? Oh wait i just saw who i'm replying to...

V3 · Mar 30, 2004

This paradox made my day

The Register
Sony preps 50GB next-gen Blu-Ray video deck
By Tony Smith
Posted: 26/03/2004 at 12:43 GMT

Sony has committed itself to shipping second-generation consumer-oriented Blu-Ray video recorders by the end of the year, the company said today.

The new systems will support single-side, dual-layer Blu-Ray rewriteable discs with a total capacity of 50GB. Current Blu-Ray rewriteable discs provide 23GB of storage on a single layer.

The second-generation machines will also support the so-called 'BD-ROM' format - the Blu-Ray equivalent of today's pre-recorded DVDs, Sony said. As yet, the BD-ROM specification remains incomplete, but Sony hopes to have it ready in April. Holding up the final version of the spec. is the question of what, if any, copy protection mechanism to mandate.

Sony's movie division has said it will release content on BD-ROM in time for the 2005 Christmas sales season.

The consumer electronics giant didn't say much else about the new machines, other that it will offer two products, one of which will include a hard drive and presumably a time-shift recording facility.

It is also planning to incorporate a terrestrial digital TV tuner in the machines alongside the digital tuner built into its current model, the BDZ-S77, which was released last year.

Christmas 2005 for content ? Too long

When is HD-DVD content coming ?

pc999 · Mar 30, 2004

V3 said:
This paradox made my day

The Register
Sony preps 50GB next-gen Blu-Ray video deck
By Tony Smith
Posted: 26/03/2004 at 12:43 GMT

Sony has committed itself to shipping second-generation consumer-oriented Blu-Ray video recorders by the end of the year, the company said today.

The new systems will support single-side, dual-layer Blu-Ray rewriteable discs with a total capacity of 50GB. Current Blu-Ray rewriteable discs provide 23GB of storage on a single layer.

The second-generation machines will also support the so-called 'BD-ROM' format - the Blu-Ray equivalent of today's pre-recorded DVDs, Sony said. As yet, the BD-ROM specification remains incomplete, but Sony hopes to have it ready in April. Holding up the final version of the spec. is the question of what, if any, copy protection mechanism to mandate.

Sony's movie division has said it will release content on BD-ROM in time for the 2005 Christmas sales season.

The consumer electronics giant didn't say much else about the new machines, other that it will offer two products, one of which will include a hard drive and presumably a time-shift recording facility.

It is also planning to incorporate a terrestrial digital TV tuner in the machines alongside the digital tuner built into its current model, the BDZ-S77, which was released last year.

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With this you dont need a HDD and it can be used in next-gen consoles.

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

pc999 said:
With yhis you dont need a HDD so it can be used in next-gen consoles.

Errrrr not exactly matey...

jvd · Mar 30, 2004

The second-generation machines will also support the so-called 'BD-ROM' format

Sounds to me like the first generation of ps3s will have dvd and the second generation of ps3s will have blueray

pc999 · Mar 30, 2004

london-boy said:
pc999 said:

With yhis you dont need a HDD so it can be used in next-gen consoles.

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Errrrr not exactly matey...

Why not?

Clashman · Mar 30, 2004

Well, for one, there's the ROM part of it.

Deadmeat · Mar 30, 2004

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Considering the fact that Toshiba is the driving force behind HD-DVD, you can kiss Toshiba CELL Blu-Ray Players good bye. And you will most likely not see a Sony CELL Blu-Ray Player either(Sony Electronics has nothing to gain from SCEI's power-play), leaving PSX3 as the sole beneficienary of CELL technology....

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

Re: ...

Deadmeat said:
Considering the fact that Toshiba is the driving force behind HD-DVD, you can kiss Toshiba CELL Blu-Ray Players good bye. And you will most likely not see a Sony CELL Blu-Ray Player either(Sony Electronics has nothing to gain from SCEI's power-play), leaving PSX3 as the sole beneficienary of CELL technology....

Wow, what an imagination... Toshiba fighting Sony, Sony fighting ITSELF... :?

kaching · Mar 30, 2004

Christmas 2005 for content ? Too long When is HD-DVD content coming ?

Assuming the bid for HD DVD status doesn't affect Toshiba's and NEC's plans, they were targeting late this year, early 2005 for the first players to show up on the market.

V3 · Mar 30, 2004

Assuming the bid for HD DVD status doesn't affect Toshiba's and NEC's plans, they were targeting late this year, early 2005 for the first players to show up on the market.

And wide availibility of contents will follow suit ?

Both BD-ROM and HD-DVD movies will be in 1080p format right ?

cybamerc · Mar 30, 2004

V3:

> And wide availibility of contents will follow suit ?

It'll take a few years before you'll see truly widespread support... and that's assuming the format catches on with consumers.

> Both BD-ROM and HD-DVD movies will be in 1080p format right ?

Potentially.

London Geezer · Mar 30, 2004

It will not be widespread for years for the simple fact that until HDTVs are widespread, no HD content will be either. It will happen, and it will happen in the US/Japan long before it will in Europe, but i don't think it will anytime soon, or anytime before 3 years from now.

max-pain · Mar 30, 2004

But who will buy a standalone Blu-Ray Video player if you can get it with the PS3 for 300$ (in 2006)? Or the standalone players will only be 100-200 USD at that time? I don't think so...

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