DVD/Laser Disc comparisions (and future Media)

[dave_c]

I remember back in the sixth form my old electronics teacher told us he preferred to watch his movies in the old (and big) Laser Disc format rather than the DVD format (bearing in mund that this was the late 90s and DVD was only just released  mainstream) I could recall he said the picture quality is better on Laser Disc.

Can anyone ellaborate on this quote? Is the picture really more better or was he having us on? How much memory doe's a LD carry compared to a DVD?

And regarding future media storage, Can anyone shed any light with Sony's Blu-Ray Discs and compare it with the forthcoming DVD-HD?

[LeMarchand]

Nor sure about LD v DVD, though I suspect that he was being a techno-snob.

 

I recently read an article about BRvHD. BR can hold more data, but is more expensive to produce (HD disc can use existing plants). I can't remember the exact figures, I'm afraid. It looks as if a Beta v VHS stylee battle is on the cards (again), as the major players can't agree which format to use, or are sitting on the fence.

[ian.miller]

check out the BBC tech website as they have been following this a fair bit - the BRvsHD lark anyway.

As for LD, one thing I remember is that early DVD's seemed to be copies of VHS quality films, whereas LD's were "remastered", wasn't until DVD caught on that things got better. But that might just be my experience as I only every knew one person with LD's

[bluegreenash]

I also has a friend who swears by his Laserdiscs it's sort of like the vinyl