Blu-ray capacity increase

[NiKRuLeZ]

So it has been revealed that Sony and Panasonic are going to increase the layer of bluray to 33.4 which means 66.8GB on a dual layer disc...amazing!

I think the whole reason for this is due to accomodate 3D content without compromising the bluray quality.

What I would like to see from this increase/what would be good to see is the average video bitrate increase AFTER obvoiusly accomodating the 3D content, if there is any storage space left over.

[brightsid]

What bitrate has to do with 3d?

[NiKRuLeZ]

What bitrate has to do with 3d?
Nothing, im saying if they have space left over after adding the 3D to the disc, it would be good to see movie producers relaxing on the compression to use up the free space by increasing the bitrate, if available.

[Detale]

I don't think adding 3d to a disc would really add much size man.

[NiKRuLeZ]

I don't think adding 3d to a disc would really add much size man.
Well either way extra space is always appriciated

[Detale]

Absolutely. I should get me one of those new fangled Blu Ray burners. I have no real reason to tho :huh:

[clocker]

Disk media is so yesterday.
Flash drives make much more sense.
The hardware (the drives themselves) are much more durable than a scratchable/breakable disk and all you need is a USB port and it'll play on anything.

[Detale]

Well now I use the WDTV live and it's all I need really. I strea Blu ay's from the HDD's to the TV. I always felt like it's something I "should" have though. I'm waiting for the prices to drop way down still.

[NiKRuLeZ]

Well now I use the WDTV live and it's all I need really. I strea Blu ay's from the HDD's to the TV. I always felt like it's something I "should" have though. I'm waiting for the prices to drop way down still.
Does that device allow you to play the full bluray stucture? e.g. if you have a backed up bluray on your HDD, it can stream the whole bluray including the menu structure etc...?

[Detale]

That's a good question. I usually only use X264 files, to be clear you mean the full BR disks at around 40 gigs a piece right? The equivalent of the Video_TS folder on a DVD? I'm going to try one now. I gotta DL it first so I'll get back to you. What file type is that? Like on a DVD it's a VOB and I know it plays those.

EDIT: Reading on their forums (http://wdtvhd.com/index.php?showtopic=7424) I think the answer would be no, but these replies are back in NOV and they had a firmware update then so I'm still going to try it. They say you can use makemkv and join the m2ts files( I assume these are the BR-VOB's) without loss of quality but then others say you can play m2ts directly. I have to investigate like ;)

Also it looks like you can connect an external BR drive (http://wdtvhd.com/index.php?showtopic=9248) to it and play it right from there as well. Don't know how feasible that it but you could if you want to.

[NiKRuLeZ]

Yeah the full blu-rays that are around 40-50gb. Would be good if it could play the bluray streamed from the HDD like it would play from the original bluray movie on the actual bluray disc.

[brento]

great, now blank media will be even pricier...

[NiKRuLeZ]

lol true :P

[S!X]

great, now blank media will be even pricier...

Exactly, just was looking on bestbuys website. They want $99.99 for 12 blank 25GB memorex blu-ray DVD's...:dabs::wacko:

[Detale]

Thats why I've stayed away from the Blu Ray burner even when they are on sale for $150. The media is just too damn much. $100 for 12!? Thats like $8 each F*ck that.

[camron]

I think bluray will be the last disc that will be industry standard. In a couple of years, you'll be having hard disk libraries since most of it will be downloaded and played using your HDD.

[Detale]

Or more specifically your SSD ;)

[Appzalien]

Until they come out with at least 4x burn speeds for re-writables, disk size is less a purchase decision for me. At 60gb and 2x speed its just a waste of time and I have no time for their daudling in releasing faster devices and media.

[jerryp009]

Wow sounds really good after read your post i have to buy some dual layer Blu ray discs.

[bpchia]

You can launch ripped BDMV folders from a hard disc just like VIDEO_TS can't you?