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Few things are more confusing to most of us than out and out turf wars between big technology firms. Toshiba and Microsoft threw their hat (and money) in with HD DVDs. However, Sony’s Blu Ray DVD format emerged the victor by a mile and left the rest with egg o
n their face.
The quick demise of HD DVDs was in no more small part thanks to the Playstation 3 coming with a Blu Ray player built in. Many folks who were sat on the fence trying to make their minds up, jumped the way of Blu Ray because, as they saw it, Sony’s Blu Ray player came with a free games console!
This meant Sony got 2 markets in one go: The gamers who plumped for a Playstation 3 because it had the added bonus of a Blu Ray player and the movie buffs went for the Playstation 3 as a Blu Ray player that just happened to have the added bonus of a decent games console attached to it…Ka Ching! Wat to go Sony.
It’s not the first time they have used this sales method either. Older gamers will remember that the built in CD player was a deciding factor for many buyers when trying to decide on a games console. Playstation 2 followed that with a built in DVD player (which at the time was a fairly new concept) which had exactly the same effect. Remember the kids in the store “but look mom, it’s got a DVD player so you can watch movies on it after we’ve gone to bed!”
If you are undecided on either which games console to go for or which Blu Ray player to purchase, you won’t go wrong with a Playstation 3.
So what exactly is Blu Ray?
It’s simply the next level of data storage. A DVD can store 9 GB of data where as a Blu Ray disc holds around 25 GB. The extra room means you can store video with a lot more detail per frame, high definition movies. Without that extra storage, you would be changing DVD every 20 minutes or so while watching a movie. The extra storage space improves the gamers experience because the games include a lot more video footage, better graphics, sound and just bigger environments. Blu Ray has taken gaming to another level!
Remember when 5.0 Surround Sound first hit the shelves, it revolutionized how we heard our movies and music. Blu Ray features 7.0 Surround Sound for more bumps, shouts and vibrations than ever before. Better than that though, the picture quality is around six times better than a regular DVD.
What’s more, Blu Ray players, including Playstation 3, can play CD’s and DVD’s so you don’t need to keep your old DVD player once you upgrade. If you have an HD ready TV you owe it to yourself to get the benefit fromit and experience movies like you have never seen and games such as Grid that actually look like a movie, the quality is so good!