High Definition Playback Devices: A Whole New Experience
For those who are currently in tuned to the latest news in the topic of "home entertainment" you probably have heard about the latest products that are available in the market these days. The latest innovations in the field of home entertainment are the numerous high definition playback devices. These particular devices bring about a new level in home entertainment viewing.
There are numerous high definition playback devices available in the market these days. These devices are the products of the latest innovation of technology in order to provide whole new home entertainment series. High definition playback devices use optical disc formats bring about high quality videos and in depth clarity sounds. One of the optical disc formats that are used is the Blu Ray disc technology. The Blu Ray disc technology is the product of several consumer electronic giants (which call themselves as the "Blu Ray Disc Association") in order to provide high definition and "in depth" clarity home entertainment viewing. Blu Ray discs are primarily designed to replace the standard DVD format.
Another optical disc format that is used by most of the high definition playback devices that are available in the market nowadays is the HD DVD optical disc format. Like the above mentioned, the HD DVD is also developed and designed by several consumer electronic giants. HD DVD is a "high density" type of optical disc format that is primarily designed for data storage and high definition playback devices. And similar to the Blu Ray optical disc format, the HD DVD optical disc format is also developed and designed to replace the standard DVD format.
Currently, the two optical disc formats that are used on most of the high definition playback devices are engaged in some sort of a competition. The said competition is dubbed as "format war". The ongoing format war between the optical disc formats is a competition on which optical disc format will be primarily used by the high definition playback devices.
Of the two optical disc formats, the Blu Ray technology is currently preferred, mainly because Blu Ray discs is capable of storing more data than its counterpart. Another reason is that the Blu Ray technology is backed by numerous consumer electronic giants while HD DVD's main player is Microsoft.
The battle for supremacy for high definition playback devices is quite competitive. It is also the main reason why home entertainment experience has risen to a new level.
