Yesterday, Panasonic released info on their new HD home theatre setup, which included a blu-ray disc player. Blue-ray, for the uninitiated can store up to 5 times the capacity of a DVD drive, which equates to a massive 50Gb on a dual-layer disc. This is really important, considering the increase (and soon to be mandatory in the UK) use of HD TVs and home theatre equipment in homes, as these devices need a lot more bandwidth to display HD in all it’s glory.

Blu-ray is the standard set-forth by Sony and is directly competing with other, worthy standards such as HD-DVD, to gain the industry standard model that is held by CD and DVD. Time will tell who gains the top spot, although as we’ve seen historically with the VHS/Beta Max war, it might not be the best quality format (Blu-ray) that wins.

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