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Originally Posted by Xantar
Is there actually anything that makes it impossible for the Revolution to use dual-layered DVDs? Most any DVD player out there can play dual-layered discs nowadays. And you can tell whether a DVD is dual-layered by a brief pause in the middle of the movie. The Revolution may play "standard" DVDs, but I can't imagine that dual-layered ones will be impossible. And if that's the case, then the Revolution has just as much capacity as the Xbox 360.
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Nope.
My first port was partially incorrect. DVD9 is a dual-layered DVD. I always mistook it for a larger 1-layer format, but it is the traditional single-side, dual-layer disc.
DVD9 is also what Xbox used, exclusively. Don't know if they ever used more than one layer, but they didn't use single-layered discs because those were (back then) the only ones consumers could burn.
Revolution, Xbox, Xbox 360, and I believe even PS2 all are on the same disc now.
Question is, who is willing to take it to the next step? Most likely, Sony. But fearing Microsoft Sony announced that a 2005 release is still possible.
My guess is, no one. HD-DVD won't be ready in time for them to add it to the consoles.
Brings me back to my old theory, these console are being rushed out a year early, and because of that, we'll be stuck with junk until 2011.
EDIT: Journalists need to be fired. Even IGN can't do it right. I knew standard DVDs didn't look right, so I looked it up. I was right. Never said a thing about standard DVDs, never ruled out HD-DVD.
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"Unlike GameCube, the new system will play DVD's," Ms. Kaplan said, "and will feature a wireless controller. It will play GameCube games as well as a new class of high-definition games, with new emphasis on online play."
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Didn't say whether it would play movie or games off DVDs, didn't say whether they were DVD or HD-DVD.
I think IGN just got rather embarrassed that they have to take the first few Revolution details from a NY Times article, and they didn't get it themselves. So in an attempt to add something to a simple statement, they started re-writing it, and made assumptions.
This is the worst journalism I've seen come out of Matt Casamassina in a long time.
Read the real article yourself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/te...gin&oref=login