What are advantages and disadvantages of HVD?

Answer 1

Advantages

· High Storage capacity of 3.9 terabyte (TB) enables user to store large amount of data

· Records one program while watching another on the disc.

· Edit or reorder programs recorded on the disc.

· Automatically search for an empty space on the disc to avoid recording over a program

· Users will be able to connect to the internet and instantly download subtitles and other

· Interactive movie features

· Backward compatible: Supports CDs and DVDs also.

· The transfer rate of HVD is up to 1 gigabyte (GB) per second which is 40 times faster than DVD .

· An HVD stores and retrieves an entire page of data, approximately 60,000 bits of information, in one pulse of light, while a DVD stores and retrieves one bit of data in one pulse of light.

Disadvantages

· The initial price of the player and discs themselves are far more expensive than HD-DVD or Blu-ray.

· It could be argued that the public is not entirely ready for even the costs or benefits of Blu-ray or HD-DVD, much less HVD.