Blu-Ray > HD-DVD

[tibor75]

the format "war" might be nearing an end...

Toshiba Defiant After HD DVD Setback: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Toshiba Corp. executives had a tough moment Sunday, when they had to face reporters just two days after its HD DVD movie disc format was dealt a potentially fatal blow by the defection of Warner Bros. Entertainment to a rival technology.
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"It's difficult for me to read the comments of the pundits that HD is dead," said Jodi Sally, vice president of marketing for digital audio and video at Toshiba America Consumer Products. She was speaking at a news conference ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show, which starts here Monday.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Hopefully this is true, so that we don't have a repeat of the Betamax/VHS debacle...

[3074326]

I saw this one coming.. I work in fye and we sell both Blu-Ray and HD DVD. The difference in sales is laughable. I'm surprised HD DVD lasted this long.

Blu-Rays look better from what I've seen, as well.

[ulukinatme]

The PS3 was a big help to Blu-Ray, imo. While PS3 hasn't done as well as the Wii, people have actually bought one just to play Blu-Ray DVDs on. One guy I know just got a Blu-Ray player for Christmas so he sold his PS3, which seems silly.
If Microsoft would have had HD readily available at 360 launch it may be closer, but releasing PS3 with Blu-Rays does add some advantage.

[craigblitz]

Just buy a DVD Player that plays both :-)

[tibor75]

Originally Posted by craigblitz

Just buy a DVD Player that plays both :-)

Actually you can get a separate BR and HD-DVD player and it's still cheaper than the combo player.

[tibor75]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Hopefully this is true, so that we don't have a repeat of the Betamax/VHS debacle...

Interesting analogy, given from what I've heard (I'm too young to experience Betamax), Beta was actually the better technology (the tapes were smaller and better quality - again, just what I've heard)