Blu-Ray wins...

[lpetersson]

I don't know how many of you this is of interest to, but it looks like HD-DVD has been killed off...

Comments

[warlockuk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, bit of a shame really... Though on the upside it means we should be able to pick up a ton of HD-DVDs and a player / drive for pence once the stockdumping kicks off. Just like when I bought my Gamecube :D

Still, now Sony sorted their Blu-ray standards and made all their existing non-PS3 players outdated they can settle down and get on with things as they can now do all the features that HD-DVD could.

[avaragariel.livejournal.com]

Oops! I hope my company dont lose money! We've got a ton of HD stock :-/

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it'll be a little while before this becomes common knowledge, but they might want to stop ordering HD-DVD stuff...

[ellebabe.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing a laser disk once in the late 90s - I take it these things are similar?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, there was another white elephant that never quite made it.

Do you remember the format war between Betamax and VHS from the 80s?
It's like that. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are going to replace DVDs but different companies supported different formats, but HD-DVD has now been consigned to the dustbins of history like Betamax once was.
Blu-Ray on the other hand has emerged gloriously from the battle and has been declared to be The Future...

[jonny-eol.livejournal.com]

Sony finally gets revenge for Betamax?

This is good news that the format war is over, but bad news in that:

a) HD-DVD was cheaper to licence, hence preferred by independents
b) HD-DVD was less saddled with DRM

I'll have to wait until affordable 3rd party player alternatives come along. I have issues with Sony.....