The High Definition DVD War: The Final Chapter
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June 21st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I get it, but I’m not sure I agree. I think betamax, errr blu will do it this time. I don’t think it is the +R/-R competition.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Blu-ray is certainly doing pretty well at the moment, although a lot has to do with the PS3 and lots of give-aways (eg. PS3 launch in Europe gave away 500,000 Blu-ray movies, don’t know if this number has been included in the figures showing 1 million Blu-ray movies being “sold”).
The thing is that I just can’t see Toshiba, Microsoft, Intel and all the other HD DVD backers throwing in the towel, especially when so much as been invested. Blu-ray may have the PS3 and the studios, but HD DVD have the money (Microsoft money - Microsoft allegedly spent $50 million to secure rights to exclusive GTA IV content for the Xbox 360, so they could do something similar for HD DVD if they wanted to) and the IT industry behind it. Toshiba themselves make notebooks and they will all include HD DVD only, so that’s about 9 million new computers every year with HD DVD drives.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
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