news.digitaltrends.com — Right now it appears impossible for Blu-Ray to gain a substantial lead on HD-DVD, even after massive investment, they likely could only close the gap. The killing blow may have been done by Microsoft who decided to bring to market a $200 HD-DVD option for their Xbox 360. With a 6x advantage by year end, you’d have to conclude that HD-DVD has won.
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iumentumDec 7, 2006
Long time lurker...first time commenting.Just wanted to clarify since I work in the Post industry (there are three Beta VTR's at my side as I type this)...The current format of Beta that is used in the industry is Beta SP, which is a revision of the original betacam. It has more horizontal lines of resolution and I don't believe it was ever marketed to the consummer market.Having said that, about 10 years back someone gave me an old beta machine along with a library of about 50 films. I was really impressed with how fast the old machine could cue. It seemed more responsive than some modern VHS decks you buy today.I have actually admired Sony for continuing to support their formats for years after they've "failed". They only just discontinued beta support and repairs a few years ago. When I invested in a minidisc player originally I was a little afraid that the format would fail and that my MD player would become a piece of obsolete junk. But you can still buy blank MD discs today and the HD-MD format is pretty cool. Considering the discs can hold a 1 GB and are re-writable, I'm surprised it isn't more of a contender against the mp3 player market. Anyway, my 5 year old mini disc player is still holding out while my 3 year old Ipod's hard drive gave out a while ago. oh, but I think HD-DVD will win.
kingfootDec 7, 2006
i still dont know what DVD REALLY stand for...
linuxeventuallyDec 8, 2006
No thanks. I'll stick with my VHS and ripped DVD's. Naw, in all honesty this is just a repeat of the DVD+ vs DVD- "war", and we all know that combo players were the solution.I don't really care about the movies, I just want an inexpensive format to store lots of data (yes harddrives are currently more economical).
zeonzumdeikunDec 8, 2006
HD-DVD stll has no advantage. It's killer app is still barely purchased (I see HD-DVD drives all over the place), while Blu-Ray's killer app is only found on eBay and only eBay.
Closed AccountDec 8, 2006
@ZenMojoCan't you get the @299 xbox360 with a 199 hd-dvd add-on for the same as the 499 ps3? From you comments in this thread it almost seems like you work for sony or something.
obkenobiDec 8, 2006
Sony - pwnedGeorge W. Halliburton - pwnedAOHell-Time Warner - pwnedThe RIAAMPAAMAFIAAAA - pwnedNetscape's Fake Digg - pwnedYOU'RE NEXT, MICROSOFT!(And after that, it's EA's turn)
obkenobiDec 8, 2006
Why is Apple in this list? Companies like Samsung, Sony, etc., not only create their own products, they manufacture products for other companies.
wingnut21Dec 9, 2006
@ Software2: I meant holographic.
ducksofanaheimDec 10, 2006
you are on sport.
macbanditDec 20, 2006
There are new Blu-Ray discs coming out as we speak that are using VC-1. Something that is rarely mentioned about Sony's use of MPEG2 is the fact they are using huge bit rates this allows them to keep and extreme amount of detail and lose very little to compression.
tf5bassistJan 2, 2007
If I actually had an HDTV, I'd go the Xbox 360 route. Screw the PS3 for the next year, when a decent amount of games come out (if it's sooner, then awesome!). It just doesn't make sense. What does make sense, however, is that at this point in time, it's a very easy statement to make to say that HD-DVD is going to win. It's been my thought all along, despite the fact that Apple is supporting BluRay (which oddly enough, in their DVD burning apps, there is support built in for HD-DVD, but I don't believe BlueRay is in there, or wasn't last I saw), but has been flipflopping back and forth somewhat.I'd use BlueRay for data storage. Backups. Things like that. But--at this current point in the tech war--I think we're looking at HD-DVD taking the win.
mikeyj10Jan 9, 2007
Question, When's the last time a ordinary consumer has used a dvd to store computer data. I'm being serious most people can use cheap flash drives to back up their data.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2007
Well, here's some interesting news: Sony sued over Blu-ray Technology<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Sony_sued_over_Blu_ray_CNET_News_com">http://digg.com/tech_news/Sony_sued_over_Blu_ray_CNET_News_com</a>
djh816Apr 7, 2008
BAHAHAHA YOU ALL LOSE.Blu-Ray FTW