End of the HD DVD vs Blu-ray wars?

Peter G. 18 Jun, 2007 at 4:17pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

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   18 Jun 2007 ~ 6:35pm CB Think it's significant that Netflix already offers both formats?
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   18 Jun 2007 ~ 7:59pm NLichtman I don't know much about blue-ray disks, but it seems to me to be all about money.
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   18 Jun 2007 ~ 8:00pm Thrax It's always all about money. It's just a matter of supporting the company that's less tyrannical about it, and for that reason, my moral support goes to HD-DVD.
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   18 Jun 2007 ~ 8:44pm dragonV8 And who can convince the masses which is "best".
   Like Beta vs Vhs. Vhs won out, yet Beta is a much better product.
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   18 Jun 2007 ~ 8:50pm jared

   Thrax wrote:

   It's always all about money. It's just a matter of supporting the company that's less tyrannical about it, and for that reason, my moral support goes to HD-DVD.

   
   My exact feelings.
   
   If there is anyway I can not give money to Sony, I am all for it. That means supporting HD-DVD.
   
   /me coughs
   f'in root kits :mad2:
6. 
   18 Jun 2007 ~ 8:54pm Linc Funny thing is... Sony was behind Beta. History is not on their side.
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   19 Jun 2007 ~ 12:06am NiGHTS ...and SACD and MiniDisc, and UMD, and Video8/Hi-8/Digital8, and the Memory Stick, and MicroMV, and HiFD, and Elcaset...
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   19 Jun 2007 ~ 2:56am pigflipper

   NiGHTS wrote:

   ...and SACD and MiniDisc, and UMD, and Video8/Hi-8/Digital8, and the Memory Stick, and MicroMV, and HiFD, and Elcaset...

   
   And pretty much every other video and audio device made in the past 30 years that were much superior but never got adopted because of the the cost and Sony's horrible business practices. They finally got it right with the PS and PS2 but have gone back to their old trends with the PSP, PS3 and Blu-Ray.
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   19 Jun 2007 ~ 11:01am Linc I wonder what backroom dealing was involved to get Blockbuster to do that... you know damn well Blockbuster didn't go "oh gee let's just choose this one" on its own. Video stores got burned hardcore when Beta died.
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    19 Jun 2007 ~ 12:01pm Sledgehammer70 I think in the end both will win... there is just to many of each player on the market. and each format is starting to make cash. I use to care, but now I just use both
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    19 Jun 2007 ~ 12:40pm fatcat Yea I'm with sledge on this one..I don't think either is gonna win/die/rule supreme. I do suspect once the "new" standard hits they will die then. There is just too many devices/companies/services using both right now.
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    19 Jun 2007 ~ 12:52pm QCH I'm waiting for the Player that finds a way to read both formats.
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    19 Jun 2007 ~ 1:07pm Sledgehammer70 Toshiba already has one... but is priced at $1200
    
    The new tool is dual format disc's. These cost just a few bucks more currently and have both formats. Once mass produced they will be cheap and will push both formats forward.
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    19 Jun 2007 ~ 1:09pm Cyclonite I just hope something happens soon. I don't have a Blu-ray player, and there a quite a few movies in that format I want to get.
15. 
    8 Jan 2008 ~ 5:10pm DogSoldier THE KING IS DEAD... LONG LIVE THE KING!!!!
    
    LaserDisk
    
    
16. 
    8 Jan 2008 ~ 5:18pm primesuspect I loved my laserdisc player. I had Empire Strikes Back on laserdisc. It weighed about 4 pounds. IT WAS AWESOME. THIS WAS in 1994
17. 
    8 Jan 2008 ~ 5:27pm broady81 Damn the media is big, it looks more like an LP/CD's illegitimate child :smiles:
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    8 Jan 2008 ~ 8:24pm CB No, the CD is the perfectly legitimate child of the Laserdisk and the High-density floppydisk.