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Target picks sides.

Target picks sides.

CB CB Droege 27 Jul, 2007 at 9:15am ET Article published in Tech

In June, Blockbuster Video announced it’s decision to support only Blu-ray in the war with it’s rival format HD DVD. Yesterday, big-box chain Target made a similar announcement. At least through the holiday season, they will carry Blu-ray products exclusively.

As with Blockbuster no information was released as to what kind of deal may have been made with Sony, the developer of Blu-ray technology.

Sitting in the opposite camp with the HD DVD developer, Toshiba, are Microsoft and Warner Bros. So far, no retailers have announced plans to carry exclusively HD DVD products.

The question is: Will this kind of deal have much effect on the outcome of the battle between the formats?

Reuters

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Comments

  1. bschie
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 2:58pm bschie beta vs VHS anyone?
  2. muddocktor
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 4:03pm muddocktor Looks to me like someone was just speading a little horse dung and FUD about Target selling only BD players.
  3. Thelemech
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 9:34pm Thelemech Of the 2 - which one is superior; from a technological point of view?
  4. CB
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 9:42pm CB Betamax... that's the sad part...
  5. bschie
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 9:44pm bschie If I had to pick I would choose blu-ray even though it's Sony's. It has the higher capacity and is support by more manufactures (which can easily change). But for the most part they are pretty damn similar. There are many websites that compare the 2 technologies side by side.

    I prefer just making a HTPC and hooking it up to a HD display. Then you dont really have to worry about which format wins.
  6. Thelemech
    27 Jul 2007 ~ 9:53pm Thelemech
    CB Droege wrote:
    Betamax... that's the sad part...

    ;D:eek3:

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