HD-DVD Crushed under the might of the BD Titan
We know this is relatively old news but HD-DVD is dead, and the arguable victor is Blu-Ray. This is a fact which still seems hard to get around, considering
Sony’s reputation for failed media ventures ( with Mini-Disk, Betamax and Discman first coming to mind) It was a big surprise that they pulled through and won the war. I guess it just goes to show that you can’t predict the market. It also shows that Sony has finally learnt from their mistakes and that most PS3 owners have got tired of playing Lair and have had a go at watching Groundhog Day* on their anvil.This is good news for the industry though because Blu-Ray was arguably the better format. It had larger storage space which is what really matters in this age of terabytes and memory sticks.
It’s a shame though, for all those suckered into buying Microsoft’s HD-DVD add on for the console. Prices for the unit have rapidly dropped since and we recommend getting one once the prices have dropped to about £20 as there is a pretty good library of films out there and it’ll be cheaper than BD for a while. It is also bad news because, as there is now a clear winner, price drops for the players will abruptly stop falling and it may be a long time till we can all afford Blu-Ray players in our bedrooms.
Overall I would say that it is good that the format war has ended so soon because, while there is no competition for Sony, at least there won’t be any more casualties**.
We Say: The King is dead. Long live the King.
*The first film I owned on DVD
**People opting for the wrong format
March 6th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
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