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Blu-Ray falls off a bit, HD-DVD jumps a few steps ahead.
HD-DVD gains Hewlett Packard as another ally, and it jumps off the Blu-Ray exclusive wagon.
Alot more fascinating information in this article :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/bu...ewanted=1&_r=4
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I am starting to wonder how wise/unwise Sony's decission to go Blu-Ray for the PS3 was. And how much trouble and delays that has caused them. Last I read is that the latest delays expected are partially atributed to Blu-Ray ... but you can never trust those sites that never state a source!
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Well once PS3 is out Blu-ray will rule!!!:) :)
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don't care either way, when they are released i will care ^_^
i'm sure both will do perfectly fine and if they don't a company will lose some money, maybe some really rich guy will get fired, so sad......
the only way of knowing which is going to be better is wait and see.
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don't care either way, when they are released i will care ^_^
i'm sure both will do perfectly fine and if they don't a company will lose some money, maybe some really rich guy will get fired, so sad......
the only way of knowing which is going to be better is wait and see.
Haha that is so beautifully put
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Well, if you can't read it, here are some quotes(not by me, I'm too lazy to copy paste all of em :p)
Intel joined Microsoft in backing HD-DVD. Hewlett-Packard withdrew its exclusive support of Blu-ray. This month, another member of the Blu-ray camp, LG Electronics, hedged its bets, too, signing a deal to license Toshiba's technology.
The possible delay and the Blu-ray group's loss of its once-commanding lead are not encouraging developments for Sony in its attempt to revive its electronics group after a series of bungles.
Toshiba will sell two players starting in March; one will cost just $499, half the price of the cheapest Blu-ray machines, the first of which will hit the stores this spring. Samsung's first machine will cost $1,000, while Pioneer's Blu-ray player will run $1,800.
The first batch of high-definition DVD's from the studios' vaults will highlight rich graphics, vivid scenery and fast-moving action. The films include "Rambo," science fiction thrillers like "The Matrix" and "Dune" and animated features like "Ice Age." The DVD's are generally expected to cost $19 to $25.
Microsoft and its ally Intel have also convinced Hewlett-Packard to consider making HD-DVD drives for computers.
"The pendulum is swinging back to the HD-DVD camp," said John Freeman, who runs a technology research firm, Strategic Marketing Decisions, which last year declared Blu-ray the front-runner. "It will be interesting to see if the Blu-ray group can recover. It's only a matter of time before people start backing out of the Blu-ray camp."
"Both sides are digging in their heels and stupidity has prevailed," said Joe McGuire, the chief executive of Tweeter, a high-end electronics chain. Mr. McGuire called the failure of the two camps to agree on a single format "criminal" and said he would have a hard time advising consumers. "The answer to which is better is: 'We don't know,' " he said. "I'm tempted not to sell anyone these machines."
Warner Brothers and Paramount, which were originally committed only to HD-DVD, decided last fall to make movies in both formats.
"It was very, very clear that Sony was not going to back down from Blu-ray, and they are basically betting their company on it," said Kevin Tsujihara, the president of Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Group. But, he added, Toshiba has mounted "something of a comeback" by winning endorsements from Microsoft and Intel.
Some Blu-ray companies are also waiting to see how the market develops before jumping in with machines of their own. If the PlayStation 3 is priced below Toshiba's $500 player, it could double as the poor man's Blu-Ray player and undercut Sony's partners. (It will also cost Sony dearly; Merrill Lynch issued a report on Feb. 17 estimating that the first PlayStation 3 players would cost about $900 to produce. If so, Sony could end up with substantial losses on those machines if they are priced around $299, as analysts expect, to compete with the Xbox 360, which has been out since November.)
"It's too early to move into this market," said Katsuhiko Machida, the president of Sharp, a Blu-ray company that has not released details for its players in the United States. "Blu-Ray won't be a big business until probably 2008," he said, so "we can watch and see what happens."
Microsoft's announcement last September raised alarm bells at Hewlett-Packard, which was coming to similar conclusions. Hewlett-Packard worried that the software included in the Blu-ray format would cost so much in royalties that H-P would be unable to add affordable DVD drives to its computers.
Blu-ray drives cost up to 75 percent more than HD-DVD drives, according to Maureen Weber, the general manager of the personal storage group at Hewlett-Packard and a former spokeswoman for the Blu-ray coalition. "There's not a lot of elbow room," she said of the thin profit margins on computers. "The economics of HD-DVD make a lot more sense for us. I'm starting to wonder about the manufacturing ability of Blu-ray."
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when it is released the only thing that truly has any say about anything is the PS3. people will buy that over a standard player without batting an eye.
nope i take that back........don't care.
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blah blah blah, by the time either is ready for real use a better storage will probably be out anyway.