Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel (Wintel duopoly) announced that they are backing Toshiba's format over Sony's.
Sony has created their own Blu-Ray format and will be putting it inside their playstation 3 box.
Microsoft has not announced official support of HD-DVD on Xbox 360 but presumably it will happen.
Sony and Toshiba have divy up the market pretty much with both content and makers regarding Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD (kind of half-half). However, I'm willing to put my money on on the HD-DVD side, now that Wintel is behind it. If Xbox 360 takes off as I would think (over PS3 and Revolution) then HD-DVD is going to snuff out Blu-Ray.
Sony "lost" with beta format, moved ahead with CD, tried to compete against Toshiba (MMCD vs SD) but ended up merging as DVD, and now back to competing with Toshiba again but no one strong enough to force two companies to get together. With Microsoft siding with HD-DVD, the die has been cast, in my opinion! (Only time will tell, however.)
Update (10:30PM):
Tom's hardware has a very good explanations on why Wintel picked HD-DVD. The straw that will break the camel's back is: Chinese DVD makers will back HD-DVD!
Sony has created their own Blu-Ray format and will be putting it inside their playstation 3 box.
Microsoft has not announced official support of HD-DVD on Xbox 360 but presumably it will happen.
Sony and Toshiba have divy up the market pretty much with both content and makers regarding Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD (kind of half-half). However, I'm willing to put my money on on the HD-DVD side, now that Wintel is behind it. If Xbox 360 takes off as I would think (over PS3 and Revolution) then HD-DVD is going to snuff out Blu-Ray.
Sony "lost" with beta format, moved ahead with CD, tried to compete against Toshiba (MMCD vs SD) but ended up merging as DVD, and now back to competing with Toshiba again but no one strong enough to force two companies to get together. With Microsoft siding with HD-DVD, the die has been cast, in my opinion! (Only time will tell, however.)
Update (10:30PM):
Tom's hardware has a very good explanations on why Wintel picked HD-DVD. The straw that will break the camel's back is: Chinese DVD makers will back HD-DVD!
posted by DannyHSDad at
8:40 PM
