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HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Its all very well being in a race to the moon, but once the other guy's got there.and that's what's happened to HD-DVD. The sales figures show that while HD-DVD was talking a good fight, Blu-Ray was not only in orbit but landed.
[February 19, 2008, 10:45]
A: Blu-Ray, B: HD-DVD, C: None Of The Above
Blog Paramount has decided to ditch Blu-Ray in favour of HD-DVD. Iinstead, they're getting the HD-DVD group fighting back by buying exclusivity on content. And, when Paramount has spent the $150 million HD-DVD bounty, it may care to remember that.
[August 22, 2007, 17:28]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment HD-DVD is dead. But the battle is over. Toshiba is closing down production. It sold 1 million players in total. Blu-Ray has sold 10 million plus. When, where, how and why doesn't really matter now: Sony's strategy paid off.
[February 19, 2008, 11:50]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment Guess I am lucky I have blu-ray in my laptop rather than HD-DVD then. Well it was a dirty little war and the better team may not have won.
[February 19, 2008, 14:22]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment If the consumer sees the HD-DVD players with movies at such a low price it would be hard to justify paying 5x more for a blu-ray player or buying a games machine just for the blu-ray playback. If HD-DVD cut price attracts enough buyers Sony knows...
[February 19, 2008, 12:32]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment Big deal, Blu-Ray is still too expensive and my TV isn't HD-ready anyway. Now upscaling an ordinary DVD; that would probably be enough for me until my existing hardware all dies a natural death. OK, so Sony "wins".
[February 19, 2008, 12:34]
NEC Lifts Lid On Next-generation HD-DVD Drive
News HD-DVD, DVD and CD systems each contain lasers that produce light of a different wavelength. The development of drive firmware technology, system LSI technology and HD DVD/DVD/CD-compatible optical head technology enables realisation of a compact...
[December 21, 2004, 13:30]
Blu-ray And HD DVD Face-off In Vegas
News Groups representing the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD -- blue laser formats aiming to become the technology to replace DVD -- made their announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. DVD discs store about 4.7GB of data on a single side...
[January 7, 2005, 12:25]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment Does it really matter? The future of video is IP. Let Blu-ray enjoy its moment in the spotlight.
[February 20, 2008, 10:03]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment I have others without so much as a DVD player but thousands (and I mean thousands) of downloaded movies they watch on their laptop - and most of those are from interesting online communities dedicated to the obscure, the forgotten and the frankly...
[February 20, 2008, 13:28]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment I really cannot see myself buying something like 'The Terminator' for the third time just for HD quality! Although I love technology, I still don't have digital TV, I don't have a HD ready TV and still record programs on video cassettes (yes, they...
[February 20, 2008, 15:40]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment In the mean time, i believe the studios will continue the archiac DVD format alongside blue-ray films; they just can't ignore a big chunk of the population who are yet to afford Blue-Ray. Chris, my advice to you is; unless you need a games console...
[February 20, 2008, 8:06]
A: Blu-Ray, B: HD-DVD, C: None Of The Above
Blog Comment I am tired of this war. I was quite looking forward to transformers on blu ray and now because of money and squabbling it won't happen. What about the consumer paramount and dreamworks. I hope that there is a backlash and people don't buy your...
[August 23, 2007, 2:52]
HD-DVD Explodes On The Launchpad
Blog Comment Sony's custodianship of formats it controls has rarely been perfect, and there are plenty of reasons why the whole idea of HD may not be what the consumers want anyway. I've got no plans to go HD any time in the future (but then, I listen to a...
[February 19, 2008, 13:58]
NEC Lifts Lid On Next-generation HD-DVD Drive
Talkback Everyone knows the cold reception you recieve at a Sony shop, I do hate Sony for that. There product reputation still holds strong but I don't think people are fussing with lables too much now, not as much as they used to.
[December 22, 2004, 14:20]
NEC Lifts Lid On Next-generation HD-DVD Drive
Talkback Lately, I'm backing NEC. With my NEC MultiSpin 8v drive still turning my discs, I'll vouch for them any day! Contributing to my support decision is my late experience of ALL my Sony devices dying. I can't believe they just stopped working.not a...
[December 21, 2004, 14:28]
Microsoft And Intel Join Next-gen DVD Fray
Talkback Microsoft MONTHS ago signed a partnership agreement with Toshiba over HD-DVD. Between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, they can have 3 or MORE generations of people jumping through hoops and buying new hardware and blank media.
[September 28, 2005, 14:19]
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre
Downloads Universal Player, including Blu-ray and HD DVD In addition to playing commercial and homemade DVD movies, TotalMedia Theatre plays Blu-ray discs, AVCHDs, CDs, VCDs, and a variety of multimedia files, including QuickTime, RealPlayer, DVR-MS, WMV HD...
[January 17, 2008, 4:46]
Future Of DVD Mired In Confusion
News The future of DVD recording is up in the air, after Sony claimed that talks between rival factions pushing the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD factions have collapsed. Ken Kutaragi, president of Blu-ray backer Sony, said late last week that negotiations with...
[June 21, 2005, 17:20]
Microsoft And Intel Join Next-gen DVD Fray
News Intel and Microsoft are combining their computing industry power in an attempt to make the HD DVD format the victor in a battle over a standard to succeed DVD. HD DVD, supported by a Toshiba-led consortium, is up against Blu-ray Disc, backed by...
[September 27, 2005, 9:10]
