Not sure there is going to be a winner this time around. The studios and electronics companies don't stand to lose big money in a format war.
I think people will end up buying multiple players, or a hybrid player, or a gaming system that supports one format, and buying the player for the other format. I mean we are talking about high quality, not just general advancement in technology. The VHS/Beta battle won about because Sony was the only company pushing Beta, like the Mini-Disc, it failed. This time around Sony went out and got studio support, and partnered with other manufacturers to get the thing going. In the end HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will be here, and the real looser is us. This isn't a battle for the best product, it is a battle for our money. These items are being marketed towards the same people that already spent $2k for the TV and will spend $90 for a 3ft cable with gold leads because they think that it will make a difference. I'm pretty happy about HD-DVD because I can get a player for only a couple hundred bucks and hook it up to the xbox I already have. I've seen some HD stuff I've downloaded from the xBox live marketplace and it is pretty cool, so I'm very much looking forward to it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 6:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: DVD Format Decided > > The porn industry chose VHS over Beta decades ago and Beta went bye-bye. > > Bye-bye Blu-Ray... > > On 1/11/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, that settles that: > > > > CES 2007: HD DVD versus Blu-ray - The porn industry says HD DVD > > > > http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/ > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
