High Definition Dvd War Maybe Soon Over

[Poolzer]

Ive been watching over the past couple months how the whole new generation dvd format will pan out and up until last week I thought it'd go on for another year or so.

Just doing some research and reading a few web sites though, it looks as though blu-ray is really pulling out ahead over HD DVD:

Apple may be releasing Blu-Ray equipped Macs in MWSF this year.

Warner's switch already put 70 percent of Hollywood's output on Blu-ray—Paramount rolling Blu-ray too would leave Universal and Dreamworks as the last major studios in the HD DVD camp, promptly and undoubtfully closing the books on HD DVD's future in Hollywood.

According to BetaNews, Albert Penello, director for global marketing at Microsoft, revealed that while his company will continue to back the HD-DVD for the 360, that because of the external drive capability of the Xbox, that it would be also possible to ship a Blu-ray drive for the game machine if HD-DVD didn't survive the battle against Blu-ray.

Blu-ray has Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM, New Line Cinema, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures

This leaves HD DVD with Universal Studios and Toshiba.

[sorrowman]

Seems like HD-DVD is about to make it's last stand, and we'll see Blu-Ray taking over. Oh well, I guess it's better to have just one HD capable media. Now customers can finally make a choice when it comes down to deciding which new equipment to pick, rather then waiting it out a bit 'cause they don't want to buy a system that might not survive in the near future. Good for retailers and manufactuirers and all, and in time when Blu-Ray has finally taken over completely the prices of the devices will drop to decent levels as well.

EDIT:
Oh Poolzer, this just in..... Universal is no longer exclusively tied to HD-DVD. Their contract to exclusively offer HD-DVD has expired or something. Another nail to the HD-DVD coffin?.....guess so

[Leighton]

Good luck to Blu-ray. I thought it'd have it's work cut out just knocking off HD-DVD but now it's got DVD to work on.

[slayerdiabolus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HighDefShare.svg

Well its not exactly hard to see which format is the most supported! I own neither a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player but from researching them both early on, Blu-Ray seemed like the clear winner. It sucks that consumers are forced to choose between the two. They should have both combined their collective genius to come up with another industry standard like DVD is today. If and when I decide to upgrade to the next level of Home-Entertainment systems, it'll definately be a Blu-Ray player!

[metallica15485]

glad i got myself a ps3 now!

[Mr.Metal]

HBO is also going to release future shows on Blu-Ray for now on, the only good thing right now for HD-DVD owners is that here in canada, stores like HMV are already offering HD-DVD titles for 15$, which is pretty good considering that the cheapest Blu-Ray movie is 35$

Glad I got a PS3

[fey-metallica]

Does this mean those who bought HD camcorders are pretty much fucked or can they also use the HD stuff on Blue Ray?

[jarrur]

No! Nothing to do with the camcorders!

This is about what is used to record HDV into. HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. Like it was in the old days with VHS and Betamax which VHS won

[Poolzer]

and vhs won only because the porn industry wanted a standard format, so they went to that from what I have read.

[jarrur]

So they say. But strange about is today that Blu-ray doesn't allow it. Sony says NO NO (old news) So there's still hope for HD-DVD after all when all pr0n-freaks turn to HD-DVD.