There has recently been a war between these two formats, which is called as ‘The battle of the Formats’. However, this ended resulting in Toshiba officially announcing that they will abandon the supply of their HD DVD format.
This war, as one can say, is the Information-Technology Era version of the VHS-Betamax war. People of certain age might knew what happened. Despite the technological advancement of Sony’s Betamax, VHS won. As we can see, the best is not always the winner.
Well, even though this war wasn’t about technology, as the two format’s technology was almost the same, Blu Ray won, because one of the most biggest movie company, Warner Brothers, which is a sister company of the renowned broadcasting company, CNN, has chosen to launch their titles in Blu Ray format. Warner Brothers once considered making a both-type compatible disc, but gave up that plan, and chose Blu Ray as their official format. Also, Sony’s Playstation 3 played a big role in the winning of Blu Ray. Sony’s PS3 has an embedded Blu-Ray player, which made people familiar with Blu Ray.
<Underneath is from CNN>
DATA DOCTOR’s PERSCRIPTION: Buy Bluray player, and if you already bought an HD DVD player, there is some hope because some of the titles that are in HD DVD format is in cheap price. But, try to buy a Bluray Player, as I said!!!
AAW NEWS, Simon Yu (scientistsimon@hotmail.com)
February 27, 2008 at 7:06 pm
[...] No more HD DVD players for Xbox 360!! February 25, 2008 — Simon Yu Microsoft said in a press conference at 2/24 that they will stop producing Xbox 360 HD DVD layers. That day marks the fifth day after Toshiba surrendered to Sony. Microsoft was one of the core company that has been supporting HD DVD. Blair Westlake, vice chairman of Microsoft Media Entertainment Group, said “We will stop making Xbox HD DVD player.” However, he also added that “We will continue are technical support for the HD DVD player that is already sold”. Ms has been selling Xbox HD DVD player, in resistance to PS3’s Bluray Player. This HD DVD player has been sold approximately 300000 units worldwide. As Walmart, Walt Disney, Best Buy, and many other major retailers and movie companies support Blu Ray, HD DVD’s lead company, Toshiba officially surrendered(?!) to Sony’s Bluray. (>>See an article about this: Part 1, Part 2>>) [...]
February 28, 2008 at 7:53 pm
[...] >>To be continued>> [...]