This is being widely reported as being the end of HD-DVD. IIRC HD-DVD is being promoted by both Toshiba and Microsoft so it may still have some life in it yet. It may be that in an increasingly tech-savy world, multiple formats can and do coexist - think of all the music formats (mp3, wma, aac etc) and video formats (avi, mpg, mov etc).Warner Brothers pulled out of the HD-DVD alliance all but sounding the death knell for HD-DVD.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/04/warner-goes-blu-ray-exclusive/
This is being widely reported as being the end of HD-DVD. IIRC HD-DVD is being promoted by both Toshiba and Microsoft so it may still have some life in it yet. It may be that in an increasingly tech-savy world, multiple formats can and do coexist - think of all the music formats (mp3, wma, aac etc) and video formats (avi, mpg, mov etc).
How knows at this stage, but I suspect that some time soon all the big manufacturers will side one way or they other and that will be the death of one of the formats.
Dave
that is a good point can't that be achieved?That or an affordable player that can do both.
The main difference the consumer will notice between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is when they buy a film and it won't play in their player. Will average-Joe see the difference between Blu-ray/HD-DVD and conventional DVD? Well, I'm not so sure, most people's eyesights is up to scratch anyway!But can the average joe tell the difference..?
The most affordable way at the moment is PS3/XBox360 - developing an add-on for either of these will probably be the most obvious way; however Sony developed Blu-ray and Microsoft supported HD-DVD.Maybe not, but I refuse to buy any movies on either format until one wins. That or an affordable player that can do both.
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