Format Wars Over!

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EDITThor

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So Toshiba officially announced that they will no longer support the HD-DvD, causing the plan to head south.

Without the biggest funder, The HD-DvD association has decided to wrap up and do business elsewhere.

Sony's Blu-Ray format has conquered this day. And now we shall honour the fallen heroes of old...

Laser Disc
Beta Max
VHS
and Film Reel

You are heroes to be remembered!

-Thor

P.S. Whaddya fellas think of this?
 
I was a die-hard Blu-Ray supporter from the start, so this is wonderful news. I've been following this conflict for a very long time. I always knew Blu-Ray would pull out the victor. Woo hoo!
 
I'm glad the war is finally over. But I still won't pay the premium for high def yet. I think $20 is the perfect price point for HD, and once it gets there, you can begin to add DVD to the list of fallen heros.
 
I laughed at Blu-Ray from the start, and I heard about this weeks ago that HD-DVD had met its end, and I still scoff and say "How the hell did they win?"

Oh well, Blu-Ray will suffer once the HVD comes out. :P
 
Sony won this one, he had to pull some strings and collect some favors to give PS3 the strength needed to get rid of Xbox 360.
 
[quote1203544818=Booster37]"How the hell did they win?"[/quote1203544818]

Better advertising, better retail backs (Walmart and Target both supported Blu-Ray ONLY), Better company supporters (Apple, Dell, Sony, Samsung, Pioneer, and Mitsubishi just naming a few) and an overall better product.

Blu-Ray players were more expensive, yes, but the fact that a Blu-Ray disc can hold up to 50 gigs (Double Layer) when an HD-DVD could only hold up to 30 (Double Layer as well) makes up for the Price.

That's how they won, this didn't follow the path of history between Beta-max and VHS (Beta-max was actually ALOT better than VHS believe it or not, but fell to the cheap VHSness).

I'm not surprised, and frankly I'm quite happy with the outcome.
 
The Playstation 3 helped as well. A lot of people who just got it for gaming realized that they had a functioning Blu-Ray player, and thus Blu-Ray won a lot of supporters just like that. Others may have chosen Blu-Ray over HD-DVD because of this option, since it was a great deal considering what you got. Blu-Ray was pretty much dominant since it was released over HD-DVD.
 
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The Playstation 3 helped as well. A lot of people who just got it for gaming realized that they had a functioning Blu-Ray player, and thus Blu-Ray won a lot of supporters just like that. Others may have chosen Blu-Ray over HD-DVD because of this option, since it was a great deal considering what you got. Blu-Ray was pretty much dominant since it was released over HD-DVD.
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Well, the PS3 was marketed as a Blu-Ray Player that can play games as well. It was Sony's tool to release the Blu-Ray, which is why it's pretty lackluster in the game department so far.

But, IMO, the cheapest Blu-Ray player can connect to the intertubz and play games so why not get it, amirite?
 
Well I wouldn't say it's lackluster in the game department, it's got plenty of great games. But yes it's clearly the best deal for Blu-Ray players. I don't see why anyone wouldn't want one, unless they absolutely hate Sony/Playstation or have self control issues and need to keep themselves away from gaming. Ever since the Warner conversion announcement, at least 3 of my friends' parents got PS3s for the Blu-ray, while my friends got the bonus of new gaming machines. I'm sure this is becoming ever more common these days.
 
Don't expect to see regular DVD format movies to be replaced by Blu-Ray in the stores anytime soon, it will be long slow process and by the time DVD is fazed out something else will replace the Blu-Ray and this whole thing will start all over again and again and again etc etc.
 
[quote1203700000=Thor]
[quote1203544818=Booster37]"How the hell did they win?"[/quote1203544818]

Better advertising, better retail backs (Walmart and Target both supported Blu-Ray ONLY), Better company supporters (Apple, Dell, Sony, Samsung, Pioneer, and Mitsubishi just naming a few) and an overall better product.

Blu-Ray players were more expensive, yes, but the fact that a Blu-Ray disc can hold up to 50 gigs (Double Layer) when an HD-DVD could only hold up to 30 (Double Layer as well) makes up for the Price.

That's how they won, this didn't follow the path of history between Beta-max and VHS (Beta-max was actually ALOT better than VHS believe it or not, but fell to the cheap VHSness).

I'm not surprised, and frankly I'm quite happy with the outcome.

[/quote1203700000]Oh yeah, I know that. I just hated Blu-Ray from the get go. Still do. I don't care how much it can contain, doesn't matter to me.

Just wait for the HVD :P
 
It's just a disc that holds data, what is there to hate? Plus it's basically the only choice you have now if you want HD movies on disc.
 
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