December 13, 2005
the battle fizzles out...
well, it seems as though for once, the consumers will not be the losers. A while back I wrote about the apparent upcoming battle between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, and my opinion on this kind of diversion in technological progress that customers end up paying for... now, however, it seems as though this battle has been resolved before it hits the frontlines of consumer retail; Blu-Ray has an overwhelming majority of the large corporations who will be using this technology (SW companies, music & movie labels) backing them. This may seem like a surprise, especially since "HD DVD was selected by the DVD Forum as the successor to the DVD standard" -- Blu-Ray was developed outside the DVD Forum.
No details on how Blu-Ray has managed to drum up this much support. However, it does seem like the company has taken a step in the right direction by having their players be capable of playing both traditional (soon to be old!) DVDs in addition to their Blu-Ray discs.
So it would appear that this time the losers are the companies that initially took sides in this battle, like Toshiba and Microsoft. I guess you have to take your wins with your losses...
Posted by lara at December 13, 2005 03:59 PM
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About freakin time if you ask me... heh, you better approve my comment :) Also, I will email you a picture of the comment form bug I was telling you about. I think it has something to do with typepad. you're hot. :)
Posted by: xxdesmus at December 14, 2005 11:02 PM
