QUOTE(OmniAtlas @ Jul 24 2007, 07:46 PM)
Here you go, I've even been nice enough to provide the links for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-raynow scroll down to the number of exclusive movie studios with blu-ray vs. hd-dvd, sure beats the only one the hd-dvd camp has -- Universal Studios (yawn). There are also more computer manufacturers backing blu-ray. MS has pulled their support for HD-DVD but their x-box add-on has not been stellar; they had the add-on only to compete with the PS3 on the gaming front.
Heres are more recent article:
http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment..._the_format_warhttp://www.current.com.au/2007/06/14/article/RXJGTXFTAR.htmlhttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/artic...070624/2dvd.htmThere are hundreds more articles on the web -- they all the same thing -- BLU-RAY IS WINNING THE BATTLE.
But hey, don't follow the crowd, do what you gotta do man, and if you really wanna buy a HD-DVD, go ahead; noone's stopping you. I'm just saying, at this stage, I would recommend you stick with DVD if you don't trust the numbers. I got a PS3 because I'm confident blu-ray win the battle.
So where are your articles stating that hd-dvd is winning?
Hahaha...let me quote here on one of the link that u had listed here...an interesting reading.....
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/artic...070624/2dvd.htm"HD DVD advocates say it's too early to suggest either format has the upper hand. For one, Blockbuster's business is primarily rentals-sales of disks at retailers like Wal-Mart are more important, says Kevin Collins, spokesman for a group promoting Toshiba's format. And so far, the new high-def disks account for less than 1 percent of today's DVD sales.
Sony last year boosted Blu-ray by including the drives in its PlayStation 3 game console. That resulted in a steep, $600 price that has hurt its gaming sales but put Blu-ray players in about 1.4 million U.S. homes. Sony gambled that sales of Blu-ray disks would more than offset a loss in games share, says Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities. The advantage might widen as studios loyal to Blu-ray have potential big sellers in Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
But the HD DVD camp notes it has sold about 150,000 stand-alone players, compared with Blu-ray's 90,000. Consumers with those players will eventually buy more movies than those with game consoles, Collins argues. Those Sony drives, the theory goes, will eventually get busy with PS3 games, which so far are lacking, and those consumers will rent fewer movies or buy a separate player.
Also, as sales volume picks up, the cheaper cost of producing HD DVD drives and disks could become more important. Already, Taiwanese manufacturers are racing to produce cheap HD DVD players under licensing deals with Toshiba. Toshiba now sells one for $300, versus $500 for the least-expensive Blu-ray. A $200 player would appeal to Wal-Mart shoppers, who also buy more than 40 percent of all DVDs. That would be a far bigger "get" than winning over Blockbuster. Then there is online movie rental giant Netflix, which has yet to pick sides.
The HD DVD folks have taken to suggesting the two formats can coexist, much as three game consoles share most of that industry's $12.5 billion in retail sales. They're talking less of vanquishing the competition. For now, at least, the smack is left to Blu-ray."
And the keywords here is cheaper players for HD-DVD will be released soon...and this will be a determining factor in HD war...
By the way, if u go for the current figure...should I say for gaming industry....people shouldnt go for PS3 as it now far far behind than the no of xbox 360....ccc...light up dude....it is still too early to say that HD-DVD is a dead format especially when
the new high-def disks account for less than 1 percent of today's DVD sales.....no ofense
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