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pointdablame:

No argument about sony exclusive formats... they're mostly duds, at the start and in the long run.  You can't completely discount their efforts in consortiums though.  BluRay itself is not backed SOLELY by Sony, so its a moot point in this argument.  Just because Sony didn't create CD or DVD by themselves doesn't mean they didn't have an impact on the introduction of a dominant media format... that's pretty short sighted. 

UMD for instance is a Sony brainchild and a total dud.  BluRay is not, at least not yet.  You have a strong split in the industry between HDDVD and BluRay, so it's not a Sony vs. everyone situations like in other format wars.

I'm sure Howard did mean any Sony only formats in his post, but the fact is BluRay won't fail just because Sony is behind it... contrary to what he wants people to think.  There are other companies in the BluRay camp as well.

NiN^_^NiN:

Oh im not saying its gonna die just cause its sony who made it i think the fact that HD dvd's aren't really needed yet everyone is happy with dvds sure there are afew people but not many

and the fact is the name i believe this is one of the important aspects of it thats why i think hd dvd will win cause of the hardware/manufactering costs and the name all bundled into one.

Lets face it alot of geeks are sick of sony and its gonna hurt them look at the rootkits and the ps3 and they marketing god i feel sorry for the PR people at sony who have to fix the stupid comments coming out of some of the sony execs mouthes

But you are right its to early to tell

markrvp:

After the PS3 was released, Blu-Ray movie sales surpassed HD-DVD movie sales by a larger margin.  5 out of 6 movie studios that release movies for home release are supporting Blu-Ray - more than on HD-DVD. 

As PDB said, Blu-Ray players also play normal DVDs.  I have a PS3 and I can say from first-hand experience that Blu-Ray movies on an HD monitor are awesome.

HD-DVD copyright security has already been cracked in at least one instance.  This may cause movie studios to more highly support Blu-Ray.

2 months ago, my gut feeling was that HD-DVD would win the format wars, but retail sales numbers don't support that.  I believe that if Sony would promote the ability of Blu-Ray discs as a back-up medium for computer data it would help.  A 4-layer Blu-Ray disc that contains 200 gigs of data has already been invented.  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to backup 200 gigs of data?

crashwg:


--- Quote from: markrvp on January 21, 2007, 08:48:34 pm ---HD-DVD copyright security has already been cracked in at least one instance.  This may cause movie studios to more highly support Blu-Ray.

--- End quote ---

AACS is the copy protection used on both formats.  Break one, break them both... 

shardian:

How does the durability of the discs compare when it comes to hd-dvd/blu ray media. Does the blue laser technology have a +/- effect on disc durability? Just curious if anyone knows in here.

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