Even if you don’t take Hitler’s word for it, you probably have the feeling that Blu-ray has won, following Warner Bros.’ decision to ditch HD DVD. Questex analyst Thomas K. Arnold has a real innovative solution:
“I’m hoping Toshiba, Universal and Paramount will take the high road and, for the good of the entire industry, bow out [of HD DVD] . Universal and Paramount, in particular, need to jump on the Blu-ray Disc bandwagon so we can go into the new year with a unified front and a unified mission: To educate consumers about the advantages of high-definition media and convince them the time to transition from standard DVD to Blu-ray is the day they bring that HDTV into their home.”
Oh, so it’s about consumers now, eh Tom? Who’da thunk it? [Home Media Magazine via HDTV UK]
Dexxie
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 9:35 AMFucking Blu-Ray.
It’s not about consumers, it’s about who has the most money to throw around, and that appears to be Sony.
HD-DVD is, and has been all along, hands down, the single best choice for consumers for HD Movies.
Blu-Ray with the wasted extra space, the region locking, and the seriously flawed standards… that still aren’t standard across most Blu-Ray players sold is just a joke.
But it’s winning.
Why?
You can definitely blame it on the consumer to an extent, because their listening to corporate hype and bullshit.
The bigger blame though, lies with companies like Sony, pushing their faulty, incomplete, and consumer controlling technologies down our throats harder than… well… I don’t think you really want an analogy there, it’s that bad.
Sony have merely paid off the people who make decisions, and advertised the shit out of Blu-Ray with flat out marketing rubbish.
superdynamite
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 6:21 PMHD-DVD was never as good as Mike Tyson was. Tyson is still alive, HD-DVD is dead as a door nail.