I'll start off with posting the article:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070822-reasons-financial-and-technical-lurk-behind-paramounts-hd-dvd-coup.html
What's important to note is the several key difference in the technology of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. For instance:
1. HD-DVD has a consistent viewing performance and a base line. Early adopters of Blu-Ray may not have the same viewing experience as newer purchaser.
2. Each Blu-Ray player is different, meaning you cannot make 1 disc that will work the same across all of the players
3. HD-DVD is less expensive to manufacture
4. All HD-DVD players have online capability, which isn't the same for Blu-Ray
I could go on, but it shows a lot of importance. Consistency in the home user experience is a big deal. How pissed would you be if you purchased a Samsung Blu-Ray player and couldn't watch a movie the same as if you purchased a Sony?
While the format war is far from over...I don't think anyone has a significant lead.
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I totally agree that the war is far from over. What makes this even more confusing is when movie houses go exclusive to one format or another. I think this is a mistake in the sense that they're not letting the consumer decide with their pocket. If I want to see Spiderman in HD, I have to have a Blu-Ray player. If I want to see Transformers in HD, I have to have a HD-DVD player.
Just make the movies in both formats and let me decide which format I would like to see it in damn it!!!
I think it's complicated though by what Blu-Ray does. Inconsistency among players, as well as the fact that factories have to upgrade their lines in order to make Blu-Ray discs, make the costs of producing them difficult.
That is why I see studios picking one format over the other.
"That is why I see studios picking one format over the other."
This will do nothing more than confuse consumers. You have half the movie houses going to one side, and half to the other. I really would like to make a move within the next year one way or the other, and this doesn't look like this will be settled by then.
I don't want to be limited to only certain movies I can buy because I've chosen one format over the other. And the dual format players haven't come down enough, and some of them can't take advantage of the features that both formats have.
"and some of them can't take advantage of the features that both formats have"
From what I've read, some of the Blu-Ray players can't take advantage of all of the features of Blu-Ray discs, too.
"From what I've read, some of the Blu-Ray players can't take advantage of all of the features of Blu-Ray discs, too."
How stupid was that? So you make the decision to go with Blu-Ray, and it doesn't work the way it should. That's just wrong!!!
This is so different from the old BETA / VHS wars of yesteryear. In those days the titles came out on both media formats, and you picked the one you had the player for. It really pisses me off with the exclusion stuff going on today - there is no chance to compare.
What was interesting back in the day is that BETA was not interested in releasing porn titles on their system, and it promptly deep-sixed itself within a year or so of that decision. This is an entire market sector that was avoided by the manufacturer, not specific video titles. I call hogswallop on the whole industry. There is not one real brain among the lot.
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