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It’s been almost a year since Toshiba threw in the towel for ill-fated HD-DVD. While sales of the Blu-Ray format have yet to reach the levels of current home video king DVD, market penetration (*chortle*) is on an incline.Figures show that of the almost 11 million blu-ray players sold in the US, over 70% are in the form of Sony’s black wonderbox. Despite the presence of cheaper players, many pundits still see the PS3 as good value. I heard it’s because it plays games too, but I don’t like to report on unsubstantiated rumours.This leaves me wondering something : Is the PS3 responsible for Blu-Ray’s success, or is Blu-Ray carrying the PS3?Source : Psu.com
The first time I heard about Holographic Versatile Discs (HVD) was about 2 years ago, I had heard that it was the sleeper technology that was going to rise above HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and win the next-gen disc war. ... [»]
Well, time will have to tell on this one. According to Engadget, The Economic Daily, a chinese written newspaper has reported that a company named Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS has won the order to assemble Xbox 360 consoles with a Blu-ray Disc ROM ... [»]
Okay I have to admit I did not know this. When it became clear that Blu-Ray was going to win this war one of the first things that went through my head, is that Sony must be over the moon with the obvious royalty money that they are going to be raking in. However that actually doesn't seem to be the case. The Blu-Ray alliance as ... [»]
That's it, it's all over. Toshiba has just announced on their official website that they are no longer going to be developing HD-DVD products Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and ... [»]
Okay we are done. It is being reported today by Reuters that Toshiba has given up on the HD-DVD and is going to give Blu-Ray a free run. They will continue to sell HD-DVD players until everyone stops buying them but they are no longer putting any money into research and development for HD-DVD. This decision is estimated to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in expected HD-DVD revenue, but after the announcement by Wal-Mart on Friday, that they will only be stocking ... [»]
So it looks like Toshiba is about to throw in the towel in the format wars and concede victory to Blu-Ray. It really is strange how quickly things change. I fully expected HD-DVD to win this war in the run up to christmas, they had the cheapest players out, the better features and were winning over studios. Then Warner made an announcement and the rest as they is, is history. MAXCONSOLE - MaxConsole - Toshiba to drop HD DVD in coming weeks?
Doobiwan has kindly given me permission to reproduce his ramblings wonderful thoughts on the Blu-Ray - HD-DVD war. So the writing is on the wall for the beleaguered Toshiba and it's HD-DVD allies. The Warner move was a bitter pill and it is ... [»]
So last week I posted about how since the Warner announcement Blu-Ray sales had shot through the roof and HD-DVD sales had died. Well many were quick to ask how the sales had been affected so quickly as the main stream buying public had not heard the news yet. Well one week later and now things are looking even more suspicious. The same company that ran the last research has published their latest research and it seems like HD-DVD has made an impressive come back, and here I was thinking I wouldn't be able to post about this war anymore. So now the conspiracy theory can start, did the Blu-Ray group go on a mass buying spree just after the announcement to attempt to push home the gravity of the situation? I wonder if we can find out what titles it was that were sold and whether or not the HD-DVD sales stayed level and the Blu-Ray sales sky rocketed? Latest NPD ... [»]
I am sure it's just a glitch in the matrix but it seems that Warner's promise of no longer releasing HD-DVD's after May is not entirely correct. According to their release schedule they are publishing HD-DVD titles for at least 3 weeks after that date, these releases include some blockbusters like I Am Legend and Justice League. So is this a sign that Warner is not entirely sure about it's decision or just a logistical nightmare? Source: Tom's Hardware
The graph above shows the market split between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray in the week leading up to CES. The graph on the right is the market split after Warner Bros broke the news they were going Blu-Ray exclusive.... I think we can see ... [»]
This is a bit of a shot in the dark here because my Internet won't play the CNN video. However it is being reported that the video through the link is an official CNN report about the fact that Wal-Mart have now officially stopped selling HD-DVD players. They have gone exclusively to Blu-Ray and being the largest retail chain in the US (World?) this is a killer blow for HD-DVD. Hopefully now Toshiba and Sony can kiss and make up and we can move forward with one high definition format. CNN Video Report
Well, news coming out of CES 2008 seems to hint that Microsoft could jump ship over to Blu-Ray. Not to get your feathers ruffled up or anything here's the exact quote from Albert Penello, group marketing manager for Xbox hardware in the US: It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider Nothing concrete but at least it shows ... [»]
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