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Harmonia

In Reply to: RE: Well, I'm glad one of 'em is dead. ;-) posted by AbeCollins on January 07, 2008 at 17:02:48

Thank you Abe. My honest sentiment too.
Not owning either format yet, although interested in acquiring HD movies in *a* format eventually, I was highly annoyed we had the damned competing format wars again. (I'm old enough to remember the VHS/Beta battle.) And just because Blu Ray appeared to be technically superior didn't mean it would win.
So HD-DVD folks cancelled their CES booth which sounds like they are throwing in the towel. For once the better technology wins.
I think. ;-)

Edits: 01/07/08

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Its about time one of them won..... - AbeCollins 20:56:49 01/07/08 (0)
I have the Sony PS3 but only a few Blu-Ray discs. As luck would have it, it appears that Blu-Ray has won. I'm just glad that somebody has won. Now we can all get on with our lives and buy discs again!
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings... - SF tech 18:22:58 01/07/08 (1)
In other words... Wait for Bill Gates to declare that physical media is obsolete.

Wait, he already did that (oops?).

Steve Jobs will (oops?).

The buying public wants hi-res media in hand for immediate watching.

Discs.

Regards,
SF
- Seems to me the fat lady is having the vapors... - Harmonia 18:30:10 01/07/08 (0)
  ...HD-DVD may not be dead yet, and the hardware may be more user friendly, but there's only *really* room for one format at the kind of numbers that will make the movie industry happy. As for streaming HD movie content - pipelines aren't big enough yet.
  
  Yet.

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