Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

A radio program I was listening to the other day was saying that the decision between Blu Ray and HD DVD is likely to be a moot decision anyway. They were saying that more and more people are going to be able to have HD movies on demand and people will be able to download the titles they want.

 

Certainly there is already movement in this area though it will likely be some time before it replaces the drive formats.

On Jan 6, 2008 8:36 AM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Jonathan King wrote:

> But history never *was* repeating itself, in very important ways.
>
> 1) Sony was not trying to go it alone this time.
> 2) Partly because of (1), there were always at least as many Blu-Ray
> titles out there.

Right.  It was playing out a lot differently this time around.

> 4) The VHS/BetaMax war kept on going because one party kept on pouring
> money down a hole, and it's not clear to me that this was going to
> happen again because for most players (the media companies) the actual
> choice of format makes no difference other than they would like to be
> making just one as soon as possible.

So maybe companies now making HD-DVDs will quit doing so and will start
making Blu-ray discs?  If so, that will be decisive.

> In any case, I'm not going to be buying a player until NetFlix has
> enough titles for this to be useful.

Same here, and also I'll need a better TV.  I was looking at a Sony HD set
playing a Blu-ray disc in the store the other day.  It was pretty amazing.
I'm still satisfied with what I have though.  If I start watching HD, it
will be hard to stand ordinary TV anymore.

Mike

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