Blu-Ray/HD-DVD

[Farquaon]

It will cost one terrabyte of zim $$$

 

[moomoo]

I reckon Blu-ray's gonna win this one.
http://www.blu-ray.com/ifa2005/

 

[alchamy]

Actually it was JVC VHS vs SONY Betamax. Which Sony clearly lost.

Funnilly enough, most professional video is still done on betamax thanks its superior quality. Sony lost the consumer market but still owns the multimedia industry, VHS is dead but Betamax lives on

 

[arf9999]

Actually only 2 Hollywood companies are supporting Blu-Ray: Walt Disney and Twentieth Century Fox while

Warner Bros. Studios, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures endorse HD DVD

er...no 'cos Sony Pictures (i.e. Columbia, TriStar etc.) strangely enough supports Blu-Ray. The split between supporters is roughly 50-50 in hollywood (very slightly in favour of Blu-ray, based on turnover of the studios, but that can change with a few hits for one or other studio). Also it is important to note that NONE of the studios has said that they will exclusively support one format over the other, rather they'll wait and see and change if neccessary.
EDIT: Paramount has now made a Blu-Ray announcement http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/technology/dvd_paramount.reut/index.htm

The success of DVD can be largely attributed to PlayStation 2 which put a DVD player in many homes by default, and thus helped to create a market. Sony believes that a similar halo effect can be created by the PS3.

The fact that Microsoft and Intel screwed up the comparison between the two formats may mean that they don't really have a concrete plan. http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=28480

The fact that almost all the consumer electronics companies including some that don't EVER collaborate (Sony and Matsu****a (i.e JVC/Panasonic); LG and Samsung) are united in support of Blu-Ray may also make a huge difference. Not to mention HP and Dell..... In the consumer electronics and Computer hardware space, Toshiba stands pretty much alone on HD-DVD.

I'm betting on Blu-Ray...or on a Pioneer combo player that will doubtless appear after a year or so...

EDIT No 2.: Now it seems like warner Bros is also going to support Blu-Ray... http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26790

 

[arf9999]

Final nail for HD-DVD?

Sony on Friday declared victory in the battle over the next-generation DVD standard, after Warner Brothers, the Hollywood studio that has been a long-time supporter of rival Japanese group Toshiba, said it would back its Blu-ray disc format in addition to Toshiba's HD-DVD.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9772524/

 

[Q-Man]

meh, these "battles" get me down. It's like the damn PS3 vs X360 debates, PS3 - blu-Ray, X360 - HD-DVD, in the end, people will either

a) Back the format their favourite system uses
b) Back the format that most companies endorse or
c) get a DVD/whatever player that can play both

i'm going for c) (and PS3 )