Microsoft stops HD DVD drives for Xbox 360

The war is over everybody. It has been for a couple of weeks now, but I think it is time for a beer. Congrats Blu-Ray!

I had money on HD-DVD but Blu-Ray had the better name. It really is all in a name it turns out.
 
haha... I said it in the other threads... and I'll say it here as well. The war is not "over" until Blu-Ray is a commercial success and becomes ubiquitous and pervasively used. Sony has yet to even recoup their R&D and marketing costs for Blu-Ray, not to mention the $400 million bribes they paid to the movie houses to switch to their camp. They may have won the "war" against one competing format... but only time will tell if they can win against the plain old DVD format ($23 Billion in 2007), online downloads, lo-res movie distribution (cellphones and mobile devices), and new and upcoming technologies (holographic storage slated to be here by 2010). There are just too many other factors outstanding at this stage to start toasting each other. I for one am not in the market for a Blu-Ray player - I can't afford them, I don't have a HD TV, I still have my old DVD collection, and I don't like Sony's DRM tactics. So consider a few other factors before you start declaring who has won this war. ;) HD players still only account for less than 10% of the total movie player market.
 
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I agree Gary.

My most optomistic view is that at best BD will only get a quarter to a third of the market the rest being split between DVD and Downloads. Just look at the music market. CD's are dying, it's just a matter of time.
 
if they decided to do Blu-ray addons I wonder how quick that turnaround time might be?
 
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