Father Wolf Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Found this out a couple of days ago. In the end Blu-ray won over Hd DVDs. Blu-ray Disc versus HD DVD. Several disc formats that were intended to improve on the performance of the DVD were developed, including Sony's Blu-Ray and Toshiba's HD-DVD, as well as HVD, FVD and VMD. The first HD-DVD player was released in March 2006, followed quickly by a Blu-Ray player in June 2006. In addition to the home video standalone players for each format, Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console offers a Blu-ray Disc player and its games use that format as well. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is a DVD player, and also offers consumers an optional HD-DVD external player. Initially, Blu-Ray garnered support from a greater number of movie studios and offered more movie titles. However, Toshiba used aggressive pricing to attempt to influence consumers to support the HD-DVD format. Then, the format war went largely in Blu-Ray's favor after the largest movie studio supporting HD DVD, Warner Brothers, decided to abandon releasing films on HD-DVD in January 2008. Shortly thereafter, several major North American rental services and retailers announced the exclusive support for Blu-ray products in February 2008. On 19 February 2008, Toshiba made an official announcement to no longer develop or manufacture HD-DVD players and recorders. Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdIACGRNyaQ Discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP Sage Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 i could have told you this 3 weeks ago. Would you like to know why it won?Because sonys is a jerk.:<They put a blu-ray player in the PS3 it was the cheapest blu-ray player out there.Sure even if you diden't run out and buy a movie you may buy one eventually and use you PS3. thats the only reason i would buy a PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 I would of prefered HD-DVD to win, Blue Ray is Region Defined meaning you constantly need to update its software due to its anti-piracy codes, while HD-DVD is Region Free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoshIcy Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 haha i knew it, history repeats itself lol.... didnt the same thing happen when the ps2 came out? sony will always set the standard for home entertainment =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP Sage Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH SO WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamaxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war Thank you have a nice day. :) Ok. I just hate sony. I admit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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