Blu-Ray is the winner

[fett]

Looks like HD-DVD is going the way of the Betamax. Rumor has it that it just a matter of days until they give up making HD-DVD players.

[AlexL]

No decision yet. Although we may hear something later this week.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/toshiba-on-hd-dvd-fate-no-decision-has-been-made-/5250

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[sonicsamurai]

a) what is blu - ray? never heard of it...
b)hd - dvd? is that like a normal dvd? i'm not sure what u mean by that.

[fett]

It's spelled 2 ways. I'm a VHS guy so I don't give a blu-rats ass.

[shobet]

No offense Fett but I wouldn't rank you hight in my list of technology pundits.
Hoarders of planks, yes, but tech, no.

[fett]

All this technology is Bullshit to me. But Toshiba is pulling the plug in a timely manner. And the stock goes up. It took Sony years and years before they finally figured out that the Beta format just didn't win over the consumer.

[Jason1212]

The cost of a blu-ray is still pretty crazy. I would rather have an up convert and keep on buying cheap DVD's.

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

it will be a good excuse to pick up a PS3 since i have a 360, PS2, Cube and a Wii already. Now, if they would only start coming out with good video games for the PS3....

[fett]

That's where Sony played the game way smart. I guess they leaned their lesson.

[VinceV]

That's where Sony played the game way smart. I guess they leaned their lesson.

You would hope so, Sony has backed many a flopped media formats


Beta(Consumer)
DAT
MD
UMD
Memory Stick(no one else uses it)

PS3 is finally starting to come through.

[fett]

I don't care.:ROTF: I'm stuck in the '70's and '80's.

[sonicsamurai]

You would hope so, Sony has backed many a flopped media formats


Beta(Consumer)
DAT
MD
UMD
Memory Stick(no one else uses it)

PS3 is finally starting to come through.

i remeber minidiscs... haha they were trendy in school for like a term...

[daisp]

:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

No offense Fett but I wouldn't rank you hight in my list of technology pundits.
Hoarders of planks, yes, but tech, no.

[Bengal]

Just because those formats failed doesn't make them bad. Beta kicked ass. Sony was just stupid about the technology...

This doesn't surprise me at all. I think I read about Toshiba giving this up over the weekend. Judging by the ammount of movies on Blu-Ray vs. Hi Def showed me more thought Blu-Ray was the way to go. They can hold like an insane amount of info on a disc...

[fett]

I was there and Beta was regarded as the better format. What difference did that make? Sony's marketing plan is just perfect. This time.