Format war Bluray vs hddvd...

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nathantay said:

steverhcp02 said:

gebx said:

steverhcp02 said:

nathantay said:
I think it's funny that so many people think that bluray is the winner just from three months worth of sales figures and that most of those people only have a bluray player because sony forced them to buy one in the ps3. It's also funny that these people also rave that casino royal SHIPPED 100k copies but they don't say anything about it only selling less than 30k copies.

funny like all the same people who want to say the ps3 is dead or a failure too, aint it.

I don't think the ps3 is a failure I just think that it has no chance in owning this generation like they have te last 2 generations.

Totally different -

HD DVD was winning the next gen war before the PS3 came out.

PS3 was winning the next gen war before.... well never actually

well, id say that favord blu ray for ebing able to destroy HD DVD market share in a mere 3 months, whereas the PS3 had to deal with the 360 having a full year headstart.

hd dvd has only been out like a month longer than bluray and theve only barely past them up on market share.

hd-dvd had the lead in number of titles out, price, and number of movies sold until 2007. Now, the increased studio support for blu-ray has yielded the available movie crown and number of movies sold crown, and the price gap has dropped. It is still $140 more expensive to buy a stand-alone blu-ray player.

If blu-ray can get within $25 of hd-dvd players there should be no excuse for someone to buy an hd-dvd player anymore. That would be the nail in the coffin. Sony, due to the fact they are mass-producing lasers anyway, should be on this already. I think they are working out their dvd upscaling so the stand-alones can be released and the PS3 patched. That's just my opinion, otherwise why haven't they released 1 already because they shouldn't be depending on blu-ray to sell PS3s...maybe they are waiting for a few more games and Home to be released first, but there are already blu-ray players out that are cheaper. Granted, a recent UK review stated that the PS3 is the best blu-ray player out so far.

Anyway, hd-dvd still enjoys about $140 advantage on the cheapest of both models on amazon.com the last I checked a few days ago ($350 to $490). Those aren't the best players, though, so if Sony gets a great blu-ray player out at $400, I think stand-alones could start to rival hd-dvd stand-alone sales. That would also show that the PS3 is still a great deal, with the Cell, graphics chip, 60GB, wireless connectivity, etc only $200 more than the stand-alone. $400 seems possible considering the reported costs for the PS3 parts.

Are hd-dvd burners out yet? I know blu-ray had those a long time ago but I haven't heard anything on that recently.