Toshiba takes European lead over Sony in HD
By Maija Palmer
Published: April 9 2007 03:00 | Last updated: April 9 2007 03:00
Aficionados of European cinema who would like to watch films such as Roberto Benigni's award-winning The Tiger and the Snow in high definition, may, for the time being at least, have to buy a HD-DVD player rather than a Blu-Ray Disc machine.
A number of European independent film studios and DVD production companies are opting for Toshiba's HD-DVD format over the rival Sony technology, thanks to a strong support programme by the HD-DVD camp and concerns over the price of Blu-Ray technology.
I am well aware that European movies will hardly produce any noticable effect, but I have the general impression that also European distributors of US blockbuster movies prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray. I don't have any proof for this statement at the moment, though.
