the Blu-ray thread, will go on untill hddvds death.

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Ray007 said:

Blue3 said:
Why Toshiba was zapped by the Blu-Ray http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Abrahams_Accessibility/2007/6/Why_Toshiba_was_zapped_by_the_Blu-Ray.html

There is no doubt that Blu-ray is doing well, and the Blockbuster decision certainly helps. But honestly, the guy who wrote that article couldn’t have presented a more biased view if he tried. Here is a much more balanced article written on the same day at the Economist.

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9388350

Note how they provide some thoughtful discussion about the merits of each format, and consider other competing technologies in the article (i.e. real journalism).

 They say the Blu-Ray alliance is going for the home market, and the HD-DVD camp is going for the PC kinda market, ie using them as storage mediums. However, they forget Dell also supports Blu-Ray exclusively, and as the worlds 2nd biggest PC manufacturer, their alliance may have an impact. I guess Toshiba laptops will be going HD-DVD, but does anyone know about any other PC/Laptop manufacturers, and which side their supporting? Because although Intel and Microsoft do porvide computing components, I have no idea why they are allied with HD-DVD anyway, because with the exception on the 360, they have no relation to disk media.