http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL1637974620080216

 

toshiba to left hddvd. The new comes from a japanese tv

 

http://gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20080216_toshiba_hddvd/ 

HD DVD says hi to Betamax.
R.I.P.

To the average person this doesn't matter. Also this Format war is over but blu ray still has to try to replace regular dvd.

This is the first step. Blu-Ray will replace DVD when everyone gets an HDTV. The pieces are falling into place. Expect PS3 sales to increase because of this. Can't wait for Jurassic Park on Blu-Ray!

Rumor, and Xiru is delusional. HDTVs are already in plenty of homes. They should be taking on HD films already, but they are not. So people buying more isn't going to magically make them look to blu-ray.

@ Xiru That is going to take many years. Seeing as 3/4 of the population have sdtvs or edtvs and no Hdtvs. Then are all of those hdtv people going to pay 300+ dollars for a blu ray player. I think blu ray isn't going to become mainstream. Its going to get skipped and then we will have media downloaded to a large hard drive (100tb-pb.)

Downloads aren't going to replace disc media any time soon. It takes too long to download the media (we're talking multiple gigabytes of data for that true, glorious HD experience), and it also takes time to store the data via an expensive disc burner or an equally expensive hard drive. We're talking 20 minutes to download, on average, and/or 20 minutes to write the data, each and every time you download a movie.

If you want it.

SlorgNet said: Downloads aren't going to replace disc media any time soon. It takes too long to download the media (we're talking multiple gigabytes of data for that true, glorious HD experience), and it also takes time to store the data via an expensive disc burner or an equally expensive hard drive. We're talking 20 minutes to download, on average, and/or 20 minutes to write the data, each and every time you download a movie.

By the time blu ray would win there would be increase in internet bandwidth. It wouldn't be downloaded through a persons internet connection either. The cable/satelite/fios company could support it. This is also in the future where bandwidth would be significantly larger. Meaning bandwidth would be really high exspecially if they have servers really close to you. So it could be as high as hundreds of mbps-1 gbps. So that is a gb per second. Most blu-rays hold up to 50gbs for hd content. It would take a few seconds to minutes to download. Also take in consideration we have tb hard drives right now. One tb=1020gbs. Meaning a 1 tb hd could hold if the content is blu rays max 20 movies.  This is in the future where tb could be in the hundreds. So multiply 20 by 100 you get  2000 movies on 1 hd probaly provided by you television company. You have to take in consideration that this is years away 5-10 years where technology would be cheaper and more advanced than now.