Posts Tagged ‘ HD-DVD ’

Blu-Ray Death Watch Starting

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

Back in June of last year, we suggested that in the fight between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, Internet TV would be the winner:
Internet TV is plagued by the same problems as Blu-Ray and HD DVD, though: limited content, complex setup and high cost for hardware. Nevertheless, Internet TV is already good enough to make users [...]



Toshiba Kills HD DVD

Feb 19th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Video

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it is killing off HD DVD.
“We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called ‘next-generation format war’ and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop,” said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. “While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for [...]



HD DVD Dead; Blu-Ray Next?

Feb 17th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

It looks like Toshiba is giving up on HD DVD, making Blu-Ray the de facto high-definition DVD standard.
The format war, often compared to the Betamax-VHS battle in the 1980s, has confused consumers unsure of which DVD or player to buy. The HD DVD standard has suffered crippling blows in the last few months, though, losing [...]



High Definition DVD Formats Going Nowhere Fast

Dec 31st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Video

Despite the fact that prices have plummeted for next-generation high-definition DVD players, the two systems - Blu-ray, developed by Sony, and HD DVD, from Toshiba, have sold only about one million stand-alone players combined.
In June, we suggested that the winner in the war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray could be Internet TV. Increasingly, it’s looking [...]



In Fight Between Blu-Ray And HD DVD, Is Internet TV The Winner?

Jun 25th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Businessweek takes a look today at the fight between Blu-Ray and HD DVD to become the dominant standard for high-definition video delivery:
Time doesn’t appear to be on either side. With hard-drive capacity growing exponentially and prices coming down even more sharply, experts predict most broadband-enabled homes within 10 years will download much of their content [...]