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Who is winning the format war: Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

2007-12-11 00:31:39 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...formats trying to win the eyeballs, and for many consumers two formats is one too many. The consumers are smart and they were sitting on the sidelines waiting for the format war to be over before they commit to buying the hardware to play the high definition DVDs in their home theatres. We hope this article will help you to make the right...
 
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BREAKING NEWS: HD DVD FORMAT SUFFERS MAJOR BLOW; WAL-MART WILL CARRY BLU-RAY ONLY

2008-02-16 08:25:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
 
...format for its top line DVDs. Wal-Mart, which carries more influence than any other retailer in terms of DVD sales, will sell through its existing inventory of HD titles, then turn to Blu-Ray as the preferred format. The HD format had been hurting previously, as mail order rental chain Netflix no longer carries it. Most major studios have...
 
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DVD Format Wars 2008

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2008-02-09 15:09:54 by HASH0x8be8460 in Matte Havoc
 
...format war? Well, you're not the only person who is thrown off by the technojargon and the competing media companies. PC World offers a "super guide" article on their website that was last updated almost a year ago ( view the article here ). But this isn't the first time that the format wars have come into the consumer playground. Remember...
 
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Which High-Def Video Format: Blu-ray or HD DVD?

2007-12-31 15:30:53 by Jon Roth in Movie Crunch
 
...format, Blu-ray and HD DVD. Sony had claimed that their Blu-ray would become dominant, but earlier this Fall, Sony CEO Howard Stringer called the HD format race a tie, primarily due to HD DVD discounts - which Paul Stamatiou reflects upon in an in-depth comparison of the two high-def formats. On the other hand, some companies such as...
 
Tags: blu-ray, format, dvd, blu-ray players, format war, format race, dvd discounts, stamatiou, paul stamatiou reflects
 
 
 
 
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High-definition format war: What if no one wins?

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2007-12-31 19:14:10 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
...format wars?" The two camps (Blu-ray and HD DVD) are victims of their own earlier success with DVD. The standard DVDs offered a quantum leap in quality from the picture and sound of VHS videotape, and for many that was more than adequate In addition, DVD players that can convert images to near high-definition quality can be found for under...
 
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The High-Def Movie Format War

2008-01-06 02:00:40 by Jon Roth in Movie Crunch
 
...format for their high-definition video format, youre probably wondering, Do I want to pay more for a disc just to see the zits better on Lindsay Lohan s face? That depends on your own personal fetishes, of course, but apparently with WB being one more major movie house going Blu-ray exclusively, we might not have a choice. (Well, supposedly...
 
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HD DVD format is not dead, Toshiba says.

2008-01-08 20:04:27 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
 
...format, be it HD-DVD or BluRay. Viacom Inc.s Paramount Pictures today denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.s HD DVD technology. Paramounts current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format, Brenda Ciccone, a spokeswoman for Paramount, said in an e-mail today....
 
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Blu-ray waits for spoils of format wars

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2008-06-02 16:47:42 by Behind The Scenes TV in Behind The Scenes TV
...format war, but hasnt won over many consumers Now was supposed to be the boom time for the young video technology, pitched as a high-definition replacement for the DVD. In January, consumer electronics company Toshiba dropped support of rival format HD DVD, ending a competition over which technology would take root in living rooms Both...
 
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Will Blu-Ray Win The Format War?

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2007-12-15 01:02:00 by Moviezzz in The Moviezzz Blog
...format war, and that by the Consumer Electronics Show in January, a Fox Exec states "it will be pretty clear there will be one format". They speculate that Warner (and New Line) who support both formats may drop HD to focus on Blu-Ray The article also mentions that Wall Street has downgraded the entertainment industry because of uncertainty...
 
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DVD Format Wars Over: Blu-ray Wins

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