kopi_O Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 SONY has declared victory in the battle over the next-generation DVD standard after Warner Brothers, the Hollywood studio that has been a long-time supporter of rival Japanese group Toshiba, said it would back its Blu-ray disc format in addition to Toshiba's HD-DVD."With this, the format war is now over," a Sony representative said last Friday, adding that with Warner Brothers' support "five out of six Hollywood studios are supporting Blu-ray disc, which has a much larger market". The move by Warner Brothers, one of Toshiba's staunchest supporters, follows the decision by Paramount earlier this month to bring out content in both HD-DVD and Blu-ray disc standards. It appears to tip the balance in favour of Sony's format. In addition to the growing support of Hollywood, the Blu-ray disc format has the backing of companies accounting for 90 per cent of the PC market, 80 per cent of the games market and 90 per cent of the consumer electronics market, Sony said. Toshiba's HD-DVD format is supported by NEC and Sanyo, among others, but also, most importantly, by Microsoft and Intel. This has complicated the situation for Sony, with the emergence of a possible rift in the camp supporting the Blu-ray disc format. Early last week, Hewlett-Packard, the world's second largest computer company in terms of market share, asked the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), the consortium that supports the standard, to consider incorporating two technologies tied to the HD-DVD format. HP said it had been shocked by Microsoft's decision to back HD-DVD and indicated it might have to switch allegiances if the BDA rejected its request. HP wants the BDA to adopt mandatory managed copy, which allows consumers to make legal copies of high-definition movies, and iHD, which enables greater interactivity and is supported by Microsoft's new Vista operating system. The format clash has triggered concerns over a battle reminiscent of that between the VHS and Betamax video standards, which would lead to confusion in the market and a delay in the overall shift to next-generation DVDs. Hollywood is keen to promote that shift to counter a decline in DVD sales and strengthen protection against piracy. Next-generation DVDs will allow users to enjoy high-definition content. Toshiba said last Friday it did not expect Warner's move to have any impact on HD-DVD and that it was confident its format would win broad market support. "Warner's support for HD-DVD has not changed at all," a Toshiba representative said. The decision by Microsoft and Intel to support HD-DVD, on the other hand, had split the Blu-ray camp. Sony appeared to dismiss HP's request last Friday, saying it was a peripheral matter and that a reconsideration of technologies incorporated in Blu-ray disc would be difficult since it would require approval by the 17 BDA board members. "We are not sure we will consider this request," Sony said. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 sony can take their blue ray crap and stuff it. its not over by a long shoot. blue ray = beta tapes. better but sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 HP wants the BDA to adopt mandatory managed copy, which allows consumers to make legal copies of high-definition movies, and iHD, which enables greater interactivity and is supported by Microsoft's new Vista operating system.omg, that's a shock, you'd think M$ would be pushing for the exact opposite. it also makes me like HD-DVD a little more :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopi_O Posted October 28, 2005 Author Share Posted October 28, 2005 MMMmmmm.....It seems like"software" vs "movie" HD Vs Blue rayWho will win?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 probably both...blu-ray for software and gameshd-dvd for movies...plus pc manufactures are making blu-ray+hd-dvd drives, just incase, looks like they were right to do that too. but i don't really think it'd be that much of a prob if it does turn out that way ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Globalist Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Either way... it's the DVD writer i'm for, clearly. Indeed, they'll be both pushing DVD players, yet who needs a 'player'?, certianly Toshiba won't be dishing out writers. I've got a lovely Cambridge Audio DVD recorder, for now. ;). Better than any Sony or Toshiba recorders they have on the market currently. Though certianly, Cambridge will be making a cracking 'next generation' DVD recorder ;). Blue-ray, or HD-DVD.Again, i'm for optimum space. So Blue-ray is certianly winning in any techinical sense, ie writers and space.Though, I'm certianly looking forward to Arcam and Meridian models of either, Blue-ray and HD-DVD. They are producing the best players in the world ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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