Formats: The Other Shoe Drops, Both of Them

February 13, 2008

A few weeks ago I mentioned waiting for the other shoe to drop with regard to Warner Brothers announcing their exclusive support of Blu-ray. Well it dropped, both of them to be exact. Best Buy was up to bat first with their announcement that the company would recommend consumers choose “Sony Corp’s” Blu-ray high-definition video [...]

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New HD DVD Promotion & Lower Cost Blu-ray Player

May 16, 2007

As if the 5 free HD DVD movie incentives weren’t enough; Toshiba is ready to tempt the HD DVD curious just a tad more this summer, effective May 20th (through June 9th) new HD-A2 HD DVD player purchases qualify for a $100 in-store instant rebate. But the marketing with a theatrical trailer/commercial promoting HD DVD [...]

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My Choice in the Format War – One Year Later

April 7, 2007

The real question remains, how much are you willing to invest in the hardware to get the HD-disc ball rolling? Because with what would appear to be the second manufacturer entering into the dual-format player arena, its relatively safe to say that whether you buy your discs in blue cases or red cases, you’re in no danger of not being able to play them for years to come. This isn’t going to be decided anytime soon, if you’re interested in watching pre-recorded high definition movies at home, find a deal on a player and hop off the fence. Your eyes and ears will thank you, your wallet will forgive you.

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Format Wars: Red Herrings Abound

February 17, 2007

It’s been over two weeks since I’ve commented on the format war, new record? Seriously though this is getting crazier by the minute. By now you may have heard that Sony has claimed victory over HD DVD with Blu-ray, but per-usual any proclamation of victory may be a wee bit premature as a good chunk [...]

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Interview: Ken Lowe of Sigma Designs

January 30, 2007

Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to speak with Sigma Designs Ken Lowe (Sigma’s media processors can be found in Blu-ray players from Sony, Pioneer, and Panasonic) about his thoughts on Blu-ray and HD DVD. It was an impromptu interview but Ken had some interesting things to say on the subject so without further ado, [...]

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First Images of LG’s Blu-ray – HD DVD player

January 7, 2007

It may not win any industrial design awards but it does qualify as the first stand-alone Blu-ray slash HD DVD player. More details can be found at Best Buy’s product page that’s right the retailer has already put up the preliminary details for LG’s (BH100) “Super Multi Blue Player”. The price you ask? $1,199.99, looks [...]

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Format Wars: Dual Discs and Dual Players

January 4, 2007

Wow, what a difference a day makes. Before the first visitor to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show even hit the show-floor, we’ve had two significant announcements in the format war. Today, yesterday I suppose for you west-coasters, LG announced a Total HD disc from Warner other than initially it will contain the Blu-ray and HD [...]

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Interesting Blu-ray vs. HD DVD Comparison

December 31, 2006

Tek Jansen of Games Central has posted an interesting screen-shot and interactivity comparison of Blu-ray and HD DVD. Tek has grabbed screen captures from several different titles that are available on both formats. The results surprised me somewhat; not in that one was perceivably better/different than the other but in how they were different.
For example; [...]

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Format Wars: Even the Executives are Confused

November 13, 2006

It’s no wonder consumers are confused about the next-generation optical disc formats, it appears as if executives in charge of overseeing the production of next-gen video titles are as well.
In a recent interview Peter Chernin (President and COO of News Corporation – Fox’s parent company) declared “PlayStation is by far the dominant game platform, and [...]

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Hollywood Insiders Second Guessing Blu-ray Support

October 18, 2006

Variety recently ran an

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