Netflix CEO: Format War a Stalemate

July 25, 2006

I want to thank Davis Freeburg over at ThomasHawk.com for not only making a legitimate case for boycott’s in the format war but for one hell of

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Format Wars: Boycotts Aren’t the Answer

July 21, 2006

I nearly titled this post ‘Boycott PC Magazine’ but figured that might have been a little over reactionary. However when a publication that claims to be “The Independent Guide to Technology” calls for the

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Format Wars: Ricoh to the Rescue?

July 7, 2006

Dual format Blu-ray/HD DVD players may have just gotten a little more likely and cheaper to produce, in one fell swoop. According to Ricoh’s solution would appear to offer a less expensive alterative to the dual-pickup method.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun’s (

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Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD Fact vs. Fiction

June 28, 2006

Alright yesterdays post got me a bit fired up, I think it’s time we clear up some myths surrounding the supposed technical superiority of Blu-ray over HD-DVD. Immediately after the initial announcements of HD-DVD back in 2002, the Blu-ray camp began floating the idea their format was technically superior to HD-DVD.
Well, as with all things [...]

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Panasonic’s DMP-BD10 and the Format War Thus Far

June 23, 2006

Thursday Panasonic unveiled their finalized Blu-ray player, the DMP-BD10. Panasonic’s Blu-ray player includes 1080p playback of both Blu-ray and SD-DVD’s (up-conversion) as well as their proprietary P4HD image processing technology. Oh the DMP-BD10 has one other important feature: CD playback. Something to consider versus Sony’s BDP-S1, The Panasonic DMP-BD10 is scheduled for release in September.
But [...]

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Industry Executives on the Format War

June 2, 2006

At the recent supporting HD-DVD. Disney had initially indicated they would only release pre-recorded high definition content via Blu-ray.

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Number crunching the format war

May 26, 2006

As the format war heats-up statistical data will no doubt help shape the perception of both formats with potential buyers. In the coming months it will be interesting to note the sales of both camp’s hardware & software, as indicators in the eventual outcome for supremacy and acceptance.
HD Beat points to a page that uses [...]

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Retailers: HD-DVD players nearly sold out

May 21, 2006

According to animosity expressed for the PS3’s (touted as Blu-ray’s killer-app) announced price, I think we can safely say that price will play a factor here, how big a factor remains to be seen.

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How High Definition DVD will replace DVD

May 12, 2006


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Netflix to Studios: Support HD-DVD and Blu-ray

April 26, 2006

Reed Hastings CEO of Netflix wants the movie studios to support both HD-DVD & Blu-ray and I couldn’t agree more.

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