The battle between HDDVD and BluRay is over.
 

Of course, I knew it was over once Sony put out Playstation3, and Toshiba had no reply. That is of course the real reason why Sony put it out. The final blow was when Wal-Mart announced an HD-DVD-free zone for all of its stores.

I didn't realize it was this close. We just got the PS3 and I gotta say the Blu-ray is incredible. I only have 2 movies so far, but I ordered 6 more already. Special effects are awesome.

Not sure what to make of it. I remember going Betamax and getting hosed in the end. Best Buy and a number of big box stores are still trying to sell HD players without disclosing the info. Same for HD TV. People are being scared into buying what they don't need.

I'm amazed that Toshiba stock went up when they admitted defeat and cried "Uncle." I mean, sure, we all know investors hate uncertainty, but you would think that admitting certain defeat would be worse for a company.

The only thing I was ever able to think of was, "didn't anyone learn anything from the VCR format wars?"

I'm all for capitalism, but when you're talking about something as pricey as a hi-def DVD player, it is a disservice to the public to put them in the position of having spent a bunch of jack on something that will suddenly cease to be available once the Market decides which standard wins.

How are the people who adopted HD DVD supposed to view Toshiba and the apparent disregard for their decision-making? "Thanks for buying our shit, now you're fucked..."

Plus, Bill Gates is gonna be pissed. Doesn't X Box 360 have an HD DVD player built in? Its not nice to fool Mother Nature...err...Microsoft.

The general public will fall head over heels for any new gimmicky bullshit. It's like selling candy to babies.

who won?

this is not a flip question--I can't tell from the posts. or the media. or anything.

As long as regular DVDs still exist (and it will be a looong time until the buy/sell/trade shops run out of stock) I don't give a fuck. How can I miss something being "better" if the thing I have now works just fine? I'm not convinced that spending more money will equate to a "better life" for me.

Blu-Ray, which is made by Sony. Toshiba has announced they won't make any more HD-DVDs.

and I just saw something that said that Warner Bros, who sells 20% of the dvds in the US, is discontinuing the HD DVD format.

So . . . what is this blu-ray stuff? I think I'm confusing it with blu-tooth. ?

Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD

No...it was an accessory you could (apparently still can) purchase.

thank you.

So when will late adopters "have" to buy into this nonsense?

Unless you buy a HD TV it is not relevant to you