HD-DVD was DEAD and should have stayed Dead.... MS threw some weight behind it at the last minute to revive it in an attempt to harm Sony due to their rivalry in the video game console market and the fact that Sony was making sure Blu-Ray came with every PS3.
The sooner HD-DVD dies, the better off we will all be. Its a horrible kludge. Those “cheap” hd-dvd players don’t even do true 1080p... it was DOA and should have stayed there.
100% correct. It’s always been the lesser of the 2 techs, and is hardly any cheaper at all.
I do believe the format war helped reduce prices a lot. By the end of the year Blu-ray players will be 300 or so. That’s a big drop in 1 1/2 years from $1000+.
But it’s time for Toshiba to bail out and help the HD market.