Post by Renown on Feb 25, 2008 0:03:46 GMT -5
If you're unaware, allow me to bring you up to speed: Since 2002 there has been a format war sprouting about, and for those of you asking "Is he talking about the Xbox 360 vs. the Playstation 3 vs. the Nintendo Wii?" No, I am not talking about the seventh generation console wars, I'm referring to the current generation optical format wars - Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD.
On March 31, 2006 Toshiba released the first consumer-based HD-DVD player in Japan, a slap to the face of the newly founded (well, not so new at this point) Blu-ray Disc Assocation (BDA), and this new format would be the only immediate competition Sony would have against it's newly established high-definition format, and to make a long story short, thus the format war would begin.
However, because of Blu-ray's immense support, the support for HD-DVD would quickly decline up until the point where it's demise was eminently possible. Warner Bros. announced they would discontinue support for the format by June 2008 and all subsequent titles would be delayed. On February 19, 2008 Toshiba announced they would no longer develop, manufacture, and market HD-DVD players and recorders to the market due to the turnabouts of such Hollywood studios as Warner Bros., Universal Studios, and New Line Cinema (among others) deciding to discontinue their own HD-DVD business venture and jump to the format which has been seeing more sales since things have picked up with the launch of Sony's own Playstation 3 console.
HD-DVD may have been killed, in a matter of speaking, but Sony is far from the clear - there's an even more treacherous threat on the horizon.
On March 31, 2006 Toshiba released the first consumer-based HD-DVD player in Japan, a slap to the face of the newly founded (well, not so new at this point) Blu-ray Disc Assocation (BDA), and this new format would be the only immediate competition Sony would have against it's newly established high-definition format, and to make a long story short, thus the format war would begin.
However, because of Blu-ray's immense support, the support for HD-DVD would quickly decline up until the point where it's demise was eminently possible. Warner Bros. announced they would discontinue support for the format by June 2008 and all subsequent titles would be delayed. On February 19, 2008 Toshiba announced they would no longer develop, manufacture, and market HD-DVD players and recorders to the market due to the turnabouts of such Hollywood studios as Warner Bros., Universal Studios, and New Line Cinema (among others) deciding to discontinue their own HD-DVD business venture and jump to the format which has been seeing more sales since things have picked up with the launch of Sony's own Playstation 3 console.
HD-DVD may have been killed, in a matter of speaking, but Sony is far from the clear - there's an even more treacherous threat on the horizon.