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I won't be investing in a stand alone Blue Ray or HD-DVD player anytime
soon, but I am curious if anyone is leaning to one side or the other at
this point. It seems Blue Ray has more (movie) industry backing, at
lease in part because of Sony, and technology wise it is the superior
format (albeit not backwards compatible).
Oh the HD-DVD camp, oddly enough Microsoft is probably the biggest
player. They have a stake in the HD-DVD standard, and they have
commited XBOX 2 to support the HD-DVD codec (although, it's not
official yet if the XBOX will be fully HD-DVD compliant). This move
would almost certainly insure the HD-DVD standard does not die (in a
worst case, it would become exclusive to XBOX 2 media).
Of course Sony's PlayStation 3 will have native support for Blue Ray
media. Both of these systems are set for possible 2005 Holiday season
launch.
XBOX 2 and PS3 sales will be very competitive, it's possible the winner
will also help push one of the two next generation HD media standards
forward.
I won't be investing in a stand alone Blue Ray or HD-DVD player anytime
soon, but I am curious if anyone is leaning to one side or the other at
this point. It seems Blue Ray has more (movie) industry backing, at
lease in part because of Sony, and technology wise it is the superior
format (albeit not backwards compatible).
Oh the HD-DVD camp, oddly enough Microsoft is probably the biggest
player. They have a stake in the HD-DVD standard, and they have
commited XBOX 2 to support the HD-DVD codec (although, it's not
official yet if the XBOX will be fully HD-DVD compliant). This move
would almost certainly insure the HD-DVD standard does not die (in a
worst case, it would become exclusive to XBOX 2 media).
Of course Sony's PlayStation 3 will have native support for Blue Ray
media. Both of these systems are set for possible 2005 Holiday season
launch.
XBOX 2 and PS3 sales will be very competitive, it's possible the winner
will also help push one of the two next generation HD media standards
forward.