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Gizmodo Declares Blu-Ray Winner

Posted by michael on from the counting-your-chickens dept.

13.7BillionYears writes "Gizmodo has a special feature covering the many details of the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD battle based on the technical, financial, and commercial merits of the two contenders. They conclude that Blu-Ray is the clear winner on all three fronts. Hopefully the movie industry and electronics manufacturers will see the same logic and avert a format war."

2 of 242 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Which codec will be used for HD-DVDs? by Leykis101 · · Score: 5, Informative

    article on H.264
    http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/062804apple /

    According to a few articles, Microsoft is endorsing HD-DVD for the adoption of WMV9 codec

    here
    here
    here
    here
    then again, Paul Thurrot is to Microsoft as Rush Limbaugh to The Republicans

    YIKES!!!!

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  2. Re:Dial back the bias a little bit by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Blu Ray doesn't have backwards compatability, but thats a feature not a weakness!

    Actually, this is a myth. The players are backward compatible, but the standard doesn't require it. Both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players will play DVDs, the optics are available to take both the blue and red lasers in the same head assembly. Existing Blu-Ray players already play DVDs.