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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."

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  1. Re:W00T! by Sean80 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The parent should be modded up. I absolutely agree. Who cares which technology wins, because I lose.

    I now have a pretty large DVD collection in my house. 5 years down the track, when it gets harder and harder to find the old-spec DVD players, I'm probably going to have to think about buying some of them all over again. No doubt the movie industry will come out with new releases with super-mega-plus features and all that.

    Sure, you can still get VCRs today, and even play those old vinyl things I've heard about, but I don't think that's the point. What the movie industry needs to do is separate the purchase of the rights from the purchase of the media. I should pay once for a lifetime right to watch such-and-such a movie. If the media changes, then I only pay for the costs of the new media, not the movie itself. If that medium is broadband, then I pay for carrier charges.

    It seems pretty clear-cut to me, but I'm not sure if I'm raving.