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Posted by guv on 08/31/06 19:08
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:39:40 GMT, "Temsonic" <dim.sp@miau.diolch>
wrote:
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>"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:4locrrF2tocvU1@individual.net...
>> mo wrote:
>>> Who exactly was the winner of the last 'format' war?
>>>
>>> I would say '-' but they were fairly similar anyway and became
>>> inteerchangable almost once multiformat writers became available.
>>
>> "-" was more popular , mostly because the blank media were slightly
>> cheaper but then as you say dual format writers made it pretty
>> irrellevant.
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>> I'd expect a similar situation for HD & BR - sooner or later the players
>> will converge
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>The last format war can't be compared to this one. The difference being that
>+ and - are both recordable formats, so whichever one you chose didn't
>particularly matter as you were only going to record what _you_ wanted on
>whichever format you had chosen.
>
>With HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the problem is that most of the studios have
>aligned themselves with one format or the other, and in some cases have said
>they will not release films on the opposing format, e.g. Sony will not
>release HD-DVD's, and Universal will not release Blu-ray discs. In effect
>this means that if it stays this way, whichever one you choose you have to
>run the risk of not being able to play HD media from certain studios. If
>dual format players arrive soon, and more importantly arrive cheaply, then
>great. If not, the sooner one of the formats loses the better.
Agreed. Bring back Betamax! ;-)
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