Posted by Sla#s on 09/01/06 20:35

Temsonic wrote:
> "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.
>>
>> I'd expect a similar situation for HD & BR - sooner or later the players
>> will converge
>
> 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.
>
>

Well you know what to do... Download them from torrents!
Or ask a friend to buy the other format and swap recordings - After all
the formats have been provisional hacked already.
Any company that starts a format war at this time is encouraging piracy
and slitting their own throats!

Slatts

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