Format War Over?
February 28, 2008
Has the next generation DVD format been decided? Do we now know which will win between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? Last week Toshiba announced that they were no longer going to be supporting HD-DVD and many industry experts agree that it was the nail in the coffin for the losing format, HD-DVD. But won’t consumers really win, once there is a single format to support.
As far as high definition media goes, I won’t be buying into any HD-DVD players or products and save my money up for a quality Blu-Ray player. The only draw back is that Microsoft is still holding firm, with wanting to hold onto putting HD-DVD players in their laptops and the Xbox 360. Pfft, lets see some lower prices.
HD For Christmas
November 29, 2007
My wife and I are still talking about purchasing an HD player for Christmas. But, the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD makes my head spin and for christs sake I don’t want to purchase a Betamax. The price for either format has been high enough to make me shy away from choosing, but it seems things have changed with the HD-DVD player by Toshiba.
Right now I can purchase an HD-A2, which is the last model for that series, for around $130. Not only is that a great deal on an upconverting HD-DVD player but I would also be able to mail in and get 5 free HD DVDs to get my collection started. I think it makes my decision a little bit easier.
Happy Holidays! Below are links to my sources of information.
