FACT:
you should not use that word if they are not Facts
When DVDs were less than ten years old,
not sure what this has to do with anything, DVD came out in 97, HD DVD and BD came out in 2006 so obviously all work on both sides started before DVD was 10 years old.
SONY developed Blu-Ray in 2002 as a next generation data and video storage format alternative to DVD.
Not at all. Sony did not develop BD, there were several companies working on Blue laser disks. They wanted to add an HD format to the DVD specs, at the time Toshiba had a stronghold and stopping it from happening, then most of the companies working on Blue laser tech banned together and formed the Blu ray foundersd group to work together on blue specs until the DVD forum would allow serious HD talks. A bit later Toshiba created OAD (as a response to BD) and then “allowed” discussions on HDOM in the DVD forum, at that point the BD founders decided since the format advanced so much it did not make sense to fight it in the DVD forum (especially since until then the DVD forum was saying their job is DVD and not HD media). Then Toshiba brought AOD to the table and AOD kept on losing until two new members (Disney and MS) were brought into the board and Toshiba had enough votes.
| They already knew what it’s like to lose a format war when their superior BetaMax was supplanted by VHS. This time, the Blu-Ray Disc has gained a large amount of support in the corporate world. Hewlett Packard announced a computer with Blu-Ray capability. Apple and Dell have announced support. Even archrival, Panasonic, has invested in a player.
Panasonic was one of the original 9 in the BDF, as the BDF grew it eventually got renamed the BDA and the BDF became the
Blu-Ray claims a higher capacity per disc (25GB per layer versus HD DVD's 15GB), which is important for data storage applications such as backup, but for basic playback, not so much.
Why is it more important for Data then movies? How many movies are on single layer and a single DVD? Why were the MI on two disk HD DVD sets? If the disk could hold more, could they have put it on one disk?
HD DVD, is the choice of Toshiba, NEC Corporation, Microsoft, and Intel.
You missed Sanyo (they brought the Blue diod tech to HD DVD) – on the other hand they have been extremely silent on the subject
So how many Intel HD DVD players or movies have you seen?
As for NEC I know they had some drives on display, but I have not ever found it for sale, do you have a link to where I can buy one?
On November 29, 2004, four Hollywood studios (New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.) announced non-exclusive agreements to support HD DVD. Since that time, Paramount and Warner have chosen to release titles in both Blu-Ray Disc and HD DVD, while only Universal has since announced exclusive support for HD DVD.
True (well except for New Line, but it is owned by TW that also owns WB **). NL has finally decided to release on both. So later this year they announced one movie *
Currently Sony Pictures, MGM, Disney, and 20th Century Fox have all exclusively backed Blu-Ray.
You missed Lion’s Gate in the major studios, they might be the smallest and a relatively young but they are big enough (and have many well known “Hollywood” movies like Terminator) They are also more important then MGM In HD and in DVD*
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Additionally, contrary to the seven world regions protocol dictated by Blu-Ray, HD DVD doesn't enforce region coding. This makes it easier to use discs from any country in the world.
BD has only 3 region codes not 7 as for HD DVD they decided to backdoore it. It is still on the table just not used yet so that guys like you can spread the FUD that BD has RC but HD DVD does not.
Both formats play back existing DVDs better than the $79 to $199 standard DVD players, so the battle for market share will largely be fought on which movies are available in either format. And, of course, prices will come down with commercialization.
Agree
* I am assuming you mean large Hollywood studios. Since there are many more BD exclusive mini studios and the international is different as well. Many international that bought the HD DVD BS have already started switching sides or at leas going neutral.
** it is funny you decided to make a neutral/HD DVD only category and a BD only category. It ios also funny how you decided to split TW in some of it's sub studios but not some of the BD only ones like Columbia, Tristar, Touchstone......
