Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD
March 5th, 2006
After all the salvos in the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD battle, it appears Toshiba (HD-DVD) will launch an actual product this month, while Sony’s (Blu-Ray) initial offering will be in May. The number and variety of available titles are extremely limited, however, and I don’t see this as much of a victory for either camp—although HD-DVD does appear to be ahead on the hardware front.
[link]Chad’s News » Blu-ray Has Arrived Says:
November 15th, 2006 at 12:01 am
[…] If you blinked, you may have missed it, but the first Blu-ray movies were released last week, with the first Blu-ray player released a few days later. Initial impressions of the Samsung player were underwhelming, as was the review of one of the few available movies. Expect players to get better and cheaper, and ditto with the movies. We’re in the midst of a format war between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray, but as far as I can tell, the general level of apathy over this subject is pretty high. […]