HD DVD and BD fight to a draw.

[vurbano]

Although Blu-Ray took the lead this year in sales, the two formats still represent such a tiny fraction of overall disc sales that it's not really meaningful.

HD DVD and Blu-ray fight to a draw



Another good story, Both formats are doomed if they don't penetrate the market in a dramatic fashion IMO.

2007 in Review No. 9: HD DVD versus Blu-rayzzzzz...

2007 in Review No. 9: HD DVD versus Blu-rayzzzzz... - Yahoo! News UK

 

[allargon]

That's interesting. The Star Tribune once had an article recommending its users adopt HD-DVD first when players dropped to $300 then rent their movies.

Sound Advice: HD DVD worth trying at $299

They don't have BusinessWeek's history of always siding with Blu-Ray. (To the Blubloods, I'm serious. BusinessWeek predicted HD-DVD's death 6 months after Paramount went neutral! )

 

[JoeSp]

I do not see how you buy the player but rent the discs you convince any studio to support, switch or go nuetral. How do the studios make money that way?

 

[vurbano]

I do not see how you buy the player but rent the discs you convince any studio to support, switch or go nuetral. How do the studios make money that way?

I don't see how its my job to convince a studio to do anything. I just wish they would put out an HD DVD burner. AS soon as the burners and media come down in price I wont be buying any more discs of either format

 

[akodoreign]

I don't see how its my job to convince a studio to do anything. I just wish they would put out an HD DVD burner. AS soon as the burners and media come down in price I wont be buying any more discs of either format

There is no real motivation to move up to HD-DVD or Blue. At least for the general public.

Most people are very happy with up converts.

Price on HD will have to become equal to current DVD players/ media to break the 10% market share.