Blu-Ray or HD-DVD?

[AlexJ]

The Wii being sold out for Christmas and the opportunity to sell more PS3 consoles will no doubt help Blu-Ray.

Back onto your point Sharingan, the low sales of HD-DVD against Blu-Ray may prompt another factor which could help decide the 'war' - either Paramount or Universal deciding that they need to go dual-format in order to keep sales high.

[Harrison]

Sony and the Blu-Ray format do have the big advantage of owning many of the film production companies so films released by those will only ever appear on their own format. These include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the whole of the Columbia Pictures ENtertainment Inc. Which includes such greats as Columbia Pictures and Tristar.

[Submeg]

Whoa that is alot

[Demon Cleaner]

Transformers f.ex. is only released on HD-DVD.

[AlexJ]

Transformers f.ex. is only released on HD-DVD.

That's because Transformers is a Paramount film, Paramount sticking with HD-DVD for the moment.

The current split is:

Blu-ray

Sony Pictures

* Columbia Pictures

* TriStar Pictures

Buena Vista

* Walt Disney Pictures

* Pixar

* Miramax

Fox Studios

* 20th Century Fox

MGM

Lionsgate

HD-DVD

NBC Universal

* Universal Studios

Viacom

* Paramount

* Dreamworks SKG

HD-DVD & Blu-Ray

Time Warner

* Warner Brothers

* New Line

[Submeg]

Looks like it shall be over soon...? Where are those pr0n producers at?

[Buleste]

I think the greatest problem for Blu-Ray is also it's greatest asset. Over 70% of Blu-Ray machines sold are PS3's. I think most people are trying HD-DVD because they know what a DVD is and they think HD stands for HiDef so as far as non tech minded people are concerned HD-DVD is just better quality DVD's whereas BluRay says nothing about what it does as "It sounds more like a Laser Tag game than anything else and as it's being supplied with a games console then thats all it is is a game. Isn't it?" The last bit isn't a quote but it sounds like something that the man on the street would say, but then he's homeless so he doesn't give a toss about electronics unless they are to heat him up. O.K i'm rambling now. I'll go have a lie down....

[AlexJ]

I personally think making a clean break with the title is the better way to go. HD DVD has created confusion with people with HDTV's and standard DVD players purchasing the HD-DVD's and wondering why they don't play. CD's weren't called 'Digital Records'.