Consumers baffled by the competing high-definition digital video recorder standards soon will be able to go ahead and buy without concern they have backed the wrong horse in the race. Blu-ray has won.
One more sign: Netflix is going to stop carrying titles in the HD DVD format.
Netflix has stocked both Blu Ray and HD DVD titles since 2006. But all HD DVD discs will be cut from their inventory by the end of the year. Netflix also has stopped adding new HD DVD titles to its inventory.
Blockbuster last summer had made a similar decision.
The format victory is a surprisingly rare event for Sony, which developed and has pushed for Blu-ray. In prior format wars it has lost, fairly consistently. It backed Betamax, but lost to VHS.
So go ahead and buy a Blu-ray HD DVR. It's the winner.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
HD DVD War is Over
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
We have all repeatedly seen comparisons of equity value of hyperscale app providers compared to the value of connectivity providers, which s...
-
It really is surprising how often a Pareto distribution--the “80/20 rule--appears in business life, or in life, generally. Basically, the...
-
Is there a relationship between screen size and data consumption? One might think the answer clearly is “yes,” based on the difference bet...
No comments:
Post a Comment