Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD
Back during Christmas I contemplated buying the HD-DVD player for my Xbox 360. I thought, I’ve got an HDTV (one of the things I bought during my time working last year) and the quality really is fantastic (my boss lent me his HD-DVD player and I watched King Kong on it). However, I couldn’t really justify the ~£110 for it at the time as well as the premium you have to pay for the films themselves.
It turned out this was a good decision, with Toshiba announcing that they are ceasing to promote the format after losing key supporters to the Blu-Ray camp.
Although this currently doesn’t affect me (because I don’t own a high-definition player, it is good for the consumer because now there isn’t the uncertainty about which format will succeed (although there is now the issue of when everything will be done via online distribution - but that is another matter).
Anyway, the reason I posted this is because I found this article about the uses of the Microsoft HD-DVD player at Kotaku rather amusing.
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