Category: HD DVD
CES 2008: HD DVD camp cancels their press conference in wake of Warner Blu-ray exclusive
Massive news has just come in concerning the future of HD DVD, related to this afternoon’s announcement about film studio Warner going Blu-ray exclusive. Prepare yourselves, as this is Kleenex worthy. I’ve been sobbing uncontrollably the last half an hour since discovering this disaster.
Microsoft brings HD DVD emulator software out of beta
Microsoft has announced that its HD DVD emulation software is now out of beta. The software probably won’t be much use to the average consumer, but for smaller HD DVD authoring companies, it could be very useful.
The system works around the Xbox 360 and its add-on HD DVD drive. A one-time $2,999 licence fee gives access…
Blu-ray Disc Association makes wild claims of 2.7 million players sold, forgets 74% of figure are PS3 sales
I do feel a bit sad for perking my ears up every time I see the words ‘Blu-ray’ and ‘HD DVD’ mentioned in the same breath. There’s nothing I love more than a good ol’ fashioned format war.
Whilst the HD DVD camp is actually fairly transparent with their sales statistics (recently claiming to have sold 750,000 players), the Blu-ray Disc Association has always been cagey, never actually releasing figures on actual players sold.
The story being bandied about the playground today is that 2.7 million Blu-ray Disc players have been sold in the US so far, but of those 2.7 million? Yep, most of them are just PS3 sales…
Venturer launches 'affordable' high definition HD DVD player
Venturer has launched the SHD7001, described as the ‘affordable’ HD DVD player, although no price for the player is currently available, perhaps because the price of said players is falling so rapidly, the landscape might be very different when it hits the shelves in late December.
Medion offers HD DVD and Blu-ray multimedia PC base station in Aldi stores
Still not sure which way to go with HD? Well, with the Medion MD8828, you get the option of both HD DVD and Blu-ray.
European Blu-ray Association claims they've sold one million discs, owns 73% of HD market
The Sony PR machine is in overdrive at the moment, with them churning out more facts and figures about Blu-ray sales, than playable games on their PS3 console.
The Blu-ray Disc Association in Europe has let information leak about the one million Blu-ray movie discs they’ve sold, which according to them is 73% of all HD films sold. Bad news for HD DVD, if those figures are accurate. Of course, it was only last week we heard from the HD DVD camp that HD DVD player owners…
Rock offers high-definition Pegasus 710 notebook
HD DVD or Blu-ray? It's not just about your movie viewing, it can also dictate your choice of notebook. And if you are leaning towards HD DVD, you might ant to check out the new Pegasus 710 from Rock….
Microsoft giving away five free HD DVDs to HD DVD Player buyers
And there isn’t really a catch. Well, there is – you have to buy an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player between now and the end of January.
Once you’ve done that, don’t throw away the box – if you send the barcode off to Microsoft along with a form you can claim your five free HD DVDs…
Murdoch, Iger, Parsons: execs argue over high definition, disregarding the consumer
The rhetoric surrounding Blu-ray and HD DVD has continued, with various media executives weighing in with their opinions of each other, and even the consumer. Firstly, Rupert Murdoch commented on Paramount's decision to exclusively support HD DVD, first declaring that…
High definition disc format war to continue until at least 2011
The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray that some of us get so worked up about is set to continue until at least 2011, according to UK media analysts at Screen Digest. In addition, they say that any movie…
