Hi Alan,
Is it true about the "Toshiba's Case" being defeated by the Sony Blu-ray?
I already purchased an HD-DVD player right before Christmas and I only have
30 days to return it. So please let me know.
Thanks,
Oscar
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Hi Oscar,
Sony is trying very hard to make Blu-ray players the dominant hi-def DVD
format, but the situation is also complicated by which format (HD-DVD or
Blu-ray) the studios that produce the films choose to side with.
I do not believe the "war" will be decided anytime soon, and we may be stuck
with two formats for another year or two.
Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray each have strengths and weaknesses, but I think it
will be the movie studios' decisions that will make one or the other the
so-called winner. I can't predict how this will all sort out and it's
unfortunate that one universal format couldn't have been decided on at the
outset. Standard DVD became hugely popular because Toshiba, who developed
it, got all the other brands to agree on one worldwide standard.
As to your own case, I believe there will be a supply of HD-DVD movies
available for a long time, but Sony seems to want to win this one, after
their failure years ago to establish Betamax video as the world standard.
(JVC's VHS eventually became the world videotape standard and Betamax
disappeared).
Kind regards,
Alan
