Friday, June 23, 2006
Why HD disc formats have failed
Clint DeBoer over at Audioholics has posted his 10 reasons why high definition DVD formats have already failed.
I think he hits the nail on the head with his list, especially when he compares it to the failure of DVD-Audio and SACD. His analysis of why the PS3 won't help Blu-ray is worth reading, too.
Of all of the items, number 10 (Broadband and IPTV to Compete?) is the main reason I am sitting this so-called format war out. I would much rather wait for an IP-based solution than buy $500-1000 hardware and then replace all of my DVDs with new $30 HD versions. Hell, I would take a standard definition solution (Netflix Player?) that is IP-based over an HD disc-based one.
Check out the full list here.
Clint DeBoer over at Audioholics has posted his 10 reasons why high definition DVD formats have already failed.
I think he hits the nail on the head with his list, especially when he compares it to the failure of DVD-Audio and SACD. His analysis of why the PS3 won't help Blu-ray is worth reading, too.
Of all of the items, number 10 (Broadband and IPTV to Compete?) is the main reason I am sitting this so-called format war out. I would much rather wait for an IP-based solution than buy $500-1000 hardware and then replace all of my DVDs with new $30 HD versions. Hell, I would take a standard definition solution (Netflix Player?) that is IP-based over an HD disc-based one.
Check out the full list here.
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