01/03/2007, 03:06 AM
There’s fresh news from the front where Blu-ray and HD-DVD are duking it out — for the first time since the beginning of the battle, Blu-ray is showing a lead by showing more sales than HD-DVD. Exact figures are unavailable, but 100 Blu-ray discs are being sold for every 98.71 HD-DVD discs, according to preliminary statistics from Nielsen VideoScan data. That may not sound like much, but it’ll be more apparent when you get the real figures.
HD-DVD had the advantage of getting into the market significantly ahead of Blu-ray, and the cheaper hardware and disc prices were almost guaranteed to win over the latter. HD-DVD did enjoy the top spot for a while, but since the availability of the PlayStation 3, there has been a lot of push by the backing industry and studios.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is over yet. It’s still too soon to declare a clear winner. And who knows — with almost 1:1 sales of discs and combined Blu-ray/HD-DVD players on the scene — maybe there won’t be one
- Source: [Tech2.com]
HD-DVD had the advantage of getting into the market significantly ahead of Blu-ray, and the cheaper hardware and disc prices were almost guaranteed to win over the latter. HD-DVD did enjoy the top spot for a while, but since the availability of the PlayStation 3, there has been a lot of push by the backing industry and studios.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is over yet. It’s still too soon to declare a clear winner. And who knows — with almost 1:1 sales of discs and combined Blu-ray/HD-DVD players on the scene — maybe there won’t be one
- Source: [Tech2.com]