Is HD DVD winning the battle against Blu-Ray?

Answer 1

No, they're both neck and neck.
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Answer 2

it would appear not, however the battle is very far from over. Currently blu ray have signed more of the influential movie studeos. Blu ray also has the advantage of a player in the PS3 games console, however it could be argued that microsoft and HD-DVD have an advantage since there are more 360s available for which a HD-DVD player upgrade is sold. Currently HD-DVD discs and players are significantly cheaper than the blu-ray equivalents. Nevertheless blu ray does have large data capacities. It would appear that in terms of the product HD-DVD do have the upper hand. But, Blu-Ray is currently used more widely

Answer 3

Yeah!
On January 8, 2007, at CES, it was announced that HD-DVD has sold more than Blu-ray Disc. It was announced previously (prior to the Playstation 3 launch) that HD DVD had captured two thirds of the early market however Blu-ray was almost 50% more profitable.
Now it is to be seen what will be the situation after PS3's overall launch

Answer 4

HD-DVD has the price advantage over blu-ray in both players and discs. But blu-ray has wider studio support. LG has demonstrated a combo player for about $900 that undercuts a lot of blu-ray and HD-DVD players (not the cheapest ones). In addition, Warner is distributing movies on a dual-disc format that has HD-DVD on one side and blu-ray on the other. In this format war, there may be no clear winner.

Answer 5

In addition to the comments above. Blu-ray has one other advantage. Sony makes it, and they also happen to make movies "Sony Pictures". Along those same lines, they also make the equipment movie studios use to master DVDs. They are pushing the mastering equipment into studios because history has shown who ever makes the most movies in a particular format wins. LG annonunced a player that will play BOTH blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. If I were going to buy a player that's where I'd put my money. Then it don't matter who wins.

Answer 6

No way.

HD-DVD stated they sold over 175,000 units by the beginning of the year. Impressive, but it was eclipsed by the 475,000 ps3, that are also blu-ray players, that was sold from it's release to the beginning of the year, alone. At least 80% of the people that bought the PS3 fully support Blu-ray. 75% of those people bought the PS3 because of the Blu-ray player. With those figures combined with the fact that blu-ray has more motion picture and manufacture support, there is no way Blu-ray could lose.

Blu-ray all the way!!!

Answer 7

blu-ray is so plenty better powerful, in spite of the particular incontrovertible fact that i'm able to't get as many blu-ray video clips precise right here that's been difficulty-free adequate to order them from the states or some position else. not purely are they freeing new video clips yet they are also freeing previous video clips on to blu-ray too, they have truly a collection actual. planet earth grew to develop into into between the first blu-ray topics i have were given been given and that i grew to develop into into blown away with how crystal sparkling the photo is. obviously the actual incontrovertible fact that the blu-ray discs save better suggestions makes them better useful too, we will see an recommendations-blowing purchase better of certain solid factors etc that's tremendous for action image enthusiasts. it somewhat is going to be exciting to paintings out how they fill the discs.

Answer 8

No, There more of a push toward Blu-ray. Sony and a lot of other companies are promoting it. I think it will win out.

Answer 9

Despite the NUMBERS...It's Sony's HISTORY of FAILED formats...All of these were SUPERIOR to the products that beat them out...Sony just has TERRIBLE marketing.

BETA vs. VHS
S-DAT vs. Audio Cassette
MINIDISC vs. CD
SACD vs. DVD-Audio (not quite over yet)
BLU-RAY vs. HD-DVD (far from being over)

Every one of those formats looked better on PAPER but then FAILED with consumers...I don't really understand why...I'd LOVE for the Blu-ray to win but I'm not really counting on it.

Answer 10

In the Home Theater sector, they are... the only way they can make it back is by the way of the PS3.

Answer 11

yes