The fight between these two leading hi-definition technologies for the new flat panel LCD and Plasma TVs is on! Right now, it is a mighty close and fierce battle and there are many factors that will give favor for either technology to take the lead.
According to the BusinessWeek Magazine, Blue-Ray has a slight lead over HD DVD. Right now, it is up to a decision by major film producer Warner Bros. to determine which of the two will become the movie industry's new standard technology. Blue-Ray has now enough movie producing companies in their team to account for 49% of the current high-definition DVD market share including Disney, Sony, and Fox. Warner Bros' decision on which one to use for their production is major because If Blue-Ray's backer, Sony, gets Warner to sign to use the Blue-Ray technology, its market share will immediately boost to 70% of the market share.
HD DVD's main backer, Toshiba, claims that they will get Warner to sign with them because their technology is much cheaper than Blue-Ray therefore their market impact will be massively huge.
Their discs are about $2 less than Blue-Ray's $31.74 retail suggested price and that their HD DVD players are much more affordable around $300. HD DVD is only about 50 titles short than its competition.
In the other hand, more than 300,000 americans currently own Blue-Ray players Surveys show in contrast that 578,000 housholds that will own an HD DVD player by the end of the year plus there 300,000 more players alerady circulating in Microsoft's Xbox game consoles. Regardless of these figures, Blue-Ray supporters claim that they will have a greater market prosperity potential because Blu-Ray currently has about 2.3 million Blue-Ray equiped Play Station 3 game consoles sold in the U.S., also Disney backing it. So, they claim to have another advanatage because consumers will want to build their library with older disney films for their kids. Blue-Ray discs also can potentially hold more data meaning extra bonus material and more anti-piracy measures can be embedded.
It seems that HD DVD is struggling to keep up since they are for now backed up only by DreamWorks Animation and Paramount pictures only because Toshiba incentivated them with 150 million dollars to sign with them along with money to licence the Shrek character for advertizing. Unfortunatelly, it is hard to decide what the real outcome of all of this will be since these giants signed a contract to support HD DVD for a term of 18 months.
In the end, both Blue-Ray and HD DVD are wooing Warner because whoever is their choice will become the next format standard for the DVD industry. To "favor incentive" that HD DVDsupporters gave to these studios, Blue-Ray promises that they will throw in houndreds of millions dollars to support Blue-Ray once Warner joins in with them. Rumor has it that Warner is waiting to see which of the two prospers for the holidays before deciding which to support.
Time will only tell if Blue-Ray or HD DVD will be our next home entertainment recorded video for the next generation. As far as consumers go, they will be the final judges in this bloody brawl in which they will look for quality, extensive diversity, as well as economic reliability.
According to the BusinessWeek Magazine, Blue-Ray has a slight lead over HD DVD. Right now, it is up to a decision by major film producer Warner Bros. to determine which of the two will become the movie industry's new standard technology. Blue-Ray has now enough movie producing companies in their team to account for 49% of the current high-definition DVD market share including Disney, Sony, and Fox. Warner Bros' decision on which one to use for their production is major because If Blue-Ray's backer, Sony, gets Warner to sign to use the Blue-Ray technology, its market share will immediately boost to 70% of the market share.
HD DVD's main backer, Toshiba, claims that they will get Warner to sign with them because their technology is much cheaper than Blue-Ray therefore their market impact will be massively huge.
Their discs are about $2 less than Blue-Ray's $31.74 retail suggested price and that their HD DVD players are much more affordable around $300. HD DVD is only about 50 titles short than its competition.In the other hand, more than 300,000 americans currently own Blue-Ray players Surveys show in contrast that 578,000 housholds that will own an HD DVD player by the end of the year plus there 300,000 more players alerady circulating in Microsoft's Xbox game consoles. Regardless of these figures, Blue-Ray supporters claim that they will have a greater market prosperity potential because Blu-Ray currently has about 2.3 million Blue-Ray equiped Play Station 3 game consoles sold in the U.S., also Disney backing it. So, they claim to have another advanatage because consumers will want to build their library with older disney films for their kids. Blue-Ray discs also can potentially hold more data meaning extra bonus material and more anti-piracy measures can be embedded.
It seems that HD DVD is struggling to keep up since they are for now backed up only by DreamWorks Animation and Paramount pictures only because Toshiba incentivated them with 150 million dollars to sign with them along with money to licence the Shrek character for advertizing. Unfortunatelly, it is hard to decide what the real outcome of all of this will be since these giants signed a contract to support HD DVD for a term of 18 months.
In the end, both Blue-Ray and HD DVD are wooing Warner because whoever is their choice will become the next format standard for the DVD industry. To "favor incentive" that HD DVDsupporters gave to these studios, Blue-Ray promises that they will throw in houndreds of millions dollars to support Blue-Ray once Warner joins in with them. Rumor has it that Warner is waiting to see which of the two prospers for the holidays before deciding which to support.
Time will only tell if Blue-Ray or HD DVD will be our next home entertainment recorded video for the next generation. As far as consumers go, they will be the final judges in this bloody brawl in which they will look for quality, extensive diversity, as well as economic reliability.
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