Thread: Blu-Ray wins the format war!!!!

It is official. Toshiba, the main force behind HD-DVD, has said it will stop making its high definition DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the industry standard. Story here: BBC NEWS | Business | Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war

At last we can now jump into the 'buy' decision. I really did not care much as who won the war. I am glad the issue is now settled.

I have been postponing the buying of blue ray disk player due to this confusion on who is going to reign and now as the issue is solved, now i can go for blu-ray disk player soon and i am looking forward to it!

whats so special about blue-ray... can u put some light on it.... i havent seen much of blur-rays around much... i am pretty lay about these kinda stuff....

Too long to explain. But read it all here and here.

Blu-Ray players (and BD-DVD) are still expensive. In US, a typical player costs $399 + tax and movies cost $29 + tax.

In comparison:

DVD players: $75 to $150
DVD movies: New releases - $20 and then they fall to $15, $12, $10 and for "not so hit" movies to as low as $5.

I hope the prices turn south bound soon.

once the demand increase , mass production will bright the cost down
The rule of commodities