Tuesday, August 23, 2005
PC Pro: News: Blu-ray and HD-DVD - no merger in prospect
This really is bad news for consumers - or is it? There are 2 competing standards for the next-generation of DVD, and it's now become clear that there is no unification in sight. This means that we'll have 2 groups each pushing their own format, trying to get the features and price better than the other group's offering. Hmmm, might not be so bad after all - unless you pick what turns out to be the wrong side after all. I for one won't be spending any money on any DVD related equipment for a good while, and I'm certainly not trusting any family memories to the DVD format.
This really is bad news for consumers - or is it? There are 2 competing standards for the next-generation of DVD, and it's now become clear that there is no unification in sight. This means that we'll have 2 groups each pushing their own format, trying to get the features and price better than the other group's offering. Hmmm, might not be so bad after all - unless you pick what turns out to be the wrong side after all. I for one won't be spending any money on any DVD related equipment for a good while, and I'm certainly not trusting any family memories to the DVD format.
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Will these new formats be compatible with old DVD players or will they expect people to go and get new equipment to play these new formats?
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