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Analyst Say No Winner in DVD War

Posted by: jmet, 13:50, August 13, 2006
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Neither HD DVD nor rival Blu-ray Disc is projected to become the heir apparent to DVD this year. “The net result of the format war and publicity it has generated will be to dampen consumer appetite for the whole high-definition disc category,” said Ben Keen, chief analyst with Screen Digest.

Keen said that scenario was one of four probable outcomes for the format war. Others included HD DVD and Blu-ray separately becoming the dominant format and/or a stalemate occurring between the formats resulting in the development of a hybrid format similar to recordable DVD. More...

Credit: Home Media Tetailing


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posted by: DVDGuy, 18:12, June 10, 2004

Which one will win out Blu-ray or HD-DVD?

posted by: jmet, 15:48, April 18, 2006

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posted by: DVDGuy, 18:13, December 17, 2005

Kinda, sorta, not really but all of the substantial statistics and logic is pointing toward Blu-Ray in being the winner of the High Definition DVD war We Have a Winner!!

posted by: jmet, 10:17, October 11, 2006

 

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