 Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player
This war is over, you can all go home now ... seriously
This is just so ridiculous that I had to put it into a blog
post instead of an actual news article. If you thought that the world had gone mad with the SIXAXIS controller winning
an Emmy for Technology and Engineering, then this news is sure to blow your
mind.
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has already declared
victory in the high definition DVD market. Blu-ray and HD DVD products haven't
even been on the retail market for a year, yet Andy Parsons, chairman of the
U.S. Promotions Committee for the Blu-ray Disc Association, proclaimed that
"The success of Blu-ray Disc is unprecedented ...With
unmatched cross-industry support, including seven of the eight major Hollywood
studios and two biggest players in the music industry, consumers have voted
with their wallets."
The BDA cites the fact that over 25 companies have released
Blu-ray based products along with over one million PlayStation 3 consoles being
shipped since November worldwide -- enough to say that the high-definition disc
race is over.
I'm sure that Toshiba, Microsoft and the rest of the HD DVD
camp are rolling their eyes at this announcement. It’s still too early to
declare either format the victor at this point and products like LG’s hybrid
Blu-ray/HD DVD GGW-H10N
player only further complicates matters.
I'm not betting on either format -- and both sides have too much momentum to call it one way or the other. Parsons has to announce positive feedback for BDA or he would be out of a job, but let's not get carried away here!
"It seems as though my state-funded math degree has failed me. Let the lashings commence." -- DailyTech Editor-in-Chief Kristopher Kubicki
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