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Earlier this year, Warner Bros has announced that they would shortly went to Blu-Ray exclusive later this year. Many believed that this would be the death sentence of HD-DVD thus ending the so-called Format war. Yesterday, Toshiba (as one of the remaining supporter of HD-DVD) retaliate by cutting the prices of the HD-DVD hardwares it owned. Amazon also slices off 50% of the HD-DVD titles on their shelf. I believed that HD-DVD will go down, but apparently it won't go down without a fight. If Apple loads its newest MacBook (Pro) and MacPro line with Blu-Ray, then that would be the nail in the coffin for HD-DVD. Why does it matter, you say? Well, i wanted to buy one of those next-gen media player for quite some time but with the war ever raging on, it is wiser for me to wait at the sideline and see which side came out as a winner. Since apparently Blu-Ray will win the war, i've been eye-ing the price tags on the Blu-Ray player. And oh, Sony PlayStation 3 as well. Blu-Ray format was suggested by Sony, incorporated in its PlayStation 3, whilst HD-DVD format was suggested by Microsoft, incorporated in its XBox 360.
Earlier this year, there's an interesting article on MarketWatch about the inevitable death of printed media swept in a swift of broadband internet. It's sad but it's truer than true that we could easily get faster, better, and more reliable news from the Internet rather than from weekly or monthly printed issue of a magazine. The fact was also mocked at the latest The Simpsons episode (season 19 episode 9 or 10, i forgot which). And yesterday, a saddening report came from England where it's reported that "The Sun", for the first time in 33 years had its lowest circulation in a history with only less than 3 million copies a day. This report indicates that it was indeed inevitable that the printed news (magazines, newspapers, and stuffs) would bow down for an exit anytime soon. I believed that unless the magazine relies more on a photoshoots and pictures rather than newest update around the globe, such as that of National Geographic or Playboy, the death of a printed magazine was indeed inevitable.
And finally, I've been prepping for reviews to these following films:
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
- Platoon (1986) - It gets better every time
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Superbad (2007)
- The Evil Dead (1981)
2 comments:
Soo hd-dvd is going down? well i thought this "hd" thing has just started:P but it's getting down instead^^.
Actually I want to buy hd setup box for my tv, so that i could watch local tv's programmes on hd.:) In here, every channel has started to view their programmes on hd. Well it's different with hd-dvd btw:D
It has been going on for at least a year when Sony and Microsoft released their next-gen gaming console (PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 respectively). But, i believe that the format war has been started even before that.
What you referring with 'HD' was a concept, whereas HD-DVD and Blu-Ray was an actual implementation of this concept. Therefore, it won't be a problem if you'd like to buy a HD setup box because it is an entirely different matter.
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