High-Def DVDs To Go Dual-Format
Things are looking up in the high-def DVD camp. As my co-blogger Emru celebrated earlier today, LG announced that it will be shipping a dual-format Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player this year, effectively bringing an end to a huge conundrum for consumers waiting to see which way the high-def battle would shake out.
In another win for format neutrality, Warner Bros. is planning to unveil the Total HD next week, a new type of high-definition DVD that can be played on either Blu-ray or HD-DVD players. That means that movie studios don't have to pick one format over the other; they can simply release a movie on Total HD, and both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD consumers will be able to play their discs.
Warner Bros is already offering content on both formats, but other studios, such as Universal and Sony Pictures, have committed to just one standard (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, respectively). Of course, in order for Total HD to take off, movie studios have to want to support both formats.
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Glad to see that we will not re-live the old "Betamax vs VHS" battle.
With the talent and technology of today we shouldn't have such silliness.
Everybody was excited when 3 1/2 floppy diskettes replaced 5 1/4 ones. I just don't understand why these manufacturers don't replace 5 1/4 DVDs for something smaller instead of the same size with higher capacity. Come on!!! Flash drives can already hold just as much or more data/video than a DVD and it's way smaller. Ultraportable laptops wouldn't need a docking station to read big 5 1/4 media...that goes for CDs, DVDs, HD DVD and Blue Ray. The cost is only bigger with flash drives because DVDs are still around. Good buy big media.