Did the xBox drive just killed HD DVD? Look at this Universal! The under-priced players and the high piracy will bring HD DVD format to its grave!"
Au contraire, Dave! "Under-priced" players aside, piracy = easy adoption. I'm not encouraging piracy, though historically piracy has greased the rails for the adoption of new technology/formats.
I don't think any CURRENT factors are going to make or break either HD DVD or BR. Over the course of the next year (2007) people will vote with their wallets. I predict only the obvious, which is that the more convincing advertising campaign will determine the winner and not which one uses the "best" technology. Sadly.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Did the xBox drive just killed HD DVD?
Look at this Universal!
The under-priced players and the high piracy will bring HD DVD format to its grave!"
Au contraire, Dave! "Under-priced" players aside, piracy = easy adoption. I'm not encouraging piracy, though historically piracy has greased the rails for the adoption of new technology/formats.
I don't think any CURRENT factors are going to make or break either HD DVD or BR. Over the course of the next year (2007) people will vote with their wallets. I predict only the obvious, which is that the more convincing advertising campaign will determine the winner and not which one uses the "best" technology. Sadly.