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Peter Cochrane's Blog: DVD format wars

Comment Blu-ray on the other hand was a bigger undertaking that demanded significant industry retooling and a lot of additional cost. We already see super high definition formats such as SHD and SHD 3D being developed and demonstrated, with some initial...

Tags: formats, blu-ray, dvd, storage

[17 Mar 2008]

Bill Gates Q&A: On why 'it's all about software'

Comment Does Warner's move to support Blu-ray exclusively mean that HD DVD is dead? Would you do a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox? No doubt, that move is already taking place. But it's unclear whether Microsoft's dominance in the computer industry will carry over...

Tags: bill gates, ces, vista, entertainment

[08 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: The last CD

Comment First, DVDs, HDVDs, Blu-ray et al will soon share the same fate as the floppy and CD - and will be overtaken by much cheaper and far more convenient hard drives of petabyte capacity. Ask yourself this simple question: when was the last time you...

Tags: broadband, mobility, hardware, memory

[25 Oct 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 27.07.07

Round-Up Just try and explain the difference between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD to the Round-Up and watch it whimper and try to find some contextual common ground with the VHS/Betamax debate, leading to yet more inter-generational confusion.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[27 Jul 2007]

Leader: Consumer tech is changing the enterprise

Leader silicon.com certainly saw some cool gadgets - from a robot cleaner and the world's largest LCD screen (108 inches) to a digital sewing machine - and witnessed more of the Betamax-type format wars between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

Tags: consumerisation

[11 Jan 2007]

Julie Meyer: Microsoft v Sony: A fight to the death?

Comment The delay is due to Sony making the Blu-ray drive (next generation high capacity and high definition DVD format) central to the PS3; they are having problems building them in quantity. In effect, they are sacrificing PS3 to make Blu-ray the next...

[14 Nov 2006]

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