Comments on: The next generation Hi-Def war is over, Standard Def DVD won http://www.colindiponio.com/2008/01/05/the-next-generation-hi-def-war-is-over-standard-def-dvd-won/ North West Computer Consultancy Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Colin DiPonio http://www.colindiponio.com/2008/01/05/the-next-generation-hi-def-war-is-over-standard-def-dvd-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2968 Colin DiPonio Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:13:30 +0000 http://www.colindiponio.com/2008/01/05/the-next-generation-hi-def-war-is-over-standard-def-dvd-won/#comment-2968 Hi Gary My boat is heading straight for the iceberg on this one. I agree HD-DVD should have had more than a push. Microsoft and Toshiba must be really, really disappointed (along with many HD-DVD owners). Bill Gates is giving a CES Key Note tonight I am looking forward to his reaction. Wow Microsoft are on the losing side of a format war. HD Downloads would be my guess. If I were Toshiba I would rush to market with a set top box for HD downloads. Standard Def DVD is about 10 years old with a good 5+ years left in it. I cant find the market share data online but I believe both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray combined accounted for about 3% of the market DVD having the other 97% Colin Hi Gary

My boat is heading straight for the iceberg on this one.

I agree HD-DVD should have had more than a push. Microsoft and Toshiba must be really, really disappointed (along with many HD-DVD owners).

Bill Gates is giving a CES Key Note tonight I am looking forward to his reaction.

Wow Microsoft are on the losing side of a format war. HD Downloads would be my guess.

If I were Toshiba I would rush to market with a set top box for HD downloads.

Standard Def DVD is about 10 years old with a good 5+ years left in it.

I cant find the market share data online but I believe both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray combined accounted for about 3% of the market DVD having the other 97%

Colin

]]> By: Gary F http://www.colindiponio.com/2008/01/05/the-next-generation-hi-def-war-is-over-standard-def-dvd-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2967 Gary F Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:44:29 +0000 http://www.colindiponio.com/2008/01/05/the-next-generation-hi-def-war-is-over-standard-def-dvd-won/#comment-2967 Your pushing the boat out there with your prediction, Colin. ;-) Perhaps the HD-DVD camp will do the right thing and slash the prices so the players are £99 and the films are no more than £2 above regular DVD prices. They shouldn't expect to make money out of it until after establishing a massive user base. Microsoft could have tried to do more by launching a Microsoft branded HD-DVD drive for £70 and a recordable drive for as close to £100 as possible. That would rope in millions of computer users to the format. They could have even released a free showcase HD-DVD, one containing all sorts of video clips, short films, trailers, whatever, and another packed with downloads and trial versions of their software just to show how superior the capacity is to DVD. Your pushing the boat out there with your prediction, Colin. ;-) Perhaps the HD-DVD camp will do the right thing and slash the prices so the players are £99 and the films are no more than £2 above regular DVD prices. They shouldn’t expect to make money out of it until after establishing a massive user base.

Microsoft could have tried to do more by launching a Microsoft branded HD-DVD drive for £70 and a recordable drive for as close to £100 as possible. That would rope in millions of computer users to the format. They could have even released a free showcase HD-DVD, one containing all sorts of video clips, short films, trailers, whatever, and another packed with downloads and trial versions of their software just to show how superior the capacity is to DVD.

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