This is an interesting turn in the format war and one that I certainly never considered.
ENGADGET: How much of an impact is picture quality on the format war? HD
Although this is interesting, the relevance to the outcome of the format war is in question.
He blames the format war less than the industry's failure to deliver a compelling product at compelling prices.
Just as AC beat DC, the audio cassette beat 8-track and VHS beat Betamax, Qwerty won the format war.
The difference is that in a format war the more people who bet on a format actually leads to that format winning.
The computer industry is dramatically bigger than the home entertainment industry and will have a bigger impact on the format war.
ENGADGET: High-def format war might not be won in living rooms HD
It sounds like everyone decided to spare us the pointless format war.
There has been something of an academic format war emerging with a rival Coursera platform, started by academics from Stanford in California.
Most agree that content is key in winning the format war, and both sides believe they will be able to get out more, faster.
With the format war finally behind us, and 1080p HDTV prices sinking like a stone, this week's Ask Engadget HD question was bound to surface.
ENGADGET: Ask Engadget HD: Is now the time to replace my 720p HDTV with a 1080p set?
Skipping past the format war, display technologies and content providers, we get a picture of how well HD is doing in the marketplace.
ENGADGET: Confusion reigns among growing HDTV install base HD
The format war between Sony's Blu-Ray and Toshiba's HD DVD has been a self-defeating mess, confusing consumers and slowing acceptance of DVDs boasting high-definition picture quality.
Now that the format war is in full swing and CES is over, we are left wondering where the official format war sales numbers are?
ENGADGET: Where are the official HD DVD vs Blu-ray sales numbers? HD
According to reports, the retailer came to the decision after Netflix and Best Buy made announcements concerning their position in the HD format war.
ENGADGET: Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June
With a full year of the format war under our belt we grabbed our camera and took some pictures of both formats on display at local retailers.
Erick is going to be on the HDBeat Podcast this week to referee me and Kevin as we both proclaim the next winner in the HD format war.
Now it's been almost three months since all the hubbub and our friends over at Format War Central have spotted one of the few Target stores to start offering the BDP-S300.
Increasingly, it's beginning to look as though, after the initial attraction of high-definition's much sharper picture, interactivity is going to be the deciding factor that determines the outcome of the current format war.
And that's exactly why HD DVD had to die: folks who should be trying to sell pricey video gear have had to waste their time walking buyers through HD DVD's format war with Sony's Blu-ray.
There are, of course, other arguments for each of the technologies (e.g. bandwidth, remote cameras, matching digital TVs, etc.), and, like any good format war, proponents on each side view their side as the only side.
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It really doesn't take a keen eye for news these days to spot the all-out PR blitz by team Blu-ray to convince the masses that the format war is over and Blu-ray has won.
ENGADGET: Toshiba not so impressed by Blu-ray's victory cries HD
Offering a Blu-ray media player with its console at a time when the HD format war was in full swing was a pretty gutsy move on Sony's part -- one that paid off as HD DVD fell by the wayside.
If not, you've probably already missed your chance to pick up one of those three HD-A1s from your local Best Buy, so kick back with your over-the-air, cable or satellite HD, and let someone else fight the format war for you.
ENGADGET: Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player gets hands-on treatment HD
In a rare display of openness about storage standards, Sony expressed yesterday that it is now completely open to discussions on creating a single next-generation DVD standard instead of barreling right along into the impending major format war between Blu-ray (which Sony currently backs) and HD-DVD.
ENGADGET: Sony says it's open to creating a single DVD standard
One of the metrics that is used to gauge the format war is Google trends and HD DVD is clearly ranked considerably higher, but if you add the common misspellings of both formats the chart looks different and it is clear to see that many people misspell Blu-ray as Blue-ray.
Each team put its own spin on the numbers, with HD DVD-backing Universal pointing out that despite a 5:1 advantage in hardware due to the PS3, disc sales are still nearly even, while Blu-ray supporter 20th Century Fox sees the format war as being in its "final phase, " and fence-straddling Warner merely noting that both formats are "selling well".
ENGADGET: Blu-ray surpasses HD DVD in disc sales for the first time HD
That leaves two other precedents, one of which was the dual-format audio disc war fought between SACD and DVD-Audio.
ENGADGET: Switched On: Seeking neutrality in the hi-def format war
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