Finally, Wal-Mart said last week it would drop HD DVD and sell only Blu-ray players and discs.
Finally, Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) said last week it would drop HD DVD and sell only Blu-ray players and discs.
The BDA scored a big PR win when they announced that Target would only sell Blu-ray players.
It doesn't exactly make the most of the rig's requisite thickness, housing only a Blu-ray drive on its starboard side, flanked by a pair of USB 2.0 ports.
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Of the major studios, Sony, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, and MGM only release titles on Blu-ray, while only Universal is exclusive to HD DVD.
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So if HD DVD does go away only leaving with Blu-ray, we might not ever see the ultimate HD media experience all in one box.
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Optical discs in general have experienced a decline in unit sales for the last several years with only the new Blu-ray format increasing in sales.
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Singulus' only competitors for producing Blu-Ray machines are Sony--which produces discs exclusively for its own movie studio--and Oerlikon of Switzerland.
Which is only one of the reasons why Blu-ray is generating more revenue for Hollywood, instead of being killed by digital distribution.
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" Company representatives even remarked that "Blu-ray was only a storage medium, " and reiterated that BD "wasn't the only way to view high-def content.
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"Digital distribution beyond DVDs and Blu-ray Discs is not only the way of the future, it is the present and we know that storage is key to this ongoing transition, " said Scott Horn, Seagate vice president of Marketing.
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That's because DVD-makers like Germany's Bertelsmann or Canada's Cinram have to buy whole new machines for producing Blu-Ray discs, but they only have to upgrade their current disc-making machines to make HD DVDs.
To put this into perspective, when it debuted on Blu-ray it hit number two, but only made the top ten for two weeks.
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If you are the obsessive compulsive type, you might just want to skip the ones that expose your set's shortcomings as the only way to address them is to replace your HDTV or Blu-ray player.
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The only difference we've seen in teardowns is a smaller Blu-ray drive (which still spins at 2x for BD, 8x for DVD and 24x for CD) and a rearrangement of internals -- both of which make way for the volume and size reduction.
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But as of last month, only 4% of U.S. movie disc sales were Blu-ray, according to Nielsen VideoScan.
Warner Brothers exclusive backing of the Blu-Ray high-definition DVD format has not only warmed the hearts of Sony investors, it's good news for the companies that produce the expensive disc-making machines.
The first, William Wellman's "Nothing Sacred" (on Kino DVD and Blu-ray), is the actress's only color film and finds her opposite Fredric March at the center of a newspaper scam modern viewers may find disconcertingly familiar.
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By downloading only what's necessary at the moment, the client overcomes the Blu-ray program size restriction and delivers what customers have already come to expect from leading Korean IPTV and cable companies using the software in their STBs.
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That's Sean's situation, where to look for Blu-ray discs over the next month if price is the only consideration.
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At this point it is all speculation and only time will tell, but I for one am putting my money on Blu-ray.
However, Universal will have new installments in the "Hulk" and "Mummy" series, headed for HD DVD only, while Disney has a new "Narnia" movie, exclusive to Blu-ray.
Sure Fox has a report indicating that Blu-ray movies are out selling HD DVD, but once again only a chart and no numbers.
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Verizon is sharing its grand vision of the future of TV at CES this year which not only includes FiOS TV programming on its set-tops and iPads, but also via Blu-ray players, game consoles, and even directly on the TV without any tethered box at all.
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If they did then these numbers would have more significance, but regardless the BDA will be bragging to the content creators that they have sold more "Blu-ray players" than HD DVD, but of course that will only work for so long if all those PS3 owners don't buy any movies.
Is making the leap to Blu-ray a sensible decision for 720p HDTV owners, or is the difference really only enjoyed at 1080p?
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Home Entertainment Group and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced a new agreement that will extend the current 28-day sales-only window to 56 days for Theatrical New Release and made-for-video titles on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
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This might also be a difference that can only be seen by those with both players, but just the thought of it will eat at the obsesive Blu-ray buyer.
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Just pretend Netflix reverted back to the thing you claim is the best and only real value anyway, but with the addition of video games at an additional small fee akin to upgrading to Blu-ray.
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