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- Strategy Analytics on HD-DVD: Blu-ray Wins Battle, Not War
- Blu-ray Disc Player Sales To Reach 100 Million By 2012
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- Two better than one?
- By Paul Sweeting Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released some data on Blu-ray and HD DVD software sales the other day, courtesy of Nielsen/VideoScan's retail point-of-sale data collection system. Given studios' typical reticence to rel ...
- Research articles 2007-04-23
- Won't back down.
- By Jennifer Netherby Blu-ray claims victory, but HD DVD supporters hold their ground When it comes to next-generation movie discs, there's one thing every studio agrees on: one format will prevail. ...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Ads roll for Blu-ray: Sony pushes BD with DVD titles.(HEADLINERS)
- HD DVD made it to retail shelves first, but Sony's Blu-ray Disc format looks to be launching with more fanfare. With HD DVD players in short supply and software distribution spotty, Warner Home Video and other HD DVD supporters will delay most...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- Freebies flow now.
- By Susanne Ault Studios bundle titles with HD DVD, Blu-ray players Format marketers and retailers are stepping up bundling and co-promotions of high-definition DVD hardware and software in an effort to woo holiday shoppers. ...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- Microsoft wins 2nd approval: MPEG-4 also among spec OKs.(High-Def)
- The Blu-ray Disc Assn. said last week it will add high-level video compression systems from Microsoft and MPEG to the format's specifications, allowing programmers to pack more high-definition content into the same amount of disc space. The m ...
- Research articles 2004-09-06
- Thomson Announces Availability of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc Manufacturing and Distribution Capabilities
- CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Company Extends Industry-Leading Mastering, Replication, Printing, Custom Packaging, Anti-Piracy, and Supply Chain Management Services to Production of Both Next-Generation DVD Formats
- Research articles 2006-07-26
- Format fomenting: Toshiba basically threw down the gauntlet to the Blu-ray camp by starting a one-sided price war.(HEADLINERS)
- LAS VEGAS--I went to an HD DVD presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show here and a Microsoft press conference broke out. Actually, the event was taken over by Microsoft even before it started, as the giant software maker's own keynote pre ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- Blu-ray ready to roll.
- By Susanne Ault and Jennifer Netherby Key retailers showed they were ready for the Blu-ray Disc format launch, as advertising and merchandising plans bowed last week. Samsung is slated to launch the first stand-alone Blu-ray player ...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
- Intel to support both HD-DVD and Blu-ray (Electronic News)
- SAN FRANCISCO -- In a major step toward bringing an end to the much-buzzed-about format war that has pitted HD-DVD technology enthusiasts against the backers of Blu-ray technology, Intel Corp.'s http://www.intel.com CEO Paul Otellini today said duri SAN FRANCISCO -- In a major step toward...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
- Samsung singing unity: vows dual-format players.(Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.)
- With a marketplace format war looming, Blu-ray Disc Assn. board member Samsung Electronics said last week that it would hedge its bets by introducing a dual-format player next year that can read both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. The announcement ...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- Slow start on way to high-def fast track?(Digital Hollywood conference)
- SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- The bumpy start for HD DVD and Blu-ray is likely to have little impact on either format's consumer launch, electronics execs behind both formats said during a panel at the Digital Hollywood conference here last week. &...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- 2005 was just the beginning: after three years of posturing, threatening and spinning, the high-def phony war goes hot in 2006.
- If 2005 was the year of the format war, 2006 could be the year of new vistas for the video industry. Microsoft's Vista, that is--the long-anticipated new version of its Windows operating system that the software giant hopes will cement its place at If...
- Research articles 2006-01-02
- JupiterResearch Finds HD DVD and Blu-Ray in a Futile Format War
- NEW YORK -- JupiterResearch,-- JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, cautions that the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is not only causing confusion among consumers, but it will result in major challenges for manufacturers as they seek to...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Warner joins Blu-ray camp: still also HD DVD.
- Minutes after a decision ensuring a continued battle over high-definition formats, Warner Home Video president Jim Cardwell acknowledged, "The cost of a format war will likely be significant." Cardwell last week announced that Warne Minutes after a decision...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- Slow flow of high-def hardware hobbles holiday expectations.
- By Susanne Ault New Blu-ray Disc players are now shipping to retailers for holiday sales, but even with the influx, earlier expectations for both the HD DVD and Blu-ray formats are being scaled back. Warner Home...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- High-def player prices fall.
- By Jennifer Netherby and Susanne Ault Promotions heat up with summer releases As temperatures rise, prices are dropping on high-definition DVD players. Panasonic is making available its first $599 priced Blu-ray...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Efforts at unifying high-def formats stall: but talks could be restarted.(high-definition)
- Rumors of the death of the high-definition unification talks might have been premature. Despite the breakdown of planned talks in Tokyo early last week, by the end of the week, efforts were underway at various levels to try to salvage some...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Batman, Baby and hundreds more: movies flying into high-def release.(HEADLINERS)
- LAS VEGAS--Early adopters will have plenty of high-definition disc on offer, such as Warner Home Video's Batman Begins and Million Dollar Baby set for March 28 release and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on April 11, all in HD DVD. ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- Toshiba surprises at CES with $500 high-def player: Pioneer, Panasonic Blu-ray players over $1,000.(HARDWARE)(Consumer Electronics Show)
- LAS VEGAS--Toshiba, the principal backer of the HD DVD format, planted its stake firmly in the low-end of the high-definition hardware market, unveiling a $499.99 HD DVD player at the Consumer Electronics Show here last week. The new model, d ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
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