Comments on: Bummer, Blu-Ray wins

By: Last few nails… at cybrpunk.com

Last few nails… at cybrpunk.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:00:12 +0000

[...] now we see the last few nails in the coffin for HD DVD. I had mentioned a few days ago that the format war was over but the news over the past couple of days is just rubbing salt in the [...]

By: yoshi

yoshi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:41:27 +0000

Hmm how strange. I’m not getting email notifications that there are more comments… How odd…

By: rev_matt_y

rev_matt_y — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:05:50 +0000

You neglected the real canary in the mineshaft: at CES the major porn distributors announced they were dropping HD-DVD because Blu-Ray outsold HD-DVD by a margin of 3:1. As goes porn, so goes tech.

By: Shannon River

Shannon River — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:42:52 +0000

I am upset about this too and for nearly all the reasons you list here. This sucks. It does almost feel like what Yoshi said… Sony never forgot betamax. :-(

By: yoshi

yoshi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:27:42 +0000

Well, technically it hasn’t really won yet, but yeah, I guess it’s inevitable.

Sony never forgot betamax and this time around since they got more money now they paid everyone off. *nods*