Last few nails…
And 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 wounds. Retail leviathan Wal-Mart has announced that it will no longer carry HD DVD following Best Buy’s earlier decision. And though there were rumors of Toshiba completely dropping HD DVD over the weekend, we still don’t know if those rumors are true. According to Toshiba today, they are still weighing their options in this increasingly Blu-Ray market.
In my opinion Toshiba should just get out while they can and before the downward spiral catches more unwary consumers in it’s wake. Everyone knows that most people who buy technology are at least relatively clueless (much to the dismay of us obsessive research techies) and it won’t be long till stores that are still selling the remainder of their stock of HD DVD hardware and movies start looking with customers with the word “SUCKER” stamped on their forehead. It will happen; it always does. And those unlucky people who invest in HD DVD at this stage of the game (or later) are going to be very upset when they can’t find any more red cases floating in the sea of blu.
I haven’t purchased a system for either one yet. I was waiting for this to all pan out. Now I can move forward with the winner.
still don’t think i’ll be buying blu-ray anytime soon though. or an HD-TV.
I Already have the 50″ Plasma thats HDTV ready so I’m half-way there. Unfortunately though, I can’t justify spending the money on a BR player at this point and I certainly can’t see the point in getting a PS3.
Perhaps when the used BR disc market comes around or Blockbuster/Netflix/Hollywood Video start selling their old BR discs like they do with their DVDs… then maybe it will be worthwhile.
The last thing people should do is start running out and buying Blu-Ray like crazy because then the prices will take forever to come down.
Yup yup… I’m just waiting for zero media anyways. I’m really liking the “Watch Now” on Netflix (especially since I got it integrated with my HTPC).
I’m way behind on caring about awesome quality. I still like DVD quality so I’ll be okay staying cheap.