Slog - Comments on War's Over http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over Iraq and Afghanistan may still be clusterfucks, but we can finally pull our troops out of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray war. Far too much has been wasted (like this post) on this senseless struggle, and now, at long last, we can get our guys out of there. After Wal-Mart, Netflix and other big players announced that they were backing Blu-Ray, Toshiba--inventor of the HD-DVD format--gave up the fight today, saying they would no longer develop, produce, or market HD-DVD players. So I guess this means I can get a Playstation 3 now.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:28:34 -0800 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:59:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by stinkbug A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941957 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:46:52 -0800 Comment by Brian Bundridge I'm so glad I didn't fork the money for any DVD players until this was settled. Blu-Ray.. Interesting, very interesting. I'm sure Microsoft is bitter =P

]]> Brian Bundridge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941960 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941960 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:50:25 -0800 Comment by JMR And the winner is.... regular old DVDs with upconvert players.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941978 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941978 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:11:09 -0800 Comment by T @2 Why would Microsoft be bitter? They were one of the backers of HD-DVD but they weren't backing it very aggressively. The only way to watch HD-DVD on a 360 is to buy an additional external drive (and you can bet your ass there will be a similar Blu-ray drive soon enough).

Other than that, Microsoft isn't really a hardware producer. They didn't have much at stake in the HD format war to begin with.

]]> T http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c941990 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:33:53 -0800 Comment by innerinner this is old news brotha. commonn

]]> innerinner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942003 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:49:32 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Meanwhile Australia has announced to NATO and the world they will no longer be in Iraq.

Period.

Full stop.

Wish we could do that ... TODAY!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942050 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:58:04 -0800 Comment by Peter F I guess this is good news for me, since my company gave us each a PS3 at our Xmas party. I think I own all of five DVDs, though, so it's not like I have a huge library to replace. Also, the PS3 upconverts...

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942069 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:17:47 -0800 Comment by Anon @3 for the win.
/bandwagon

]]> Anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942077 Tech Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:41:10 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa Sony is such a pile of shit.

This war was supposed to go on forever, and continue driving down the prices of regular DVDs, which are still perfectly valid forms of technology for the next 15 years.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942097 Tech Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:17:29 -0800 Comment by This Guy It's just like the 80s all over again. Damn BetaMax!

]]> This Guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942166 Tech Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:17:26 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Wait for the PS3. They'll have a slimmer version out soon that doesn't have the fucking power supply in the console. And it wont look like a fucking George Foreman grill.

You don't need a BluRay player right now, anyway. Wait for more titles and price drops. When $20 becomes the standard price for a movie, it's ready.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942178 Tech Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:58:44 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Mr. Poe is correct.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942300 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wars_over#c942300 Tech Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:59:37 -0800