Blu-ray or HD DVD?
I noticed a bunch of Blu-ray DVD boxed sets at Costco yesterday. These were (if I recall correctly) 4 movies for around $80. I found it kind of odd since I seem to remember only seeing HD DVD players on the other side of the store. So, what does one do with this high-def format war? On one hand Blockbuster will only carry Blu-ray. On the other, HD DVD players are a lot cheaper (affordable). I'm not going to make a choice for the moment. But, my gut instinct is to look at Sony's (Blu-ray creator) history of format fiascoes and lean towards HD DVD. To recap Sony's failed storage format products...
- Betamax
- Mini Disc
- Memory stick
- ATRAC audio file format
- UMD (Playstation Portable disc format)
And, while the CD (Sony/Philips) has been a huge success, let's not forget who decided to put a root kit on music CDs. And, don't forget the exploding notebook batteries.
I'm hoping the HD picture becomes clearer (pun intended) by the 2007 holiday season so I can finally decide which one to swing towards.