{"id":939,"date":"2007-06-19T08:53:16","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T12:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/19\/939\/"},"modified":"2007-06-19T09:09:38","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T13:09:38","slug":"939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/19\/939\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray vs. HD DVD stalemate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsgamer.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/hddvdbluray-debate.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sportsgamer.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/hddvdbluray-debate.html', 'Blu-ray\/HD DVD post');\" target=\"new\">Blu-ray\/HD DVD post<\/a> at The Blog for Sports Gamer reminded me that I had something waiting to be posted along the same lines.  I ran out of time Sunday (and yesterday I was more or less out of it), but since I am at home, and not really in a position to do much besides lounge around, I decided to get this puppy posted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvpredictions.com\/smith061707.htm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.tvpredictions.com\/smith061707.htm', 'TVPerdictions.com');\" target=\"new\">TVPerdictions.com<\/a> had an interesting story on the same topic, where the author contends that a stalemate is looming, and can only be prevented by a massive PS3 push (and associated price drop):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI do not believe that any of the planned efforts by the Blu-ray or HD DVD camps will bring about the increase in adoption required to settle the format war. A massive reduction in the price of the PS3 is probably the best opportunity for a resolution, but this is a guess.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I do not see a massive reduction for the PS3.  I also remember that a lot of pundits thought that iTunes would never have mass market acceptance.  It took me a while to jump on the electronic media bandwagon because there was just something tangible about holding a CD.  From a movie standpoint, I do not see how electronic media will be popular until there are huge storage devices (a 60GB PS3 HDD will not store my current DVD library).<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure where this leaves us, but if Blu-ray is currently winning the format war, it is only winning a minor skirmish.  From what I have read, Blu-ray and HD DVD movie sales are an extremely small percentage of overall DVD sales.  If the recent price drops (sub $200) of HD DVD players do not increase HD DVD adoption, then you have to consider HD DVD a failed format.  Same goes for Blu-ray.  If the PS3 does not pick up a lot of steam, and push Blu-ray in the same way the PS2 pushed DVD, then Blu-ray will suffer the same fate of other failed media formats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Blu-ray\/HD DVD post at The Blog for Sports Gamer reminded me that I had something waiting to be posted along the same lines. 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