Has Blu-Ray Won the HD "War"?
January 4th, 2008
The battle has been raging for much longer than many had anticipated. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are the competing formats for the new High Definition format to replace the aging standard definition DVD.
Neither format is compatible with the other, even though they use the same three codecs (including the H.264 codec from Apple) for showing High Definition video. Both are the size of a conventional DVD, but hold several times more information.
Today Warner Brothers announced they will side with Blu-ray. There are also rumors about an Apple Blu-ray announcement in two weeks at MacWorld.
I believe that Blu-ray could begin to pull so far ahead that they win what has become a repeat of the Beta v. VHS battle that took place decades ago.
Reels in Motion has been investing in a Blu-ray pipeline due to what we have seen as a superior product. Blu-ray has a larger storage capacity and is a great backup medium for the new tapeless workflow we have adopted.
I’ll follow up with more information after we see what Apple announces (if anything) at MacWorld.
Scott
Categories: Distribution | Tags: blu-ray, hd-dvd, warner brothers
