The current state of the format war: no end in sight

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hmurchison @ Jan 30th 2007 1:37AM

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Scott makes the first gaffe by assuming that Universal will deliver Blu-ray movies on Jan 1st of 2008 (which is possible) yet remains conspicuously silent about the same prospect happening with Fox/Disney/LGF. No studios has stated they are exclusive forever. They will go where the money goes.

Janus makes the same poorly constructed argument. That somehow studio support is etched in stone and Americans will indeed look for Disney but that's not the biggest factor right now. It's getting millions of players into peoples homes. Sony is doing this with the PS3 and Toshiba is doing it with a low cost assault on the home this year. Disney's Robert Iger has already stated that he thought Disney would eventually support both and I think he still feels this way.

Best Buy anecdotal evidence is weak. I've heard HD DVD fans with their own BB stories about sales.

Engadget HD is right on this one. There is simply no winner in sight and we can all huff and puff about what we think is going to happen but clearly the war isn't going to end anytime soon.

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