The only thing better than
one analyst's opinion on the format war is...yet another analyst's opinion on the format war! ABI Research chimes in, expecting the currently high-priced hybrid HD DVD / Blu-ray PC drives to match price with Blu-ray-only drive in 2009, and exceed their sales in 2010. Also seen as not for long on this mortal coil:
dedicated high definition decoding chipsets. ABI expects Intel and AMD's integrated chipsets to have more than enough horsepower for HD codecs in upcoming PCs.
ABI has previously brought us predictions including
HD DVD leading the way in 2006 and HDTV to Media Center PC connections tripling this year, so we'll wait and see how this one works out.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eric V @ Jan 1st 2008 8:15PM
Wow great news! I'll make sure to mark the date on my 2012 calendar...
tranzparentl @ Jan 1st 2008 8:50PM
Those analysts must be genius's. Thanx for pointing out the obvious. Dual format PC drives are already below $400. A couple more years and the price difference between regular drives will be negligible.
seanc @ Jan 1st 2008 8:59PM
All things being equal, why would you buy an hd-dvd disc over a blu-ray disc for burning data? Are hd-dvd discs expected to be 40% cheaper per layer then blu-ray?
seanc @ Jan 1st 2008 9:03PM
And let me just add that I understand the media side of this argument is a different world, where content and deals in back rooms affect which format is adopted, but on the data storage world what's the driving force for hd-dvd?
EQC @ Jan 2nd 2008 3:43AM
The only snag for only burning bluRay comes in if, say, BluRay loses the format war. Then you've only got an HD-DVD player in the house after a few years.
Sure, those 50GB BluRay disks are nice for pure data storage...but when you want to put together a disk of HD movies to play in the living room or share with the grandparents (we are talking about 2012 after all), you'll need to be able to burn HD-DVD.
What's all this mean? More future-uncertainty and yet another potential kick in the pants to consumers thanks to the format war!
Benj @ Jan 1st 2008 9:43PM
Actually I've seen the LG GGC-H20L for under $300.
Alex @ Jan 2nd 2008 3:50AM
Actually I've got one yesterday for $264 from ncix.com
locke6854 @ Jan 2nd 2008 8:24AM
i'm curious what meteorologists predict the weather is going to be like in 2012.
*sigh*
tranzparentl @ Jan 2nd 2008 10:15AM
This prediction is like saying in the Winder of 2012 there will be Snow.
iwdwebman @ Jan 2nd 2008 4:50PM
Actually Best Buy had them on sale last week at $225 for the GGC-H20L