Is HD-DVD dead?

Question

Seeing as how walmart has now gone Blu Ray exlusive, and Best Buy and Netflix is now supporting Blu Ray significantly, is HD-DVD finally dead? Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ywWfmRdOmJ0

yeah i love the part where he tries to bring up Blades of Glory.

ill also add some useful information

at first glance, yes, it seems as though HD-DVD players are cheaper, but whats realyl happening, is that more cheap players are being made for HD-DVD, while Blue Ray Players all seem to have a certain standard amongst them.

quality for quality, Blue Ray players arent really more expensive than HD-DVD players, its just that low end players dont exist.

another issue, is that HD-DVD players no matter which model, ocassionaly spit out an error code: 408bc504, which Toshiba claims stands for a bad disc, despite the disc being sparkling clean, and even on multiple discs. its a widespread problem, not isolated to any one movie or any one model of player, and honestly people are getting frustrated getting bullshit answers from Toshiba and no real solution.

http://www.google.com/search?q=408bc504

Answer 2

Toshiba just shut down HD-DVD production.

Blue-ray wins the format war.  End of story.

Answer 3

Yes. HD-DVD is pretty much dead. The only 2 major movie production companies that still support HD-DVD exclusively is Paramount and Universal, but Blu-Ray has almost everything taken over:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HighD...

I'm thinking that HD-DVD will hang on for a few more months and eventually Paramount and Universal will give up on HD-DVD.

Even though Blu-Ray DVD players are a little bit more expensive than HD-DVD players, Blu-Ray players are still outselling them. But in reality, since the PS3 came out, Blu-Ray has always dominated.

Sony's Blu-Ray format has won this format war. By the end of this year, I'm about 90% sure that the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be over with.

Answer 4

It's headed that way it seems.  Blu-Ray is getting the backing, while HD-DVD is discounting their players substantially.  I forsee Blu-Ray winning the HD home based movie war.

Answer 5

EXCELLENT QUESTION!

"I think the previously raging debate is approaching its conclusion and that Blu-Ray is the projected winner, Wolf."

You might hear the above words on CNN soon.  It looks like HD-DVD will die a slow painful death.