Blu-Ray ganhou a batalha?

[Bad_Cop]

sim, com trafego ilimitado até passava a ver séries em hd .

para divx dava jeito era dual layer ao preço da chuva, mas é praticamente impossivel.

[SkylineGTR]

Netflix drops HD DVD

Beverly Hills (CA) – Netflix believes the winner in the HD format war has been determined and said that it has begun stocking Blu-ray discs exclusively.

The company said that its move is prompted by the decision of four out of the six major movie studios to publish high-def DVD titles only in the Sony-developed Blu-ray format. The online movie rental company intends to phase out HD DVDs by the end of this year and, as of now, is purchasing HD titles in Blu-ray only.

The firm’s current HD DVD inventory will remain available to customers until the discs' “natural life cycle” takes them out of circulation in the coming months.

"The prolonged period of competition between two formats has prevented clear communication to the consumer regarding the richness of the high-def experience versus standard definition," said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix, in a prepared statement.

"We're now at the point where the industry can pursue the migration to a single format, bring clarity to the consumer and accelerate the adoption of high-def. Going forward, we expect that all of the studios will publish in the Blu-ray format and that the price points of high-def DVD players will come down significantly. These factors could well lead to another decade of disc-based movie watching as the consumer's preferred means,” Sarandos believes.

Netflix said that the majority of its customers looking or HD movies have chosen Blu-ray, and “only a portion” went with the HD DVD format. The company claims that it has more than 400 Blu-ray movies available for rent at this time.

fonte: TG Daily

[Azarael]

http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... nologyNews

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research), a company source said on Saturday.

Ainda por confirmar.

[Mamil0s]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7252172.stm

Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war

Toshiba has said it will stop making its high definition DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the industry standard.


Enfim...

[SkylineGTR]

E mais uma:

Toshiba says to quit HD DVD, ending format war
http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... 4420080219


Era o fim que já se esperava.
Não havia espaço para 2 formatos HD, e a Sony sempre esteve numa posição melhor para vencer.

No fim quem ganha somos nós, só é mau é para quem já tem equipamento HD-DVD.

[VBTC]

Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses

Company Remains Focused on Championing Consumer Access to High Definition Content

TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.

HD DVD was developed to offer consumers access at an affordable price to high-quality, high definition content and prepare them for the digital convergence of tomorrow where the fusion of consumer electronics and IT will continue to progress.

"We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. "While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality."

Toshiba will continue to lead innovation, in a wide range of technologies that will drive mass market access to high definition content. These include high capacity NAND flash memory, small form factor hard disk drives, next generation CPUs, visual processing, and wireless and encryption technologies. The company expects to make forthcoming announcements around strategic progress in these convergence technologies.

Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.

This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.

Toshiba also intends to maintain collaborative relations with the companies who joined with Toshiba in working to build up the HD DVD market, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for future business opportunities, utilizing the many assets generated through the development of HD DVD.

http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm

É offcial. Rapidamente veremos um descida de preços nas drives Blue ray já que mais marcas vão apostar no formato é a competição a sério vai começar.

[pagc]

É offcial. Rapidamente veremos um descida de preços nas drives Blue ray já que mais marcas vão apostar no formato é a competição a sério vai começar.

Espero bem que sim, mas a partir de agora teremos uma situação de monopólio, o que me deixa bastante desconfortável. Talvez os leitores desçam de preços, mas quanto aos conteúdos, não sei, não.

Cumps

[VBTC]

É offcial. Rapidamente veremos um descida de preços nas drives Blue ray já que mais marcas vão apostar no formato é a competição a sério vai começar.

Espero bem que sim, mas a partir de agora teremos uma situação de monopólio, o que me deixa bastante desconfortável. Talvez os leitores desçam de preços, mas quanto aos conteúdos, não sei, não.

Cumps

Monopolio quanto a formato HD sim existe porque passa a existir so o BR mas no que toca a fabricantes tanto de hardware e media para BR a verdadeira competição vai agora começar já que o escolhido foi o BR e os fabricantes agora vão apostar em grande nele.

Vou dar numa de Maya e prever que teremos gravadores BR no final do ano na casa dos 150 euros e media nos 12.

[pagc]

Vou dar numa de Maya e prever que teremos gravadores BR no final do ano na casa dos 150 euros e media nos 12.

Quando falava nos media, falava nos filmes e nos conteúdos que terão de pagar direitos à Sony

[SkylineGTR]

Agora sim, Blu-Ray a 100%:


Paramount seals Blu-ray sweep

Winner of next-gen format war now has all 6 majors

All six major Hollywood studios are now in the Blu-ray Disc camp, a day after Toshiba has pulled the plug on HD DVD and Blu-ray became effectively the only next-gen game in town.

Paramount Home Entertainment quietly came onboard via a statement sent exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday: "We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer," the statement reads. "As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."

No further details were given.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment, in contrast, cast its lot with Blu-ray within hours of Toshiba's announcement Tuesday morning that it was ending the format war by ceasing the development, manufacture and marketing of HD DVD players by the end of March. Universal made a big splash with its announcement, sending media outlets a statement from division president Craig Kornblau in which he said, "While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray."

Janet Murray, director of Georgia Tech's masters and Ph.D. program in digital media, said a single format supported by all six major studios has a much better chance of success than two rival ones that each take only a chunk of Hollywood.

"It's a big victory for the consumer," she said.

Now that the studios are no longer battling each other over which format is best, Murray said, they can focus on generating awareness among consumers of the many benefits of high-definition media. Murray predicts "a standardization of extras" now that everyone's releasing films on a single format rather than two, each with its own set of capabilities. "This will lead to a much richer experience for viewers," she added.

Murray also foresees "much more content and much more breadth of content" now that Blu-ray is the only way to go. "When people have these higher-end screens at home, they take great pleasure in them, and this will push ahead the delivery (of movies) in high-definition," she said.

Ironically, Universal had been exclusive with HD DVD since the format's launch in April 2006, while Paramount had initially supported both HD DVD and Blu-ray. Paramount and DreamWorks switched to HD DVD-only in August, reportedly after receiving a $150 million payment from the format's supporters for "promotional consideration."

Neither studio has announced specific titles earmarked for early Blu-ray release, though both are expected to start with new theatricals coming the same day as the standard DVD, beginning in late spring or early summer.

The four other majors committed to Blu-ray are Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (along with its distributed MGM Home Entertainment label), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video (including distributed labels New Line Home Entertainment, BBC Video and HBO Video). Mini-major Lionsgate also has been an exclusive Blu-ray backer since the start.

fonte: The Hollywood Reporter

[Azarael]

Era o fim que já se esperava.
Não havia espaço para 2 formatos HD, e a Sony sempre esteve numa posição melhor para vencer.

Não sei se esteve sempre na melhor posição... Se estivesse estado sempre não teria existido a "guerra".

[SkylineGTR]

Não sei se esteve sempre na melhor posição... Se estivesse estado sempre não teria existido a "guerra".

Guerra essa que acabou por vencer
A Toshiba é uma empresa de peso, mas neste caso a Sony, para mim, teve sempre maior vantagem.

A Sony tem influência na indústria cinematográfica, e viu-se que foi por aí que conseguiu enfraquecer a Toshiba.
Para além disso, serviu-se e bem de um dos seus bens mais precisosos, a Playstation. Nesse ponto, a XBOX360 teria sido uma boa resposta, mas talvez tarde de mais.
No final a influência da Sony foi determinante para deixar a Toshiba sem apoios de peso e com uma quota minima que só a iriam arrastar mais para o fracasso e prejuizo.

[Jonny]

só tenho uma coizita microscopica e sem importancia a dizer: espero bem, para o bem de todos os possuidores de ps3 que essa descida de prçeos se reflita nos jogos.....70mocas é ganda abuso, parece que tudo ovltou ao tempo da N64 fg!!!

[VBTC]

Panasonic to Release DivX Certified Blu-ray DVD Player

The Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player, which joins a number of existing DivX Certified products from Panasonic, is scheduled to be released beginning in March and is expected to be the first DivX Certified(R) Blu-ray Disc Player available in Europe and Russia. Like Panasonic's existing DivX Certified DVD players, the latest DivX Certified Panasonic Blu-ray disc player enables users to enjoy high-quality DivX video playback.

"In order to give our users access to the extremely popular, high-quality DivX format, we have introduced the first DivX-Certified Blu-ray Disc Player for Europe and Russia," said Yuki Kusumi, Group Manager of Product Technology, Video Business Unit, Network Business Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. "The timely launch of this strategic product is a direct response to the strong demand for DivX playback among consumers. We are very confident this product will be very popular in the European and Russian markets."

"The DivX Certified Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Player is a great device from a leader in next generation DVD technology, and marks an important strategic milestone in our growth into new product categories," said Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, Inc. "DivX has already become a de-facto standard on existing DVD players and we are well-positioned to repeat that success in the Blu-ray category. We're pleased Panasonic continues to recognize DivX technology as an important feature on next-generation devices."

Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high quality DivX media experience that includes reliable video playback, excellent visual quality, and interoperability with other DivX Certified digital devices. The DivX logo has become a powerful symbol for a high-quality digital video experience across any device.

About DivX, Inc.

DivX, Inc. is a digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment--the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 100 million DivX Certified devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

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