February 16, 2008
Wal-Mart picks Blu-ray in HD DVD disaster
“Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Friday abandoned the flailing HD DVD format, potentially ending a war over next-generation DVDs as it joined Best Buy and Netflix in supporting rival Blu-ray technology.

The format war between Toshiba Corp-backed HD DVD and Sony Corp’s Blu-ray, often compared to the Betamax-VHS battle in the 1980s, has slowed the development of what is expected to be a multibillion dollar high-definition DVD industry.”

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Looks like curtains for HD-DVD. Good.

I never bought into this hi-def DVD war until the format war shook itself off. I am going to still wait until HD-DVD is finally dead before I even think about buying an HDTV and a Blu-Ray DVD machine.

I was burned years ago after heavily going with Beta only to see lowly old VHS win.

Somehow we are still fighting that war with the old Mac vs. Windows thing, but thanks to Steve Jobs and the iPod, the Mac is still holding its own and gaining some market share.