I guess the big news is that Warner Brothers decision to back Blu-ray may spell a death sentence to HD. Some are suggesting that the decision to back the Blu-ray format was because of poor HD sales which Warner is blaming on high gas prices. OK. Whatever makes your boat float. Seems that the folks at Warner fear that we may be entering into a era where impulse buying may wane as gas prices climb higher.
If that is the case, than why would people buy Blu-ray DVDs anymore than they would buy HD DVDs? Warner also has claimed that this would also eliminate some of the confusion in the market place between the two dueling formats. This it may do. Whatever. I know I am just glad that I decided to wait, like many of you have, to see who would win the battle.
On the flip side of this is the fact that this may all be a moot point down the road. With companies such as Netflix and others making available movies on demand via a download, the days of the DVD disk may be coming to an end. Or will it? Not everyone here in the US has broadband access.
What do you think? Does the battle between HD and Blu-ray matter? Or will the future be movies on demand?
Comments welcome.
PS In a previous article I did on the format wars I like one readers comment about why Blu-ray would win. Blu-ray was a cooler name! LOL