Back on August 17, 2007 I did a quick take on the Blu-ray vs HD DVD situation comparing it to the days where we went through a similar mess between Beta and VHS. I received several comments including some confirmation that Sony was going to win this battle and the best one I like was the comment that Blu-ray has a better and cooler name.

So when Paramount and Dreamworks announced they were dumping Blu-ray all together in favor of HD DVD, I again began to wonder what the heck are we consumers supposed to buy? One comment stated to buy nothing until the smokes clears since it really didn’t matter. Which may be sound advice for now.

But what we are seeing is the real reason that HD DVD may win is just because of manufacturing costs for the disks as well as the cost of HD DVD players, which are cheaper. We consumers are a price conscience bunch when it comes to these type of toys. Unless you are a true perfectionist that wants the absolute best picture available, a DVD player might just do for normal viewing.

Now I am not anti-technology at all. It is just that we have all waited patiently just to final get HD TV which is on the horizon, that it is just annoying to now to have to decide on two other standards as well. But that is just me. I’ll just wait and let Blockbuster and Netflix fight over what format they want to support, let the motion picture industry grapple which format they wish to use, than once the smoke clears toss in my educated guess on which format may be the winner.

What about you? With the recent announcement by Paramount and Dreamworks to support HD DVD, will this alter your decision on which format to buy? Let us know.

Comments as always are welcome.

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