Now where the heck have I been? It seems that Blue-ray has won the format war. Well, at least all signs are pointing that direction, anyway.

The activity in the DVD standards market is at fever pace, with the two rival factions: HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray. Today, Forrester came out with a controversial report which says that Blu-Ray has won.
“After a long and tedious run-up to the launch, it is now clear to Forrester that the Sony-led Blu-ray format will win,” Ted Schadler, a Forrester analyst, said in the report. “But unless the HD DVD group abandons the field, it will be another two years before consumers are confident enough of the winner to think about buying a new-format DVD player.”
In the computing industry, Schadler’s prediction doesn’t bode well for Intel and Microsoft, which allied themselves with HD DVD in September. Days after, Intel’s two main PC chip customers, Dell and HP, reaffirmed their Blu-ray commitment. [Read the rest]

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