Beta lasted what, ten years, more or less, in some form? HD DVD will have maybe 2 years. More easily forgotten. And BD with it's higher capacity will be the backup medium of choice for computers, compared to HD DVD.
Tiny market share of all discs, but still enough to decide the war. With Blu-ray titles outselling HD DVD titles between 2 to 1 and 3 to 1, and the best Blu-ray titles yet to be released, it's becoming clear. Since HD DVD is reduced to chanting that they sell more dedicated players, and down playing the fact that far more devices play Blu-ray than HD DVD today, it's ever more apparent. I prefer dedicated players too, but might buy a PS3 based on cost and use as a home media center. It doesn't matter if it's dedicated, it matters if it plays the selected disc. Pretty pathetic, to grasp at a statement that while true, is still misleading. And little word games in response to this post and others won't matter a bit.
Blu-ray sells 2 or 3 times as many movies as HD DVD. And that's what people buy players for. They don't buy players just because they're cheap, or an end in themselves. And that might explain why Toshiba was unable to sell as many players as they hoped, even after increasing their own bloodbath by dropping the prices again.
Universal has older movies. These may have been successful, but those that wanted them have already bought them in DVD form. Most of the newest hits are coming out on Blu-ray. People are more likely to buy recent movies. They've had plenty of opportunity to buy the old movies as DVDs.
Yeah, "real." It's going to be real "real" by the end of the year.
...and we all know how that turned up...
