Ozymandias

Yet Another HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray Article

This one is from a site called CampaignHD , and is obviously a very pro-HD-DVD site working to encourage publishers to support the standard. Just want to be very upfront about that as this article is definitely down on Blu-Ray and quite positive on HD...

[Edit] The Tremors Begin: Walmart and HD-DVD

Some interesting news on the net this weekend about Walmart apparently placing a two million unit order for HD-DVD players (worth USD$100 million). Assuming those numbers are correct, Walmart's cost per player is about $50 each. According to the articles...

VideoScan's High-Def Disc Sales Numbers

I had a couple of folks ping me asking my thoughts about this article over at highdefdigest.com . Specifically, they were curious on my thoughts on the data that seems to show Blu-ray disc sales catching up to HD-DVD disc sales. The charts in question...

HD-DVD AACS Copy Protection Cracked?

Possibly, according to this article (and reported all over the web). However, it's early yet, and unclear just how real this might be... we'll need to wait and see. For those of you who don't know, AACS is the copy-protection scheme used by...

1080p Meaningless this Generation

There's been a lot of interest in the PS3 due to its stated 1080p output for both games and movies (via Blu-ray). What's interesting is that a lot of folks don't realize how meaningless 1080p actually is in this generation. Let's take games first. The...