Blu-ray vs HD DVD: State of the Union Division

I just found this decent article at Engadget. It has a bit about the history that led up to BD and HD-DVD, and compares the two camps.

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Warner joins Blu-ray DVD camp

Warner Bros. Entertainment said Thursday that its home video division will release DVDs in the high-definition Blu-ray format. The move further tips the scales in an industry weighing the merits of two rival next-generation technologies.

GAME OVER!

This leaves Universal as the sole HD-DVD hold out. You know there is no way in hell they’re going to try to go it alone (OK, Paramount and Warner claim they’ll be doing both – but c’mon, that’s face saving), so I’m sure they’ll be announcing BD support any time now.

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Trial delayed in TiVo lawsuit against EchoStar

The trial was scheduled to begin Monday and last three weeks but federal District Court Judge David Folsom said he was delaying the case because the courtroom in Marshall was only available for two weeks.

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Videora iPod Converter

Videora iPod Converter will convert your video files to sync with the new iPod. What does this have to do with TiVo? Well, if you use TiVoToGo to transfer to your PC, removing the DRM is simple, then you could use this to convert the raw MPEG2.

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Netflix downloads postponed indefinitely

Looks like Netflix is running into a brick wall trying to get download rights from studios. Personally I think they would perhaps have more luck going into niche markets first – like anime, adult, sports, perhaps TV. Deal with the smaller studios that are more open to new distribution, prove it works, then woo the big boys. For example, ADV Films, one of the largest, if not the largest, anime distributors in the US has used BitTorrent to serve free episodes of some of the shows, to let people check it out and boost DVD sales of the series. A lot of these companies were the first ones to jump on DVD, and the first to completely stop producing VHS (some anime companies went DVD-only years ago). They’re not technology adverse like the big studios.

I spotted the article via ZatzNotFunny

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