http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/17/xbox-360-hd-dvd-holds-one-third-of-market/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/17/xbox-360-hd-dvd-holds-one-third-of-market/#comment-548474 Reza Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:59:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/17/xbox-360-hd-dvd-holds-one-third-of-market/#comment-548474 Initially i thought Blu-ray would win hands down (im not a sony fan boy...far from it) but i now believe HD-DVD has a good chance of winning the crown. I have noticed from retail shops more and more titles appearing on HD-DVD including older flims, but on Blu-ray all yiu seem to get is Spierman and Harry Potter. Even if you go to Tesco the shelf-space taken up by Blu-ray titles has dwindled down, while the space taken by HD-DVD has been constant or grown slightly. While there are more studios backing Blu-ray, HD-DVD has a huge studio backing it - Universal Studios which is why we are seeing so many titles now appearing on HD-DVD. HD-DVD films need to drop in price to match that of normal DVDs, only then will it become the mainstream format. Most folk would not like to pay £23 for a film, knowing they could buy it on normal DVD for almost half that. Initially i thought Blu-ray would win hands down (im not a sony fan boy…far from it) but i now believe HD-DVD has a good chance of winning the crown. I have noticed from retail shops more and more titles appearing on HD-DVD including older flims, but on Blu-ray all yiu seem to get is Spierman and Harry Potter. Even if you go to Tesco the shelf-space taken up by Blu-ray titles has dwindled down, while the space taken by HD-DVD has been constant or grown slightly. While there are more studios backing Blu-ray, HD-DVD has a huge studio backing it - Universal Studios which is why we are seeing so many titles now appearing on HD-DVD. HD-DVD films need to drop in price to match that of normal DVDs, only then will it become the mainstream format. Most folk would not like to pay £23 for a film, knowing they could buy it on normal DVD for almost half that.

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