06 October 2005

BW on the next gen DVD format wars

An article in BW Online goes into some detail about the Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD format war that many of you have expressed interest in. This is the most comprehensive discussion that I have read so far. By the way, BW Online allows you to post comments on the article directly, if you feel inclined to do so.

Is this standards war different from others that we have seen in the past? If so, how?

5 comments:

Martin Weiss said...

BusinessWeek has another story on the DVD wars. In this article, it seems that a functional convergence between the two standards appears to be in the works.

From an economics standpoint, the negotiations appear to be moving from vertical incompatibility towards a layered model, in which functional compatibility exists despite physical incompatability.

Martin Weiss said...

This article suggest greater advantages for Blu-Ray. Are we now on a HD-DVD death watch?

Martin Weiss said...

BusinessWeek has yet another followup article on this subject. Forrester now believes that Blu-Ray will win ...

Martin Weiss said...

There's more ..., a little more unvarnished than what you might find in BW!

Martin Weiss said...

The saga continues ... see this story. Standards wars are high-stakes games, so this kind of brinksmanship is not that unusual ...