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  • 115 of 115 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    4 Stars THE RACE IS OVER Review with images 01/06/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Did the best format win?

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Or did the best marketing swing it!

    At the time of writing Blue-ray has won the battle to become the next generation media of choice in our living rooms. Following a number of high profile defections to the Blue-ray camp by studios and retailers alike, Toshiba conceded defeat to the Sony Corp led Blue-ray format. In truth, HD-DVD received body blow after body blow, most notably when Warner Studios decided to release the films and shows it owned on Blue-ray only. This, coupled with major retailers In the US such as Wal Mart passing over HD-DVD in favour of Blue-ray meant that the Toshiba backed format was doomed to fail, so the ... more
  • 14 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
    4 Stars Quick review of Blu-ray or HD DVD, which is better? by siweller 13/09/2007
    I have to say I think HD DVD is clearly better. For a start it's cheaper and has more functions at present. The only things that Blu-ray has over HD DVD is that it has more storage, although it makes very little difference in the end as it's what you can do with that storage. Why would you pay more than twice as much for a Blu-ray player when it does even less than the much cheaper HD DVD systems. Although I personally think that both of them should be obsolete, as the technology already exists to make a flash card ... more
  • 0 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    5 Stars is the end in sight? 23/11/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages blu ray vs hd-dvd war drives prices down

    Disadvantages Disadvantages investing in the losing format could be costly

    I cant say which is better at this early stage but i think that blu ray is probably edging forward in popularity over hd dvd. mainly due to the ps3 being blu ray compatible but also blockbuster has made its mind up which is better by only stocking blu ray films and not hd dvd,and with the rumoured release of the star wars films being exclusive to blu ray that could prove to be just the push blu ray needs to win the next gen format war. But hd dvd has not given up yet currently you can get your hands on a stand alone hd-dvd player for under 200 quid and if you already own an xbox 360 you can ... more
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