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The Motley Fool
June 18, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster: Hooray for Blu-ray The video rental chain gives one high-def platform a needed boost.   |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Andrew Park |
Video Players: HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray The next-generation video formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, have 5 to 10 times the capacity of old DVDs. Here's the catch: Blu-ray won't work in HD-DVD players and vice versa. Manufacturers have hinted that future players could show both, but for now you'll have to choose sides. |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
HD-DVD Meets Betamax Blu-ray triumphs in the hi-def war. Did you choose wisely? |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Time Warner Is Happy to Be Blu In a blow to the HD-DVD fan base, Time Warner announces it will be releasing its high-def DVDs exclusively on the Blu-ray format. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hooray for Blu-Ray! Disney validates the next generation DVD technology by promising to support Sony's Blu-Ray platform. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2007
Dan Bloom |
Blu-ray Takes the Lead Things may be changing for the better for Sony on at least one front this year: Sales of Blu-ray movies are now outpacing HD-DVD. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Viacom, Blu-ray, and Michael Bay The format wars continue. Backlash from Viacom's recent decision to produce its Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation movies only in HD-DVD format. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Hybrids Are Where It's At In the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, increasing moves towards hybrid technologies should help consumers become adopters. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Goodbye to DVDs DVDs will be replaced by HD-DVD or Blu-ray discs. While you may find yourself making a decision as a consumer later this year, you probably want to know whether there's anything in it for you as an investor. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2007
Erik Sofge |
Hi-Def DVD Format War Report: Blu-Ray Takes the Lead Chances are, the only thing you want to hear about the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war is that it's over. No such luck. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Follows Blockbuster's Blu-ray Lead Netflix decides that it will no longer buy HD-DVD discs for its DVD rental service. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Warner The Latest on Blu-ray Bandwagon Warner becomes the fifth of the six major movies studios to back the Blu-ray DVD format, casting a pall on HD-DVD. |
Home Theater
January 25, 2008 |
Petitioners Beg for HD DVD's Life In a surprising show of support for HD DVD, 20,000 people have signed an online petition begging for the underdog high-def disc format's life. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Quick Take: HD-DVD, the Headless Chicken Blu-ray now commands about 70% of the high-definition DVD market, and it's only a matter of time before Viacom's Paramount and General Electric's NBC Universal leave the HD-DVD camp, too. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Will Blu-ray Prove Red-Hot? Sony's rival format enters the high-definition home video battle. Investors may want to rethink their priorities before they pay up for a player that will likely drop precipitously in price, the way high-def television sets have in recent years. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2005
Rich Duprey |
A Blu-ray Compromise? Is Sony really ready to give in on the next generation of DVD formats? |
InternetNews
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Cuts HD Player Prices in Blu-ray Fight Toshiba is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2005
Clint Boulton |
More Skirmishes in DVD Format Battle The battle between two next-generation DVD formats is creating such a stir that some companies are threatening to support both technologies if they don't get their way. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Seeing Red, White, and Blu-ray In a move that is great for videophiles but humbling to Sony, the consumer electronics giant is once again lowering the price of its entry-level Blu-ray disc player. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2005
Dan Bloom |
HD-DVD Gets a Boost Microsoft and Intel announce their intention to support HD-DVD over Blu-ray. The situation is looking more and more like an elementary-school playground scuffle. |
InternetNews
February 20, 2008 |
Amazon, Universal to Support Blu-ray Format Retailers, film studios switch allegiances following demise of HD DVD. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2006
Seth Jayson |
DVD Wars: The Waiting Game Delays and confusion in the DVD wars may snag both consumers and investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Hollywood Batters Blu-Ray Can the movie studios kill the most promising new DVD format? |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2011
Tierney Plumb |
I Was Wrong About HD-DVDs Blu-ray won the battle, even as regular old DVDs hang around. |
Home Theater
August 20, 2007 |
Paramount, DreamWorks Dump BD for HD DVD Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
So Much for High-Def DVD Blu-ray and HD-DVD have a long way to go. Investors can't write off the platforms just yet. The 2007 holiday shopping season will be critical. |
InternetNews
September 1, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
High Definition DVD Format Turns Competitive HD-DVD is hardly ready to concede the formats war to Blu-ray. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Erin Joyce |
Now Playing: Dell's Blu-ray Support Dell launches a high end system with Blu-ray DVD support. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Battle For DVD Format Unfolds Film studio Paramount Home Entertainment said it would embrace the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2006
Seth Jayson |
More Delay for Blu-ray Blu-ray discs are due out soon. Will there be any hardware that runs them? Investors, tread carefully. |
Home Theater
November 13, 2007 |
Stringer: Format War Stalemated The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is stalled in a stalemate. |
PC Magazine
January 12, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
The Practical Superiority of HD-DVD When new technologies emerge, there are always competitors, and the current battle raging between the Blu-ray DVD standard (HP, Panasonic, Sony, etc.) and the newer HD-DVD technology (NEC, Sanyo, Toshiba) is no exception. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Blu-ray Building Arsenal Major film companies brace for the release of Blu-ray devices, announcing movies based on the format. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
HP Blesses Rival HD-DVD Formats Hewlett Packard goes the route of most of the major film studios, supporting both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. |
Home Theater
August 3, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Paramount Prioritizes Blu-ray Will hold back DVD sell-through release for at least a month. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2010
Kurt Bakke |
Xbox 360: Who Needs Blu-ray? Is Blu-ray already on the way out? |
InternetNews
February 19, 2008 |
Toshiba to Quit HD DVDs, Ends Format War Toshiba surrendered in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday, giving up on its HD DVD format. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Fool on the Street: Drawn to DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg believes in his company's pipeline of films that are ready to roll, and in the HD-DVD format. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
High-Def Bribe or Format War For The Ages? Those on one side of the high def DVD format war may not like $150 million for HD DVD exclusivity, but all's fair in business and war. |
InternetNews
October 20, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Can Blu-ray, HD-DVD Meet in The Middle? Blu-ray supporter Hewlett Packard asks the Blu-ray Disc Association to support technologies that underpin competing HD-DVD format. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2005
David Needle |
Pioneer Set for Blu-ray Delivery Pioneer Electronics announced today it expects to ship one of the first Blu-ray drives in the first quarter of 2006. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Rich Duprey |
A Hi-Def DVD Hybrid Whether we'll actually ever see mass production of either HD-DVD or Blu-ray, or whether one of the formats becomes this generation's Betamax, some companies will still earn a profit from it all. They're the ones at which investors should probably look more closely. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Videogame Consoles Get Ambitious As hardware gets more powerful, videogame console developers try to take the devices beyond just basic gaming. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2008 |
Game Over? Warner Bros To Back Blu-ray Exclusively The latest development in the DVD format war is a big win for Blu-ray over rival HD DVD technology. |
InternetNews
July 27, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Target, BJ's Wholesale Go Blu-ray After staying neutral, retailers start picking sides in the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war. |
PC Magazine
October 17, 2007
Lance Ulanoff |
The Blu-ray HD DVD Stalemate With no end in sight to this high-def battle, Sony and Toshiba prepare to sabotage yet another holiday buying season. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Blu-Ray on the Horizon Blu-ray technology may one day supplant VHS and DVD. |
Home Theater
February 21, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Paramount Returns to Blu-ray This week's long round of goodbyes continues with Paramount's announcement that it will resume releasing in Blu-ray after a brief hiatus of HD DVD exclusivity. |
Home Theater
February 28, 2008 |
HD DVD Throws Spanner in DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation can't release anything on Blu-ray yet, because of an exclusivity agreement signed with Toshiba. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Apple Enters Blu-ray Fray This might be bigger news than anyone thinks. It will give Apple access to and a voice in the premier next-generation computer and multimedia storage technology. |
