1/5/07

DRTV Production and DVD Format Wars

The delivery requirement for DRTV DVD projects has largely been Standard Def. However, looking to the future, one must wonder about the high-definition DVD war - will the Blu-ray or HD-DVD format win?

Richard Siklos of The New York Times reports on a possible alternative route:


"Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner, plans to formally announce the new disc, which it is calling a Total HD disc, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Two rival camps introduced high-definition DVD players last year: a consortium called Blu-ray, backed by Sony and others, and a group called HD-DVD, backed by Toshiba and Microsoft. Retail and media executives say this clash of corporate titans and their incompatible machines has left some consumers bewildered and has slowed the introduction of what is intended to be the next great thing in home entertainment. "

Full article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/technology/04video.html