‘Blu-ray vs HD DVD’ War is Over: Now It is ‘Blu-ray vs Blu-ray’

Now, time has come to declare Blu-ray as the apparent winner of the format war against Toshiba’s High Definition DVD format. Blu-ray drive is getting more and more popularity as its price is being decreased gradually and it is almost clear that Blu-ray is now left with no strong competitor in the market following Toshiba’s decision on 19 February 2008 to stop producing HD DVD devices. Almost all the Hollywood studios are now planning to release movies only in Blu-ray format.

Now, Blu-ray has its competition with itself as the price of Blu-ray disc drive is not quite affordable yet, though the price is getting down. Dell has recently launched its Inspiron 1525 laptop with Blu-ray disc drive for as low as $879, which offers 15.4-inch high-definition display with 720p resolution and a HDMI port to connect to HDTVs.

Technewsworld reported:

This is great news for the Blu-ray market, Parks Associates Vice President and Principal Analyst Kurt Scherf told TechNewsWorld. It's also a crucial step because Blu-ray, which beat Toshiba's HD DVD as the next-generation technology for digital video, still has to find a mainstream market.

"It's simple economics," he said. "The more products with Blu-ray technology, the higher the production volume will be and, ultimately, the lower the costs to the consumer become.

Yes, that is what Blu-ray can wish to at this moment. Hollywood studios are now going to release movies in Blu-ray format which eventually increase the demand for more Blu-ray disc drive. So, it can be expected that the price of Blu-ray disc drive would be lessen in the future. Moreover, Blu-ray would come to the market with more and more offers for the users. As I mentioned earlier, now Blu-ray has competition with itself.