HD-DVD vs Blu-ray guerra finita?

WalMart to sell $199 HD-DVD player in Q4 2007

April 20, 2007 - In breaking news today, it would appear that mega-retailer WalMart has contracted a Chinese manufacturer to produce millions of low-cost HD-DVD players. Though somewhat obfuscated by translation issues and the breaking nature of the news, the current internet consensus suggests that Taiwan based manufacturer Fuh Yuan, in cooperation with TDK, will produce the blue laser drives for 2-million HD-DVD players. Broadcom will reportedly supply the system-on-a-chip decoder, and China Great Wall will handle final assembly. The deal represents around US $100,000,000, and it is reported that a new manufacturing plant has already been opened to fulfill the order.

Speculation suggests the players will arrive at retail in late 2007 and will be priced between $199-299. At such cost, WalMart's HD-DVD drives will be far below the current low of $399 for Toshiba's HD-A20 player, and will look cheap compared to the lowest priced Blu-ray hardware on the market today ($599).

If the current details of the plan prove to be true, WalMart's support of HD-DVD will have a significant impact on the next-gen DVD format war. The American retailer operates on a high-volume, low-margin business plan of market saturation, which is exactly the approach required to drive one format or the other to preeminence.

Stay tuned for updates and confirmation as the story develops.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/782/782359p1.html

Non pensi che sarebbe stato carino se invece di limitarti a ricopiare l'intera notizia e inserito il link alla notizia, come hai fatto, avessi riportato anche solo un breve riassunto in italiano del contenuto della stessa ?

Non tutti leggono l'inglese.

Grazie e ciao.

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Purtroppo la diatriba esisterà sempre, dato che, x ora, alcune majors utilizzano solo HDDVD, mentre altre solo BR.

quindi, alcuni titoli si troveranno solo su un supporto, mentre altri solo sull'altro.

Siamo nella stessa identica situazione dei DVD-Audio e SACD: anche se (in teoria) il SACD sarebbe superiore, questa inutile lotta dei formati ha portato ad una NON diffusione vera di entrambe i formati. Il supporto musicale più venduto continua a rimanere il CD, nonostante siano poi, venuti fuori lettori multistandard. :rolleyes:

Che il DVD continuerà a rimanere il supporto più diffuso....?!? :what:

Comunque la notizia è stata rettificata. Si parla di hd dvd & blu ray, sembra ci sia stato un errore di traduzione.

Pull back the reigns HD DVD fanboys, Akihabara now says that they've made a "huge mistake" with their translation: the original source called it "�光 HD DVD and �光 means Blu-RAY." In other words, Blu-ray HD DVD. Huh? Word to the wise: since both formats use blue lasers, it's best to wait for an English press release before either camp celebrates.