Microsoft speaks about HD-DVD

Posted on February 19, 2008
Filed Under DVD, Softwares |

Speculation during the past few weeks, that the next generation of video format at the end of the war, the Toshiba HD-DVD Sony are on the increase of its rival, Blu-ray.

Last week, the major American retailers Wal-Mart announced that it would abandon the HD-DVD format. Reports on the weekend that Toshiba in circulation soon, the fight was finished, even if the company is not yet known, for his transfer.

Wal-Mart filled Blockbuster retailers, Woolworths, Best Buy and Netflix, which have all announced that it would support the Blu-ray Disc format. Blu-ray was also to win the war against the production of the industry, in January of Warner Bros. announced that Blu-ray exclusive. That leaves Paramount and Universal participation in the HD-DVD camp.

Sony expects Jubilee in the news, such as the PlayStation 3 is also a Blu-ray Disc Player, the format and victory is probably potentially, to see a sales surge by the machine. His rival for 360 reads DVD, although a USB-Add-on, it costs $ 130 in the United States, and £ 115 in the United Kingdom, we can for compliance with HD-DVD films .

However, Microsoft issued a statement today to say that they do not identify with the reports that the HD DVD will be the choir invisible. He said: “We do not believe, the latest reports on the HD-DVD, which have a great influence on the platform Xbox 360, and our market position, as long as we have said, we believe that it is, the games console for sale, Xbox 360 and remain the biggest games of the next generation of the library with the most exclusive and most sold in the gaming industry. “