Nov 11, 2007

I've been staying away from the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD debate simply because the whole debacle has been so frustrating for consumers. While it's still too early to declare a winner, two recent events have got me wondering if we may be moving toward an endgame:

• Paramount made a big stink recently by deciding to release their movies exclusively on HD-DVD. Their newest flagship HD-DVD release is the 2007 Michael Bay Transformers flick. The HT Guys recently discussed some of the features of the Transformers HD-DVD that would be impossible to replicate on the Blu-ray format.
• Wal-Mart and Best Buy caused another shockwave last week by offering the Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player for the closeout sale price of $99 — resulting in 90,000 units sold in a 72-hour period.

Of course Blu-ray still has a trick up its sleeve: namely the Sony Playstation 3. But with prices on HD-DVD players falling much faster than Blu-ray, I think that this might be the beginning of the end. We'll see.

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