BDA comment on HD DVD's death

The Blu-ray Disc Association has made an official statement regarding Toshiba's announcement that they would no longer be supporting the HD DVD format. Andy Parsons, Chairman, Blu-ray Disc Association U.S. Promotions Committee commented,

"We in the Blu-ray Disc Association are very happy that this long format war is officially over. Now the task ahead for our member companies is to promote the Blu-ray Disc format as the best way to bring premier quality high definition content into consumers' lives."

[Silellak]

The Blu-ray Disc Association has made an official statement regarding Toshiba's announcement that they would no longer be supporting the HD DVD format. Andy Parsons, Chairman, Blu-ray Disc Association U.S. Promotions Committee commented,

"Welcome to OWNEDVILLE, Population: HD-DVD. We will enjoy sleeping on our GIANT PILE OF MONEY, but I'm sure you guys are doing fine, too."

[Harry190]

sorry for you.get a blue ray player.hint:ps3

[Silellak]

How are you sorry for me? I was mocking HD-DVD, not Blu-ray :P

[Kyur4ThePain]

LOL at harry.
Silellak - at least it was funny!

[DanteLinkX]

YOU NEED those bubbles man, that made my day ahahahah

[Fishy Fingers]

Official Statement.... "WOOHOO!!"

[LJWooly]

At least this 'war' wasn't nearly as long or as costly as the vHS vs. Betamax war. Thank god...

[DrPirate]

I hear that.

No longer will these articles about movie formats be spammed all over the site.

[fenderputty]

can we finally stop with the format war articles? It's over, toshiba has commented, BD has commented, Sales increase articles have been covered, MS take on the issue has been covered, DD has been covered and so has everything else.

Let's move on and be happy this format can take off to the mainstream now.

[Silellak]

I agree. I think every possible variation of every side of the format war has been posted.

It's over. Blu-ray has triumphed, largely due to the PS3. Digital downloads are not serious competition. Sony was right, the doubters (myself included) were wrong.

Now let's all get back to arguing about whose system can kick whose system's ass. My money's still on the Atari 2600; it'll make a comeback, trust me. Moon Lander 2: Land Harder is THE exclusive game to watch out for in 2009.

[skitzoid]

Now we are going to hear a ton of blog and lower end site articles of how Digital Download is going to eventually beat out BluRay.... blah, blah, blah, blah, BLECH!

It will never end. People need a reason to b|tch.

[AllroundGamer]

now we will see hopefully some price drop on the BD movies and blank BD-Roms.

[LJWooly]

Yeah, that's my only major qualm with BluRay; the price is still pretty high. I'm glad BluRay won, though.

[SmokeyMcBear]

woohoo... its over finally..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

[killer_trap]

finally over!!!!! i think it ended rather fast.

[phony force slayer]

RAP CRAP

[ChrisGTR1]

ok seriously, Enough with the damn blue ray and hd dvd stories!

[Bleucrunch]

well said!

[TheD_R_E]

LMAO You're on a roll today man. Land Harder...XD

[Silellak]

You may laugh now, but the only ones laughing come 2009 will be the Atari 2600 owners.

Little did anyone realize that the '2600' in 'Atari 2600' actually meant "This system will last until the year 2600".

Futureproof indeed.

[pwnsause]

BREAKING NEWS: Universal Just Went Blu-Ray.

[TheD_R_E]

The sooner I can get Hot Fuzz on Blu-ray because of this, the better.

[Wallonsi]

I think the word "Yippee" came to mind when they heared Toshiba's press conference.

[Wozzer]

Even PowerOfGreen or The Mart can't revive Hddvd with their spinning skills! - Where are they though, Seriously? They were all mouth when the format war was in full swing but now they are cowering behind their pc screens and crying into their pillows at night. Blu Forever!

[Mandangoof]

Now Toshiba needs to go bankrupt and the world will be right again.
They need to be punished for stalling BR.

[SlippyMadFrog]

If it wasn't for Toshiba and HD-DVD, blu-ray will even be more expensive than it is right now, quit being ignorant

[ChrisGTR1]

toshiba bankrupt?? wtf are you on kid? toshiba is the maker of DVDs and those are still currently the format of choice. i dunno why NPD dosent give out that info. but im shure dvds outsell blueray by 20-1

[phony force slayer]

AT THE MO. I READ THIS IN SOME OTHER ARTICLE ON N4G. ITS GONE NOW

[Adamalicious]

I'm psyched. Format wars suck!

[phony force slayer]

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[ip_daly]

Now that the format war is officially over, re-dedicate efforts to helping to ensure the very best HDM for consumers like ourselves. I will buy a Bluray player, but not one of the "interim" spec BD 1.0 players, due to their lack of features. This year, I will be looking out for a reasonably price BD 2.0 player, with DTS-MA 7.1 decoding.

Hopefully these models will drop in price, even though the competitive pressure from HD DVD has been removed. Sony and the BDA will have to show that they are committed to making Bluray a mass-market format by doing the right thing in terms of standardising the format's players to one "profile" and making them affordable. We also hope that the movie selling prices will not now suddenly increase due to the lack of competition. Blu Ray still need to catch up to the HD players.

[resistance100]

'Hopefully these models will drop in price, even though the competitive pressure from HD DVD has been removed.

You now have all the companies competiting with each other, so prices will most likey go down faster. Especially when you get the cheaper brands releasing blu-ray players.

[HardcoreGamer]

I TIHNK ITS ABOUT TIME I SELL MY HD DVD'S I GOT ABOUT 15 OF EM