Rekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBlu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkBlu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006www.tomshardware.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoMicrosoft didn’t really bet on the HD-DVD. It was a separate add on supplied at cost because that was the best deal they got from either consortium. In contrast, Sony was absolutely shipping the PS3 as a loss leader to get drives out there, similar to how Sony used the PS2 to make DVD’s standard.
minus-squareCerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWell, Sony was on the Blu-ray board or whatever it was. So that may have helped.
Microsoft didn’t really bet on the HD-DVD. It was a separate add on supplied at cost because that was the best deal they got from either consortium.
In contrast, Sony was absolutely shipping the PS3 as a loss leader to get drives out there, similar to how Sony used the PS2 to make DVD’s standard.
Well, Sony was on the Blu-ray board or whatever it was. So that may have helped.