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High Definition DVD Wars is Over – Blu-ray is Victorious

The battle between Blu-Ray and HD DVD at first seemed to be a repeat of the old videotape format wars between VHS and Betmax (and Video2000, which people usually forget about). However, the battle was all over much sooner than…

Blu-ray camcorders now available from Hitachi

Hitachi has announced the arrival of the world’s first Blu-ray camcorders, offering 1920×1080-pixel HD recording onto miniature BD-R (recordable Blu-ray) discs. And in a parallel move, recording media companies Imation and Verbatim heralded the arrival of the blank discs the…

Blu-ray and HD DVD war gets nasty

Home Cinema News reports on the ongoing battle between blu-ray and HD DVD:

Last week saw the HD DVD group proudly announcing that sales of HD DVD hardware have outstripped sales of Blu-ray hardware by three-to-one in Europe’s main markets so…