New game consoles putting HD in a lot of households?

Not to derail the thread too much, but these game consoles are generally sold at a loss (and from the specifications, this new batch is no different). The costs are recuperated with licensing fees paid by game publishers and developers; over time, the manufacturing costs go down as well. That's good news if those BluRay players are really supposed to be close to $1k (sounds nuts to me).

Sounds like Sony's trying to put their foot down for BluRay now. We'll only see what the response is ... I pray that we'll wind up with a single hi-def video format. :(
 
Hope this helps. I think they finally decided on going with Blue-Ray for the next wave of DVDs.

And also, its all about the Nintendo Revolution.




http://ps2.ign.com/articles/606/606547p1.html

Sony and Toshiba to team up on a new, unified next-gen format. Where does PS3 fit in?
by Matt Casamassina

April 21, 2005 - According to a report by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the next-generation format war may be over before it ever starts. The Japanese newspaper on Thursday published with news that Sony and Toshiba are expected to make an announcement later this month that they have abandoned the Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats respectively and are working on a new medium that will bring together both standards.

Sony, a leading member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, announced last year that it would include a Blu-ray drive in its forthcoming next-generation console, PlayStation 3. More than 100 companies, including Apple, Panasonic, HP, and Pioneer, support Blu-ray, which promises up to 50 gigabytes of storage on a single disc side. Toshiba leads the opposing format, HD-DVD.
While it is commonly accepted that Blu-ray discs offer more storage space than HD-DVDs, electronics companies and Hollywood studios have remained divided over the two formats due in large to the manufacturing processes. In short, the DVD infrastructures already in place would serve HD-DVD manufacturers. However, costly new facilities and operations would need to be created in order to support the Blu-ray format.

Sony and Toshiba have remained in negotiations on the subject for weeks, with key company executives from each camp dropping hints that a unified standard would be optimal.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that, having reached an agreement that a new, unified standard would be the best thing for the industry, Sony and Toshiba are now in the process of designing the new standard, which seeks to take the strengths from each medium and combine them.

Sony has reportedly suggested using Blu-ray's disc structure and HD-DVD's software technology while Toshiba has suggested keeping HD-DVD's disc structure and applying Sony's multi-layer data-recording technology.

The Japanese paper reports that both companies are eager to reach an agreement in order to avoid the format wars that initially confused consumers and hindered both the VHS and DVD eras. The two electronics giants have already briefed major Hollywood studios including Disney and AOL Time Warner on the idea of a new, unified standard, according to the paper.

The big question is, what does this news mean for PlayStation 3, which is scheduled to release sometime next year? The very probable answer is that the next-generation machine will drop Sony's announced Blu-ray drive in favor of hardware that instead plays this new, still-announced format compromise.
 
The article that reservoir posted on page 1 post dates this article. There is still a format war. :cry:

Chris
 
And in todays news................

May 18th 2005
Sony and Toshiba Presidents To Meet Over Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Battle

The presidents of Sony and Toshiba, joined by the president of Matsushita (Panasonic), will meet in a papal conclave-style summit next week to thrash out a decision on the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD battle.

Recent talks to develop a common standard had faltered as both sides have been understandably reluctant to give up ground (although the rumour is that Toshiba was happier to bend than Sony) and a resolution looked unlikely.

However, Reuters now quotes an annoymous source, presumably from either Sony or Toshiba, as saying, "We continue to believe in the merits of establishing one format but discussions up until now have not been able to produce an agreement. So the talks will be taken to a higher level."

DVDRecorderWorld.com hopes that they will lock the doors until an agreement is reached and white smoke billows above the roof of the secret venue. That's enough papal analogies for now. We'll bring you more after the meeting which is reportedly planned for next week.

~reservoir~
 
With all of this talk about HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, how 'bout that PS3 :happy: !?! One of the coolest things about the PS3 is 1080p output (2 of em!). You will be able to use two outputs for 32:9 gaming. Not sure how this will work with the borders on most of the HDTV's out there, but if you can afford two plasma's, WOW.

Dealing with the PS3 able to burn Blu-Ray:

I'm not so sure this is that far off the mark. Now, I don't think that it will burn blu-ray, but it might be able to burn other types of discs.

I'm almost positive that I came across an announcement that Xbox 360 will be able to burn movies and music.

I would check out xbox360.ign.com and ps3.ign.com to see some videos. These just look Unreal (pun intended :) ).
 
There were no announcements made at e3 regarding burning discs on either Xbox or PS3.

If someone can point me in the direction that supports the *Blu-ray / DVD / CD* burner on the Xbox / PS3....I'll concede. :happy:

If there was an announcement at e3.....I missed it!!

BUT.....I wouldn't doubt that USB / Firewire burners could be used. That still seems possible.

~reservoir~
 
Yeah, I'm a crackhead...didn't read one of the article and spoke too soon. Checked my sources and have conceded that reservoir, you are kee-rect! :)

But what if it could.....

HA!
 
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