Blu-Ray Versus HD-DVD

The war is still brewing between these two video formats and I would like to keep my dear audience updated on who is winning. At this moment, Blu-Ray has 14 titles out with 76 on the horizon. HD-DVD has 36 titles out and 129 on the horizon. Thus HD-DVD has more titles out with more studios supporting their format and gets the thumbs up for that. In other news, the world's first Blu-ray player the Samsung BD-P1000 has encounted some technical difficulties. It seems that the softness filter has been switched on the video and there is no way to sharpen the image until the next firmware is released. The softness filter blurs the image to the point where it is about DVD quality. Considering that Blu-ray technology cost as much as HD-DVD, this is another setback for Blu-ray thus another thumbs up to HD-DVD. Finally, here is another interesting tit-bit: according to Chris Bucholz, who studied the VHS vs Betamax war, claims that HD-DVD will win the format wars over Blu-Ray based on name alone. Check it out.