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p2p news / p2pnet: Is HD DVD versus Blu-Ray a la the Betamax-VHS war of the early 1980s where only one will emerge triumphant?
Not according to iSuppli's Chris Crotty who believes the DVD format war will result in stalemate, at least in the short term, says EE Times.
"It's not as if you can point to one of them and say, 'this is significantly better, for these reasons'," the story has Crotty saying.
Both formats, for example, are built on the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), "the new standard for content distribution and digital rights management intended to limit sharing and copying of the next generation of DVDs.
Moreover, some content have said they'll publish in both formats, and some say they'll publish in only one, says EE Times.
Also, "unlike the 1980s, when VHS bested Beta, which was considered to be the better technology, through sheer marketing efforts, today's consumers have access to a great deal more information through the Internet. Once companies bring to market players that support both formats, it will also be less of an issue, he said."
