Blu-Ray winning the HD format war?

[unixronin]

Looks like it may be the case.  If so, it'll be a good thing; Blu-Ray is technologically the better of the two competing formats, by a significant margin.  The main attraction of HD-DVD is a smaller initial capital outlay for the equipment to press the discs.

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[radarrider.livejournal.com]

There is a key difference between the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player and the Xbox 360 as an HD-DVD player. When you buy a PS3, you get a Blu-Ray player regardless of whether or not you ever watch a Blu-Ray movie on it. If you buy an Xbox 360, you don't get an HD-DVD player unless you purchase the external HD-DVD drive which only plays HD-DVD's. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the vast majority of those who buy that drive do actually play HD-DVD movies on it.

On the other hand, I've heard that many folks buy a PS3 mainly or solely to play Blu-Ray movies since it's one of the least, if not the least, expensive players available. However, I couldn't tell you what percentage of PS3 purchases this group comprises. It's probably pretty small, on the order of 10% or less.