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Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon — Engadget HD

Ok, now even I’m getting bored of hearing about all of the blu-ray victories in the news. Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon by Evan Blass In what can only be classified as yet another crushing blow to the embattled HD DVD camp, rent-by-mail giant Netflix has just announced its intention to only stock Blu-ray titles in the future. <snip> With both Blockbuster and now the.. Read More

Good customer service is always worthy of note

I doff my cap to you, EA! Thank you for having an extremely well-organized and easy-to-use Rock Band support page. My guitar’s strum bar started malfunctioning, and I’d heard you had an easy repair process, so I gave it a shot this morning. Your site walked me through the process of creating a new EA account (dead simple — thank you very much), picking the version of Rock Band I.. Read More

More Blu-Ray wins news

Can we just get on with it? I’m almost at the point now where I don’t care, since I’ll probably just do digital downloads. Maybe Microsoft wins, after all. Gartner: Blu-ray to Win Format War Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 03:00 PM ET Calling Warner’s decision to back Blu-ray exclusively “fatal” for the HD DVD format, leading tech research firm Gartner, Inc. is predicting an end to the format war.. Read More

Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are “useless resistance” – Engadget

Hooray! Let’s get on w/ it then, shall we? Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are “useless resistance” – Engadget: Posted Jan 28th 2008 5:46AM by Thomas Ricker Gartner, the fat lady of research firms, is singing HD DVD’s swan song this morning. Hiroyuki Shimizu, Principal Research Analyst in Japan, says in Gartner’s Semiconductor DQ Monday Report that, “Gartner believes that Toshiba’s price-cutting may prolong HD.. Read More

Blu-ray players grab 93 percent of market after Warner went Blu – Engadget HD

Blu-ray players grab 93 percent of market after Warner went Blu – Engadget HD: “According to the latest NPD group report, during the month of December Blu-ray players held 60 percent of the HD media player market — despite the fact that HD DVD players were considerably cheaper. While that might’ve helped Warner in its decision to go Blu, the move has definitely had a dramatic effect on player sales.. Read More