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Default Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance"
Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance"

Posted Jan 28th 2008 5:46AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray, HD DVD

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 DVD's life a little, but the limited line-up of film titles will inflict fatal damage on the format."

He goes on to call the recent price cuts "useless resistance" in avoiding the inevitable. What's that, you coyly ask? According to Shimizu, "Gartner expects that, by the end of 2008, Blu-ray will be the winning format in the consumer market, and the war will be over."

With 5 of the 7 major studios now backing Blu-ray exclusively, Gartner's certainty on the subject doesn't appear to be much of a stretch.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/28/ga...
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