The Official Blu-ray Disc Victory Thread!

[TheRealBob]

Blu-ray Disc is now the undisputed successor to DVD. The writing has been on the wall for a while, it intensified in the last few days, and now Toshiba has apparently told the media that they're halting production of HD DVD and they will make some sort of decision by the end of next week (https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37357). There is no doubt what that decision will be.

Therefore, right now, at 9:55 AM EST on Saturday, February 16, 2008, by the power vested in me by Reality, I am hereby declaring this format war over and Blu-ray Disc the victor.



So where do we go from here?

A lot of people are obviously still worried about when Paramount and Universal are going to start releasing movies on BD. I think it's time to stop fretting about that. Many of the insiders, saying all they can, have indicated that it's happening in due time. This past week's developments can do nothing but speed up the inevitable. I would not be surprised by announcements late next week or early the following week, after Toshiba ends the format. If not then, no worries, they will come soon enough.

I, for one, will not miss this format war. Aside from commenting on the numbers in the Nielsen threads, I do not plan to mention HD DVD ever again in this forum. It's not worth my time. Anybody living in such denial that they can't accept that Blu-ray has won is also not worth my time, so I will not bother commenting on them either.

What I do plan to do is spend much more time in the other sections of this forums. I have spent a lot of time here worrying about the means to the end: Blu-ray Disc winning the format war. It's now time to focus on the end itself: enjoying movies in high-def in a format that I now know with absolute certainty is sticking around.

As for the big movies that have not been released on BD yet, yes, that's disappointing. But when I look at the list of movies currently on BD, I see a whole bunch of movies that look good that I haven't seen. By the time I get through all of those, I'm sure many of the titles I am interested in will be out on Blu-ray.

In short, Blu-ray has won, and it's time to move forward with it.