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Hi-def disc battle hots up

Posted in Uncategorized by Nicr on the November 15th, 2007

HD DVD's trouncing Blu-ray in the Euro hi-def formats war, but Sony's about to reveal its secret weapon

With the latest rumours being that Sony's imminent Blu-ray player debut in the UK, the BDP S1E, will cost a eye watering £1000, you might think that HD DVD would be clearing up over here.And you'd be right. With HD DVD offerings from the likes of Toshiba already nudging towards the magic £300 mark  – the HD-E1 (pictured) was last seen the right side of £336 at Dixons – the Microsoft-backed format has been winning the price and sales wars.Latest figures for January show that European HD DVD film titles out-sold their Blu-ray rivals by five to one. Tosh's bargain …

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  1. Colin Hargreaves said,

    on December 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    OkOKOK so all the big companies are trying to get us all to replace all our DVD collections.

    But whats this?

    I bought an upscaling DVD palyer.

    I have a PS3 (with Blu-Ray.

    I CANNOT tell the difference on my full HD 42inch FS-TV between Blu-Ray nd upscaling DVD.

    Anyone tell me what I'm missing?

    Go for an upscaling DVD player and save yourselves a whole load of cash.

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