Subpar Wars: Ars Technica links
Continued from 'Subpar Wars: Interesting Lit and Other Bits'….
The following links are in chronological order, beginning last June. Note that game console-specific links to writeups published prior to January aren't here. Instead, they're covered by blog posts related to my December 16, 2005 article.
Xbox 360 looking to dance with HD-DVD?
HD DVD offensive starting to crack, Blu-ray gets ammo
Blu-ray wins two more backers, while HD DVD looks doomed
The economics of the next-generation DVD formats
Microsoft, Intel support HD DVD, citing managed copy and better backwards compatibility
Inside Microsoft's decision to back HD DVD
Blu-ray fires back at HD DVD camp, Microsoft responds
Paramount says, "I choose… both!"
Intel calls for optical unification
Dell plans Blu-ray hardware in early 2006
Blu-ray ship dates clarified, ghosts and goblins abound
Warner Brothers may opt for neutrality in DVD format wars
Put Blu-ray in your PC next month
Bill Gates on "anti-consumer" Blu-ray, and the "last physical format"
HP wants HD DVD features for Blu-ray; unification hopeful?
Warner Bros. join Paramount on next-gen neutrality
Blu-ray adopts mandatory managed copy, but says no to iHD
Next-gen storage, online and offline
The People's One True Format coming to a disc near you (or not)
Fox-o-rama: Blu-ray, movie releases, and iTunes
Sony's Blu-ray offerings stay old school, as next-gen is made for old-gen?
"Father of DVD" blasts Sony's Blu-Ray plans
The (mis-)uptake of HDTV
Toshiba delaying HD DVD again
Netflix straight-arms Blockbuster, movie industry clings to the past
Next-gen DVD a non-starter?
Japan and US to share region encoding on Blu-ray
Microsoft using muscle to promote HD DVD
PS3 launch delayed until fall?
Broadcom's hybrid HD DVD, Blu-ray chip
Early looks at the first HD DVD and Blu-ray players, and an Xbox surprise
There it is: The 360 RF adaptor. They made one
DVD Jon sets his sights on AACS
Microsoft, the Xbox 360, Blu-ray, and common sense
Revolution coming for Thanksgiving, while PS3 availability questions linger
HD DVD and Blu-ray content to be degraded for analog displays
Sony to launch "full-on-assault" on Xbox Live
PlayStation 3 to have DVR capabilities?
Blu-ray titles taking shape on pricing
More details leak about Playstation 3
As UMD movies fail to impress, studios slow down releases
Have you seen this PS3? Sony tells, not shows, at Tapei Game Show
Analysts: PlayStation 3 to be late, expensive
Online delivery of PS3 games soon
Forcing the analog sunset: the ugly side of the HD revolution
Continued with 'Subpar Wars: Slashdot links'….
