Subpar Wars: Slashdot links

Continued from 'Subpar Wars: Ars Technica links'….

The following links are in chronological order, beginning last July. 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.

Retailers Press For Unified HD DVD Format
Blu-Ray to Include New Copy Protection
Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware
Blu Ray Drive Will Cost $100 Per Playstation 3
Microsoft, Intel back HD DVD over Blu-ray
Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back
Intel Stands Up For Consumers in Next-gen DVD War
China To Develop Its Own DVD Format
Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray
No Region Codes for HD-DVD?
Blu-Ray The Flavour of The Moment
Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Next-Gen DVDs
A Workable Downloadable Movies Business Model?
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Not Over Yet
Turner Testing Holographic Storage
Sony May Sell HD-DVDs
5000 Cylinder Recordings Placed Online (Editor note: "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". A case study on content longevity concerns, in this case caused by format leap-jumping without backwards-compatibility)
Sony Completes First Full-Length Blu-ray Disc
Best CD or DVD Recordable Media for Longevity? (Editor note: See earlier content longevity concern comment)
A Storage Solution for Lots of Digital Photos?
300 gigabytes in the size of a DVD?
50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD
Panasonic Begins Blu-Ray Production
Blu-ray Coming Out On Top?
HD DVD Player Delays in Japan
No HD-DVD For 360 In The Near Future
HP No Longer Exclusively Supporting Blue-Ray
Blockbuster's Offensive Against Netflix Flops
Blu-Ray Facing Delays Caused by DRM Squabbling
Fate of High-Def DVD up to Microsoft?

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