High definition optical disc format war. The high definition optical disc format war was between the Blu ray Disc and HD DVDoptical disc standards for storing high definition video and audio it took place between 2. Blu ray Disc. 1The two formats emerged between 2. Blu ray and HD DVD players became commercially available starting in 2. In early 2. 00. 8, the war was decided when several studios and distributors shifted to Blu ray disc. On February 1. Toshiba officially announced that it would stop the development of the HD DVD players, conceding the format war to the Blu ray Disc format. BackgroundeditThe Blu rayHD DVD conflict resembled the earlier videotape format war between VHS and Betamax, partly because of Sonys strong involvement in both episodes. These format wars have often proved destructive to both camps because consumers, afraid of committing to a losing standard, would refrain from purchasing either. Format wars have been avoided in notable cases such as the DVD Forum for the unified DVD standard except for a minor war from 1. DIVX format, the Grand Alliance for the HDTV standard, and the Wi Fi Alliance for wireless networking standards. The emergence of high definition players followed the entry of HDTV televisions into the mainstream market in the mid 2. Consumer grade high definition players required an inexpensive storage medium capable of holding the larger amount of data needed for HD video. The breakthrough came with Shuji Nakamuras invention of the blue laser diode, whose shorter wavelength opened the door to higher density optical media following a six year patent dispute. Sony started two projects applying the new diodes Ultra Density Optical and, with Pioneer, DVR Blue. The first DVR Blue prototypes were unveiled at the CEATEC exhibition in October 2. On February 1. 9, 2. Blu ray,7 and the Blu ray Disc Association was founded by a consortium of nine electronics companies. The DVD Forum, chaired by Toshiba, was deeply split over whether to go with the more expensive blue lasers, whose discs initially required a protective caddy to avoid mishandling, making the medium more expensive and physically different from DVDs. In March 2. Warner Bros. HD content onto dual layer DVD 9 discs. In spite of this decision, the DVD Forums Steering Committee announced in April 2. In August, Toshiba and NEC announced their competing standard Advanced Optical Disc,1. DVD Forum and renamed HD DVD the following year1. Blu ray Disc Association members, prompting the U. S. Department of Justice to make preliminary investigations. Three new members had to be invited and the voting rules changed before the initiative finally passed. The competing standards had significant differences that made each incompatible with the other. Attempts to avoid a format wareditIn an attempt to avoid a costly format war, the Blu ray Disc Association and DVD Forum started to negotiate a compromise in early 2. Divx Movies Dvd The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Divx Movies Dvd The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Divx Movies Dvd The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Divx Movies Dvd The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Its a lot, right Its a lot. It is a firehose of news. How are we supposed to live our lives, cook a meal, uncrimp our hunchedover necks Even when I shut my. One of the issues was that Blu rays supporters wanted to use a Java based platform for interactivity BD J, while the DVD Forum was promoting Microsofts i. HD which became HDi. A much larger issue, though, was the physical formats of the discs themselves the Blu ray Disc Associations member companies did not want to risk losing billions of dollars in royalties as they had done with standard DVD. An agreement seemed close, but negotiations proceeded slowly. Ever notice how Christopher Nolans movies Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige feel like an anxiety attack Well, maybe thats overstating things a bit. But. Offers 50 GB of free storage space. Uploaded files are encrypted and only the user holds the decryption keys. At the end of June 2. Sun Microsystems, the developer of Java, announced that the Blu ray Association had chosen the Java based BD J interactivity layer instead of Microsofts HDi. At the same time, Microsoft and Toshiba jointly announced that they would cooperate in developing high definition DVD players. In a top level meeting in July, Microsofts Bill Gates argued that the Blu ray standard had to change to work more smoothly with personal computers. The Blu ray Discs representatives defended the technology. On August 2. 2, 2. Blu ray Disc Association and DVD Forum announced that the negotiations to unify their standards had failed. Rumors surfaced that talks had stalled publicly, the same reasons of physical format incompatibility were cited. At the end of September, Microsoft and Intel jointly announced their support for HD DVD. Hewlett Packard HP proposed an ultimatum for the Blu ray Disc Association adopt Microsofts proprietary. HDi instead of the Java based system and a mandatory managed copy feature, or HP would support HD DVD instead. In a research report, Gartner analysts Van Baker, Laura Behrens and Mike Mc. Guire wrote that if HPs proposal were accepted, Blu ray would become the winner of the format war. Though the Blu ray Disc group did add mandatory managed copy to Blu ray, they did not add HDi. HD DVD players and movies were released in the United States on April 1. The first Blu ray Disc titles were released on June 2. Blu ray discs 5. GB were introduced in October 2. AllianceseditThe Blu ray Disc Foundation was formed by Hitachi, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson on May 2. Other early supporters included Dell, HP, Mitsubishi and TDK. The Blu ray Disc Association was inaugurated on October 4, 2. Board of Directors which added 2. Century Fox to the 1. Contributors of 2. General members of 3. Acer, Alpine, Asus, HP, Hitachi Maxell, Kenwood, Lanix, LG, Lite On, Meridian, Onkyo and Samsung,3. Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Memory Tech Corporation started HD DVD Promotion Group3. Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines And Mystery Of Raymond Scott Downloading. September 2. 7, 2. It also included Microsoft, RCA, Intel, Venturer Electronics. In Europe, HD DVD was supported either exclusively or non exclusively by Medusa Home Entertainment, Studio Canal, Universum Films, Kinowelt Home Entertainment, DVD International, Opus Arte, MK2, Momentum Pictures, Twister Home Video, among others. During the height of the format war, some studios supported both formats, including Paramount Pictures, BBC,3. First Look Studios,3. Image Entertainment including the Discovery Channel,3. Magnolia Pictures,3. Brentwood Home Video, Ryko and KochGoldhil Entertainment. Deciding factorseditThe format wars resolution in favour of Blu ray was primarily decided by two factors shifting business alliances, including decisions by major film studios and retail distributors,3. Sonys decision to include a Blu ray player in the Play. Station 3video game console. Studio, distributor allianceseditStudio alliances shifted over time. Before October 2. Big Six. HD DVD had Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros Pictures, while Blu ray Disc started out with Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, and 2. Century Fox. Disney and Fox were both impressed by the extra DRM BD and region coding that the Blu ray Disc format provided on paper. Then HD DVD supporters Warner Bros. Paramount added support for Blu ray. But in August 2. 00. Blu ray for over a year, Paramount announced it would release all high definition content except titles directed by Steven Spielberg exclusively on HD DVD. At the same time, Dream. Works Animation SKG, which had not released any high definition discs, announced it would release exclusively on HD DVD. Explaining their decisions, the companies cited perceived advantages to HD DVDs technology and lower manufacturing costs. The companies together received about 1. Toshiba HD DVD marketing campaign with a tie in to Shrek the Third. But retail support for HD DVD was eroding. In June 2. 00. 7, Blockbuster, at the time the largest U. S. movie rental company, moved to Blu ray exclusively in 1. Blu ray discs. 4. In July 2. 00. 7, Target Corporation, began carrying only Blu ray standalone players in its stores, promoting them with end cap displays featuring Blu ray Disc movies from Sony and Disney. On January 4, 2. 00. 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