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I am not a Microsoft fanboy! However I admit I have some bias against Sony since Beta, SACD and now Blu-ray.
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Just as a reminder, the Blu Ray format was developed by the "Blu Ray Disc Association". The current Board of Directors consists of:
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Dell Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Company
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- LG Electronics Inc.
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Pioneer Corporation
- Royal Philips Electronics
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sharp Corporation
- Sony Corporation
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- TDK Corporation
- Thomson Multimedia
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Walt Disney Pictures
Although Sony is probably the biggest player, I think, to a large extent, they've learned from their past mistakes and that's why most of the players tried to build a consensus before they rolled out the format. Toshiba, at least to me, has been going the maverick route championing their HD format.
I think Blu Ray will eventually win the war, but with the current stand-alone player price advantage HD holds, it'll be close. The other caveat is when the PS3 has the gaming library that the xbox 360 has it'll be huge for Blu Ray -- I know many folks who have bought the PS3 mostly for its Blu-Ray movie playing ability. When the library of games gets up to what it is for the xbox, I think there will be a lot more PS3's being sold with a huge base of blu ray players ready to be used.
JCD