You may have seen this posted in numerous tech blogs around the `sphere, but it looks to be confirmed. Blockbuster will continue to offer HD-DVD via it’s online service. Looks like this might be an important battle for Blu-Ray.
I believe a pretty good argument can be made for either format. HD-DVD has wider player support, Blu-Ray has the potential of more storage capacity, and so on. The real issue has been the confusion of two competing formats for HD delivery. As with other past format battles, it’s caused many buyers to wait for the dust to settle. There’s now more than one dual format player out there, but none support all features of both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
Frankly, I believe the sooner one format wins, the better. Especially from the perspective of one who produces video, the cost of two separate burners, and two different types of media is an unwelcome burden.
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I just cancelled my account Total Access with BlockBuster Video… I had the three out at a time plus unlimited in store exchanges for $16.99 a month.. In the spring of ‘07 changed it to 3 out at a time and a limit of 5 in store exchanges… If you wanted the unlimited in store exchanges the price went to $21.99 a month, an almost 33% increase.. Than in December of ‘07 they had another 20% increase…I also found that new releases had long wait times and the stores only had a limited numbers of copies..There are rumors that the company has financial issues.. The stock has dropped from a high of $30.00 in May of ‘02 to $3.00 a share currently.. They have been closing store nationwide and opening up few new ones… I went to Netflix where I’m paying $9.99 a month and I’m using the unlimited download videos which are great, and no trip to the store to return them…
I can’t even remember the last time I was in a Blockbuster. Actually I do. They were trying to charge me a late fee for a video that was due back at noon, but had been returned about 4pm. I said waive the fee, or I’d never return. I’ve never been back.