Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? Bet On Blu By Mike Coughlin

Sony’s CEO says the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats are in a stalemate.

The HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray fight has been going on far too long. We’re in round 15 of a 12 round title bout. End it already.

Part of the problem is that nobody is taking a side. Everyone is saying “I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!” How insightful. Way to really ponder the situation people. You might as well be saying “I guess I’m a silly idiot who can’t think for himself.”

Well I will not be branded a silly idiot. Here I am, at your service, to tell you once and for all who the winner of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray race is going to be.

And the answer is...

HD-TV, HD radio, and HD-DVD. Everything is HD. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a HD-CPA.Blu-Ray.

First of all, Sony, who developed the Blu-Ray format, is overdue to finally make a format that sticks. Old people may remember the Betamax (Beta, for short) format that lost to VHS; that was Sony. Remember the Sony MiniDisc? You probably don’t because it lost to CD’s and later MP3 players.

I’m just going to play the odds and say the time has come for Sony to win one.

Second, Blu-Ray has the better name. Blu-Ray sounds cool; HD-DVD is a mouthful of acronym. And then you’ll say, “But High-Def is the buzzword these days. If it’s HD, it’s automatically cool and cutting edge.”

Not really. Get with it, ya old fogy, HD isn’t the buzzword anymore; it’s white noise. HD-TV, HD radio, and HD-DVD. Everything is HD. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a HD-CPA.

Your tech savvy friends have had HD for a while now. HD-DVD is just more of what they’ve already got. Plus if they’re really tech savvy they know that Blu-Ray is better technology. (By the way “tech savvy” is a synonym for “nerdy.”)

Blu-Ray is by far the cooler name. So cool, in fact, that they didn’t even need to put the “e” at the end of Blu. They’re Sony, they do what they want.

Third, Sony’s Playstation 3 has Blu-Ray built in. On Xbox you have to buy a separate HD-DVD drive for another two-hundred bucks. Cough it up, Mr. HD.

And where do you plan on renting all your HD-DVD movies? Not Blockbuster. They’ve committed to Blu-Ray. Don’t borrow them from me either: 1. I don’t loan my stuff to you. 2. I’m going to be going with Blu-Ray because I am going to buy a PS3.

So that’s the long and the short of it. The undisputed champion of home media (at least for the next 10 years) is Blu-Ray. Go sell your HD-DVD’s and buy some stock in Sony.

Photo credit: Blu-Ray logo, HD-DVD logo [Various Sources]