Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance"

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><a href="http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=7467&pubid=3&tab=Home&issueid=123"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.engadgethd.com/media/2007/12/12-5-07-bdhddvvd.jpg" alt="" /></a> <span style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 7px;"> <script> var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Gartner_Blu_ray_to_win_in_2008_HD_DVD_resistance_u seless'; </script> <script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> Gartner, the fat lady of research firms, is singing HD DVD's swan song this morning. Hiroyuki Shimizu, Principal Research Analyst in Japan, says in Gartner's <em>Semiconductor DQ Monday Report</em> that, "Gartner believes that Toshiba's price-cutting may prolong HD DVD's life a little, but the limited line-up of film titles will inflict fatal damage on the format." He goes on to call <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/hd-dvd-fires-back-slashes-hardware-and-software-prices/">the recent price cuts</a> "useless resistance" in avoiding the inevitable. What's that, you coyly ask? According to Shimizu, "Gartner expects that, by the end of 2008, Blu-ray will be the winning format in the consumer market, and the war will be over." With 5 of the 7 major studios now backing Blu-ray exclusively, Gartner's certainty on the subject doesn't appear to be much of a stretch.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=7467&pubid=3&tab=Home&issueid=123">Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/gartner-blu-ray-to-win-in-2008-hd-dvd-price-cuts-are-useless/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1098942/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/gartner-blu-ray-to-win-in-2008-hd-dvd-price-cuts-are-useless/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>

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