Autumn is here. That means the start of the holiday shopping season, the traditional time for electronics makers to introduce their new product lines. This buying season, consumers interested in one of the new high-definition DVD players being introduced over the next two months risk buying a player that may not be around very long. Remember the format war between the Betamax and VHS video tape machines in the late 1970s? At issue is whether consumers should invest US$500 for one of Toshiba’s HD DVD units or $1,000 for Samsung’s Blu-ray entry.
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The Skinny on High-Def Formats
Posted by: Jack M. Germain October 5, 2006 04:00 AMAutumn is here. That means the start of the holiday shopping season, the traditional time for electronics makers to introduce their new product lines. This buying season, consumers interested in one of the new high-definition DVD players being introduced over the next two months risk buying a player that may not be around very long. Remember the format war between the Betamax and VHS video tape machines in the late 1970s? At issue is whether consumers should invest US$500 for one of Toshiba’s HD DVD units or $1,000 for Samsung’s Blu-ray entry.