Blu-ray to Dominate Market?

According to “Next-Generation DVD: Standards Battle Highlights Digital Home Fault Lines,” the latest research published by Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service Blu-ray Disc now has enough momentum to ensure it becomes Hollywood’s preferred standard for high definition content.

The rival HD-DVD technology is likely to survive as a PC standard, but Blu-ray will dominate in the market for stand-alone players and recorders. According to this report, the standards battle reflects increased polarization between alternative visions of the digital home, PC community led by Intel and Microsoft on one side and Sony and the other consumer electronics majors on the other.