HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and the future of home entertainment: a strategic analysis

The report is the first major industry study on the potential market for high definition video formats. The report assess the merits of the competing formats and predicts the most likely outcome. (Screen Digest and Adams Research)

Consumer electronic companies and content owners alike hope to restore their fortunes by offering better quality video and other features at a higher price point. But instead of a single system, supported by all relevant industries, there are two incompatible formats. One is HD DVD, developed and supported by the DVD Forum, which its supporters claim is the logical successor to DVD. The other is Blu-ray Disc (BD) a revolutionary rather than evolutionary format which is not backed by the DVD Forum.

key points

• Will the new formats be the saviour of Hollywood?
• What affect will the new formats have on hardware and software sales and pricing?
• How will the market for the new generation video software and hardware develop over the next five years?
• Have the claims and counterclaims of the two hi-def disc camps left you wondering what the truth is?
• What kind of interactivity do BD Java and iHD offer? Why does it matter?
• Do you understand why HP has gone neutral on the Hi-def format issue?
• Why is Microsoft's new Vista operating system a key factor in the future of hi-def videodisc?

content of the report

• A detailed assessment of the likely outcomes of the current video format war and its effect on the industry.
• The report includes 5 year forecasts with combined sales of the new format broken out for US, Europe and Japan.
• Compression and authoring
• Profiles of supporters for both camps
• Analysis of copy protection for both formats
• Manufacturing next generation discs
• Hardware for next generation formats

pricing and ordering

126 pages, 66 tables/charts

Standard Edition (print-copy): 1,950.00 € excl. sales taxes/VAT

Corporate Edition (PDF + print-copy): 3,900.00 € excl. sales taxes/VAT

Use the ordersheet or appeal to Dr. Katrin Penzel per Email: Katrin.Penzel(at)Goldmedia.de