Swanni's 2008 Predictions: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD

[wraggster]

Phillip Swann, president of TVPredictions.com, has been making predictions about TV technology issues for several years with an incredible rate of success.
For instance, Swanni was the first to say Voom's satellite TV service would fail; that Apple TV would be a bust; and that Interactive TV programs would never reach a mass audience in the United States.

With 750,000 HD DVD players and nearly 3 million Blu-ray players in homes, many analysts say both high-def disc formats will stay in business in 2008 and the years beyond. But Swann predicts that the Blu-ray forces, led by Sony and HD DVD's backers, led by Toshiba and Microsoft, will reach a compromise on a single format next year. He says the studios will push for a single format because most consumers will not buy high-def DVD players if there are two formats.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/swannitwo120507.htm

[F9zDark]

A compromise? Well, I don't see that happening. If Michael Bay is correct, Microsoft will have no part of compromising. More than likely, any meeting to discuss said compromise, will be compromised itself by Microsoft, paying companies and studios money to get them to decide more in HD-DVD's favor or in some fashion that would favor the HD-DVD camp more than the Blu-Ray camp.

Micro$#@! has used questionable business practices in the past and I will not put it past them to use the same practices now.