Blu-Ray Wins!!

Research company Understanding & Solutions, fresh from the UK launch of PlayStation 3, has committed themselves to backing Bluray as the winner of the dual formats Hidef disc battle.

Jim Bottoms, Joint MD of the company, says that in "12 months time it'll all be over!" He reckons that the number of studios behind BD will see off HD DVD even though PS3 is to retail above £400.

Jim's PDF presentation is here

A Podcast with Jim is here

And on iTunes here

In Jim's conversation he mentioned that he thought that PS3 had done away with the fan, which was such a problem with Xbox 360 and using it as a standalone DVD player. In fact Sony haven't done away with the fan but used larger components and a system of heat exchangers, cooling radiators and sinks to provide practically silent running of the console, something that users would expect from a £425 player.