With the release of the ="https: www.cnet.com="" tech="" gaming="" "="">PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too early to predict an outright ...

Blu-ray may very well be the last physical media we get when it comes to video content, but if history had gone just a little differently, it would be HD-DVDs being frantically collected by media ...

In early 2007, representatives from each side of the biggest format war to hit store shelves since VHS vs. Betamax visited a major film studio in Los Angeles. Presenting separately, they highlighted ...

While dual-standard optical drives have become somewhat of a norm in the past, the differences between the standards of BluRay and HD, combined with the bitterness between the supporters of each, have ...

The format war. Over the last few decades it has played out across various forms of tech -- AC vs. DC, VHS vs. Beta -- usually with fierce battle lines drawn and millions, or even billions, of dollars ...

John P. Falcone is the senior director of commerce content at CNET, where he coordinates coverage of the site's buying recommendations alongside the CNET Advice team (where he previously headed the ...