Despite all the reports about HD DVD's success in Europe before the European launch of the PS3, it didn't take long for the PS3 to change this. So far, the PS3 has not been considered all that successful in Europe, at last so far, but when it comes to the HD war, it has already helped push Blu-ray sales to the point where the Blu-ray format accounts for 73% of all HD discs sold in Europe over the last year, according to the Blu-ray Association.
In the US, the falling HD DVD player prices have helped to improve its market share, especially with the massive price cuts leading up to Black Friday. According to the HD DVD Group, HD DVD player sales have now exceeded the 750,000 mark, which includes standalone set-top players and Xbox 360 HD DVD add-ons. With Black Friday now over, it will be interesting to see how well the sales continue, particularly in the weeks up to Christmas day.
As the HD DVD specification mandates a network port on all HD DVD players, users who have their player connected online will be able to make use of a community screening feature on upcoming HD DVD titles with this feature, which the group hopes will give it a better edge over its rival. A HD DVD with this feature will enable one to invite others to watch the movie simultaneously between the players, where the host has control over playback. The HD DVD group plans launching this feature with the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVD release.
Sean, does the feature mean one can buy a movie and stream it over Ethernet to everybody in the group? Sounds too good to be true.
And as always $ony apparently counted the titles that shipped with every station, so it is 3:1. I very much doubt that PS3 video processing capabilities are close to those of a standalone player, from whichever camp; the audio part PS3 sports is inferior as u dont get as many channels in high resolution.
@Fidel
I read another article about the community screening. There they said that it's just about starting a movie at the same time for everyone connected. Also the "master" player can pause playback to e.g. let everyone have a discussion about what they have just seen. Streaming was not mentionedThis message was edited at: 29-11-2007 13:18
@Sam: all I can find is this :
Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
..and I have looked trough a few dozens websites. Some of them mention HD, but its not clear in how many channels. HDMI is not enough coz I'm sure it also support 2 channel stereo and so on.
@Liggy. Thats what I suspected. Guess you do need an actual movie in every device. 
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/05/08/no-dolby-truehd-or-dts-hd-for-ps3-owners/
(not sure how reliable the source is)This message was edited at: 29-11-2007 18:39
@ Fidelc: Blu-Ray titles shipped with the PS3? What are you talking about? I think that type of offers only exist in the US. Over here, I've only seen games bundled with the PS3, never saw one on sale with a Blu-Ray title.
And the PS3 is a very powerful piece of kit. Ever heard about Folding@home? Sony is not just the devil, as some of you think. It developed the possibility for the PS3 to be used to help on the Folding@home project and it helping tremendously. This project is being employed to try and find cures for serious illnesses.
The connected PS3s are achieving 75% of the total processing power being applied to the project. I suppose there are more PCs connected but they don't even come close.
Check, for example, this: http://play.tm/story/14280 and see how the PS3 is helping a lot. I wonder why M$ doesn't develop the same capability for their console? Maybe they know that it will fry the poor Xbox360 in no time? 
This message was edited at: 29-11-2007 23:42
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