Seagate CEO: Blu-ray won the battle but lost the war

Iria · Jan 8, 2008, 08:55 PM

Source: News.com
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The winner in the Blu-ray and HD DVD war is the hard drive, according to Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate Technology.

"People are saying Blu-ray won the war but who cares? The war is over physical distribution versus electrical distribution, and Blu-ray and HD lost that," he said during a breakfast meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week. "In this, flash memory and hard drives are on the same side. The war is over and the physical guys lost."

Judas · Jan 8, 2008, 09:01 PM

long live the freeagent seagate portable hardrives.. keeper of 30 HD-DVDs

Shaga · Jan 8, 2008, 09:07 PM

A pretty solid point there.

mike2h · Jan 8, 2008, 09:42 PM

he may be right, but it will be years before it shows. wich means bd wil have already established itself long term - at least as long term as any tech can be anymore.

calidan · Jan 8, 2008, 10:44 PM

I agree that flash could over take physical discs but that will be several years before that happens. Prices for flash devices need to come done. If they can get 100 GB on up flash media out within the next 2 years and be under 100 bucks, hell even under 50 bucks, then there would be no need for consumers to use physical media.

interspaced · Jan 8, 2008, 10:50 PM

Think retailers like HMV and their empolyees might want a say in this.

Customgamer1 · Jan 8, 2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by calidan

I agree that flash could over take physical discs but that will be several years before that happens. Prices for flash devices need to come done. If they can get 100 GB on up flash media out within the next 2 years and be under 100 bucks, hell even under 50 bucks, then there would be no need for consumers to use physical media.

That would still to be much for a flash drive.

You can buy a HD movie from around $25 for lower so anything higher would never take off.

Lelisevis · Jan 8, 2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by interspaced

Think retailers like HMV and their empolyees might want a say in this.

Why? They already offer a download service for music.

interspaced · Jan 9, 2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lelisevis

Why? They already offer a download service for music.

There would be no need for the stores in town.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 9, 2008, 01:54 AM

what a gaylord!

Lelisevis · Jan 9, 2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by interspaced

There would be no need for the stores in town.

Less overheads too. No rent/staff/bills. They are already tempting people to use the online service more with lower prices and free delivery. I guess downloads will be the next step as it eliminates the delivery charges. Bit shit really as ultimately it's going to mean the loss of jobs for store staff including some of my friends who suspect it's rapidly heading this way already.

Jan 8, 2008, 08:55 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Seagate CEO: Blu-ray won the battle but lost the war Source: News.com _________ The winner in the Blu-ray and HD DVD war is the hard drive, according to Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate Technology. "People are saying Blu-ray won the war but who cares? The war is over physical distribution versus electrical distribution, and Blu-ray and HD lost that," he said during a breakfast meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week. "In this, flash memory and hard drives are on the same side. The war is over and the physical guys lost."

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Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	A pretty solid point there. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

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calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I agree that flash could over take physical discs but that will be several years before that happens. Prices for flash devices need to come done. If they can get 100 GB on up flash media out within the next 2 years and be under 100 bucks, hell even under 50 bucks, then there would be no need for consumers to use physical media. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

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interspaced DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 287 Rep Power: 0	Think retailers like HMV and their empolyees might want a say in this.