I don't see this so much as another nail in HD-DVDs coffin as I do Blockbuster's, simply because of the this infectious 'rotting' problem. I have found HD-DVD discs performance far more reliable than Blu-ray, mostly because of this rot. BB was already having a hard time keeping up with the growth of Netflix. This is just one more reason that Blockbuster will continue to lose business. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that offering HD-DVDs only would do BB much better, but I do think that they made this kind of decision way too soon. Hard to blame them though with the slowing profits because of Netflix.
Stop spreading lies. The "rot" problem has only affected a few defect batches of disks and is not widespread. In fact, Blu-Ray disk's coating is better than HD DVD's, which makes the disks more resilient than HD DVD disks. BLU-RAY FTW!!!
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wonder what they will do about the rot?
I don't see this so much as another nail in HD-DVDs coffin as I do Blockbuster's, simply because of the this infectious 'rotting' problem. I have found HD-DVD discs performance far more reliable than Blu-ray, mostly because of this rot. BB was already having a hard time keeping up with the growth of Netflix. This is just one more reason that Blockbuster will continue to lose business. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that offering HD-DVDs only would do BB much better, but I do think that they made this kind of decision way too soon. Hard to blame them though with the slowing profits because of Netflix.
@Victor
Stop spreading lies. The "rot" problem has only affected a few defect batches of disks and is not widespread. In fact, Blu-Ray disk's coating is better than HD DVD's, which makes the disks more resilient than HD DVD disks. BLU-RAY FTW!!!