I-Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD noma i-Sony vs. Toshiba
Ubuchwepheshe be-laser eluhlaza busetshenziswe nathi kusukela ngo-2002. Nokho, akazange abe nesiqalo esilula. Kusukela ekuqaleni, waba isisulu sezingxabano ezingenangqondo ezibekwe abakhiqizi abahlukahlukene. Owokuqala kwakunguToshiba, owaziqhelelanisa neqembu le-Blu-Ray, elisola ngokuthi ama-laser aluhlaza adingeka ukuze adlale la marekhodi ayebiza kakhulu. Nokho, lokhu akubavimbanga ekuthuthukiseni eyabo ifomethi yale laser (HD-DVD). Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, kwaqubuka ingxoxo eyinqaba nakakhulu mayelana nombuzo wokuthi kungcono yini ukudala izinto ezisebenzisanayo kumabhodi amhlophe e-Java noma e-Microsoft HDi.
Umphakathi waqala ukuklolodela izikhondlakhondla zale mboni nemibango yazo. Babengakwazi ukuyikhokhela. U-Sony no-Toshiba bahlangane ukuze bafinyelele isivumelwano. Ama-prototypes awo womabili amafomethi aselungile. Akukephuzi kakhulu ukonga izigidi zabathandi be-roulette be-HD. Ngo-March 2005, i-CEO esanda kukhethwa yakwa-Sony u-Ryoji Chubachi wathi ukuba namafomethi amabili ancintisanayo emakethe kungakhungathekisa kakhulu amakhasimende futhi wamemezela ukuthi uzozama ukuhlanganisa lobu buchwepheshe obubili.
Izingxoxo, naphezu kwesiqalo esithembisayo, zagcina zingaphumelelanga. Izitudiyo zefilimu zaqala ukukhetha amaqembu ezingxabano. Ekuqaleni, i-Paramount, i-Universal, i-Warner Brothers, i-New Line, i-HBO, ne-Microsoft Xbox esekelwe i-HDDVD. I-Blu-Ray isekelwe yi-Disney, iLionsgate, i-Mitsubishi, i-Dell, ne-PlayStation 3. Zombili izinhlangothi zanqoba ukunqoba okuncane, kodwa impi enkulu yayizoba ku-Consumer Electronic Show ka-2008 (Las Vegas). Nokho, ngomzuzu wokugcina, uWarner washintsha umqondo wakhe wakhetha i-Blu-Ray. Uzakwabo omkhulu we-HD-DVD ukhaphele. Esikhundleni sikakhokho be-champagne, kwakuzwakala isililo esithambile kuphela.
“Ngangikanye nabantu bakwaToshiba lapho umhlangano wabezindaba ukhanselwa,” kukhumbula intatheli ye-T3 uJoe Minihane. “Besindiza phezu kweGrand Canyon ngendiza enophephela emhlane ngesikhathi ummeleli wakwaToshiba eza kithi ethi ingqungquthela ehleliwe ngeke ibe khona. Wayezolile futhi engenamizwa, njengemvu eya ekuhlatshweni.”
Enkulumeni yakhe, ilungu leqembu le-HD-DVD uJody Sally uzame ukuchaza isimo. Uvumile ukuthi kube yisikhathi esinzima kakhulu kubona, njengoba ekuseni bekumele bahlanganyele impumelelo yabo nezwe. Kodwa-ke, enkulumweni efanayo, uthe inkampani ngeke iphele amandla.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-HD-DVD kungenzeka ukuthi ibingakaqedwa, kodwa umnyango wekhaya lasebekhulile wamafomethi aneshwa wawuvulekele ukuthi adlale oshekha. U-Sony akazange alinde ngisho nokushona kukaToshiba. Baqopha imakethe yabo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.
Abantu baseBlu-Ray booth bathi bebengazi ngesinqumo seWarner Brothers. Kwabamangaza kakhulu njengoba kwenzeka ku-HD-DVD. Mhlawumbe imiphumela kuphela eyayihlukile.
Ngokuxakayo, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, lesi sixazululo sathandwa ngabathengi. Phela kwakucaca ukuthi uzotshala ngaluphi uhlobo. Ukunqoba kwamaBlues kwabalethela ukukhululeka nokuthula, kanye nenqwaba yemali yakwaSony.
I-HD-DVD yagxuma futhi yamemeza, kodwa akekho owayenendaba. Nsuku zonke kwakukhona ukukhushulwa okusha nokwehliswa kwamanani. Nokho, abanye abalingani babaleka ngokushesha umkhumbi owawucwila. Emasontweni amahlanu nje ngemva kombukiso ongalibaleki we-CES, u-Toshiba wanquma ukuvala umugqa wakhe wokukhiqiza wefomethi. Impi yaphela. Ngemuva komzamo omncane wokufuna kabusha ifomethi ye-DVD, u-Toshiba waphoqeleka ukuthi abone ukuthi izimbangi zakhe ziphakeme futhi waqala ukukhulula abadlali be-Blu-Ray. Ku-Sony, owaphoqeleka ukuthi akhulule i-VHS eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, lesi kumele kube yisikhathi esanelisa ngokwedlulele.
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