Originally Posted By: olly

Blu Ray/HD-DVD was another case where superior marketing won the day.



Most tech reviews I've read agree, but the overwhelming majority of them also say that Blu-Ray is a technically better product than HD-DVD as well, unlike the Beta/VHS thing. I've kept an informal tally of the scores of articles and reviews I read on the subject, and somewhere around 80% say that Blu-Ray won by virtue of its marketing but also say that it was the better product too.