Apple To Team Up With Blu-ray, Bringing More Heat To HD DVD/Blu-ray Format War?

TheStreet.com analyst Shaw Wu has indicated in a written preview of the upcoming MacWorld conference that "our souces indicate that Apple will outline its high-definition video strategy with the support of Blu-ray as opposed to HD-DVD". Disney, on whose board Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sits, not surprisingly also supports Blu-ray. If true, this is a huge win for the Sony's blue camp and could signify coming domination for Blu-ray.

There's a catch however. Wu also writes that Apple will probably want to avoid participation in the high-def format war and will probably choose to release a combination HD DVD/Blu-ray drive in upcoming computer models. Apple Insider has reported though, that Apple has Macs ready to ship with solely Blu-ray support, no HD DVD anywhere to be found. It's all rumors and speculation right now, but we'll know more after Steve Jobs' keynote at the MacWorld conference on January 15.

Via TheStreet.com

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Posted by Justin Davey at January 4, 2008 5:33 AM