Jason Unger

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In my recent freelance gig with ElectronicHouse.com, I've contributed a couple of breaking news stories concerning the roll-out of one of the two new high-def DVD formats, Blu-ray.

I was the first to confirm that Sony's BDP-S1 player would be delayed from its October launch date, due to a software problem in the system's hardware.

Just days later, I broke the news that Pioneer's first stand-alone Blu-ray player, the BDP-HD1, would also be delayed until December due to "quality control issues."

Blu-ray, backed by companies such as Sony, Pioneer, Philips and Samsung, is in a format war with HD DVD, backed by Toshiba, Microsoft, Intel and others, for control of the high-definition DVD marketplace.

I've covered the topic extensively for CEPro.com. (See Blu-ray and HD DVD.)

Story links:
Exclusive: Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player Delayed by Software Issue (ElectronicHouse.com / Oct. 23)
Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Player Pushed to December (ElectronicHouse.com / Oct. 31)