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Microsoft is kind of obnoxious and clumsy, but Sony has become almost evil to consumers. Used to be a good company, but then were essentially bought out by a content company (which turned out to be about the most consumer-unfriendly of all the content providers out there). The combination has not been nice to a formerly-great consumer electronics company, and downright bad for consumers. There's some hope they'll redeem themselves, but there's not much sign of it yet.
Microsoft is kind of obnoxious and clumsy, but Sony has become almost evil to consumers. Used to be a good company, but then were essentially bought out by a content company (which turned out to be about the most consumer-unfriendly of all the content providers out there). The combination has not been nice to a formerly-great consumer electronics company, and downright bad for consumers. There's some hope they'll redeem themselves, but there's not much sign of it yet.
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I didn't think so. Take that, xbots!
I didn't think so. Take that, xbots!
The whole thing sounds like a bunch of grumpy little toddlers trying to justify their toys. People who are interested in finding out about all this just get turned off by these posts.
Now flame away.
A second hint: If you actually want to find out about HD video disc types and their merits, I strongly suggest something like arstechnica.com, where you can get something a lot more in-depth. Getting hard decision-influencing tech info off of these forums is like having your medical checkups done by some guy who watches "ER" a lot.
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The whole thing sounds like a bunch of grumpy little toddlers trying to justify their toys. People who are interested in finding out about all this just get turned off by these posts.
Now flame away.
A second hint: If you actually want to find out about HD video disc types and their merits, I strongly suggest something like arstechnica.com, where you can get something a lot more in-depth. Getting hard decision-influencing tech info off of these forums is like having your medical checkups done by some guy who watches "ER" a lot.
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However, on demand disk burning will be coming quite soon. The local big box store will keep many thousands of Blue-ray disks on hard drive. When you want a movie, you pick one from a list, swipe your credit card, and a disk is burned with a proper label and cover.
However, on demand disk burning will be coming quite soon. The local big box store will keep many thousands of Blue-ray disks on hard drive. When you want a movie, you pick one from a list, swipe your credit card, and a disk is burned with a proper label and cover.
Among other thigns, it turns out that during this particular week, several major TV manufacturers were giving away FREE Blu Ray players with every TV sold. So the vast majority of these Blu Ray "sales" were not ordinary sales at all. (I'm sure the timing of the giveaway was NOT coincidental and that the leaker was not a neutral party, as the Blu Ray backers want to give the impression in consumers' minds that HD DVD is in a sudden death spiral, even if there's no real basis for such a conclusion.)
One reason that this doesn't really matter is that the studios still backing HD DVD have huge back catalogs that dwarf the total number of titles of the studios backing Blu Ray. Don't forget that studios are not all the same size, and number of studios != number of titles.
By Tax day, Toshiba will no longer support HD DVD.
Among other thigns, it turns out that during this particular week, several major TV manufacturers were giving away FREE Blu Ray players with every TV sold. So the vast majority of these Blu Ray "sales" were not ordinary sales at all. (I'm sure the timing of the giveaway was NOT coincidental and that the leaker was not a neutral party, as the Blu Ray backers want to give the impression in consumers' minds that HD DVD is in a sudden death spiral, even if there's no real basis for such a conclusion.)
One reason that this doesn't really matter is that the studios still backing HD DVD have huge back catalogs that dwarf the total number of titles of the studios backing Blu Ray. Don't forget that studios are not all the same size, and number of studios != number of titles.
By Tax day, Toshiba will no longer support HD DVD.
What's next? Who can say?
What's next? Who can say?
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Some old movies are so hard and retailers clear the shelf of old titles and replace them with spanish ones..... THIS IS NOT MEXICO!
Lots of older movies(and some not-so-old) only got released within the last 3-5 years, and some are still not available.
It will take many years for Blu-Ray to achieve any real significant presence, if it ever does. The is no guarantee that BR is the future.
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Some old movies are so hard and retailers clear the shelf of old titles and replace them with spanish ones..... THIS IS NOT MEXICO!
Lots of older movies(and some not-so-old) only got released within the last 3-5 years, and some are still not available.
It will take many years for Blu-Ray to achieve any real significant presence, if it ever does. The is no guarantee that BR is the future.
away with some of their TVs! Of course the numbers are going to
take a sharp turn.
Those numbers aren't reflective of simply last week. Also, they are practically giving HD DVD players away at the bargain basement fire sale prices going on. People still aren't buying them.
- They were giving them away!
- by gsmiller88 January 30, 2008 10:24 AM PST
- All last week the major supporters of BRD were giving BR-players
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (72 Comments)away with some of their TVs! Of course the numbers are going to
take a sharp turn.
Those numbers aren't reflective of simply last week. Also, they are practically giving HD DVD players away at the bargain basement fire sale prices going on. People still aren't buying them.