Comments on: Sony's Stan Glasgow talks TVs, Blu-ray

Head of Sony Electronics' U.S. division talks about OLED TVs, Blu-ray, and the future of retail electronics.

[mectron]

@Stan Glasgow: Do you think that all the illegal DRM that bug down bluray (note: it is already cracked and proven once more to be 100% uneffective) is the key reason as why the medium as a very slow adoption rate? Why is Sony not doing the right thing and REMOVE the illegal DRM from Bluray in order to drive adoption? Do you think that the insane premium charge for cathalogue bluray title is actually slowing down adoption? Do you think that a Company with a long criminal record such a Sony as any good reputation left? How does Sony feel about been a member of a trade group (MPAA) that openly commit crime on a daily basis and is sueing Sony's consumer?

There are the questions that Glasgow should have to answer....

[MrTangent]

mectron, it's obvious from your comments that you'd rather Sony just give the product away. The line of questions from you leads me to believe you're a movie pirate, so you're probably not going to buy something anyway.

Also, DRM is not illegal. I hate it, but movie/music pirates (and there are a *lot* of them on the internet) are the reason us honest consumers pay the price (literally and figuratively). DRM is perfectly legal, however. Maybe you're taking the approach of "fair use" as to why DRM is "illegal"? I think we're seeing the first steps with the DMCA being re-accessed and fair use rights being given more precedence. I hope this is the case. I love how companies are including digital copies of movies on DVDs for iTunes/iPod use but I'd love to see this happen with every movie, Blu-Ray included.

[Brian001]

Blu-ray's implementation of DRM remains illegal because they block fair use copy rights. The courts have ruled that individuals have a right to make copies of such media for their own use, but Sony and other media providers have not enabled this. Although the Blu-ray folks talked about making "controlled copy" features available for Blu-ray, they have not YET agreed on the specs for this, despite having sold millions of players and movies. Shows that they are scoff-laws in blocking citizen rights and dragging their feet on enabling controlled copies.

Hey Mr Tangent, weren't you the one harassing secretaries at Sony's padlocked copying machine (hilk-hilk)

[step69]

Interesting read. The interactive thing Glascow speaks of is intriguing. I had a thought very similar except I thought movie companies could re-edit their films & make prequels/sequels with essentially the same footage or the footage that was cut or even make a comedy a drama for example. I think the focus on TV's only is a little short sighted for a company the size of Sony. Everybody either has or wants a cellphone, it seems they should try new things in that field.

[Brian001]

I have to second the previous comment that Sony is being shortsighted and slighting their customers by not applying OLED tech to cell phones/PDAs. OLED is ideally suited to cell phones (and digital camera screens) because of its low-power consumption, high-image quality, minimal depth and the difficulties in making large panels. Sony and others could provide better, larger screens on cell-phones with extended battery life if they adopt OLED displays.

[Todd Templeton]

Right on mectron! Sony has proven themselves to be a bunch of crooks in the past. These mega-corps are just going to have to learn how to respect and please the consumers in the future, or be trounced. Earned business, what a concept. Mectron is correct that we need to stop sugar coating the real issues with companies like Sony. Ask the hard questions C/Net.

[getitrightsony]

All Sony products are going downhill. Take their latest pocket size camera, the DSC T300.
Sony has arbitrarily limited the size of a movie it can record to 10 minutes. The older models were limited only by memory. What a stupid decision on Sony's part. Just beware, read all the fineprint on thier products before buying anything Sony. !!!

[dtolaza]

Say what you want but Sony owns the market on blu ray. They have a new cash cow now. I found an interesting site bluerayvideo that has pretty decent info about blu ray and hi def technology. Its worth a casual glance.