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This article fails that the PS3's main competitor in 2007 was the Wii and the Toshiba HD DVD players not the Xbox360. Amazing how people claimed Toshiba was losing hundreds of dollars (closer to $50) on the $200 A3's yet ignoring the hundreds of dollars Sony was losing per PS3. Kudos to...

This is not about you or me. This is about Joe6Pack who hates black bars and will watch on a 27" LCD and think it looks wonderful. He won't see HD-lite. He will think that I don't have to drive to the video store, wait for Netflix, etc. I don't have to deal with stupid firmware updates on my...

I've watched a lot of VC-1 and AVC stuff. In the porn world, the AVC stuff looks the best not because of the codec but because of the source material. Digital Playground actually uses studio quality Panasonic cameras not handycam crap. They are now starting to use RED cameras while the other...

Blu-ray has the potential to be better than HD DVD. However, due to many factors like optional audio codec support, this profile nonsense and so far this God awful BD-J stuff. It's kind of on par. Technologically, Blu-Ray has the higher bit rates and the higher storage capacity per layer...

Cable/sat VOD is a very viable option for J6P. They don't know that the HD-lite (Dish) PQ is crap. They *prefer* the cropped/open matte movies of PPV vs. the black bars on the OAR Blu-Ray's. I prefer to rent before purchasing (hopefully a previously viewed--discounted copy) anyway. For...

Not all Blu-Ray software sales are bad. Imagine if the movies were priced better. Actually I will say that if the war were still going, sales would be better on HD DVD. (not trolling--hear me out) "Planet Earth" sold a LOT better on HD DVD than Blu-Ray during the war. I bet a lot of HD DVD...

DVD actually was a leap ahead. Moreover, DVD players became dirt cheap. The BDA has already said they are keeping China out to keep the profits in the players.

Even I'm getting tired of these... (I'm still posting them. Therefore, I'm not that tired of them! :p ) HDTV Magazine Bulletins - Blu-ray Wins the Format Battle, but Consumers Don't Buy it

Yes, it is. It's a snipe at Warner for taking Sony's $400 mill and refusing Toshiba's $250 mill several months earlier. (400>250!)

Speed Racer which looked like crap in the previews to me BOMBED this weekend. (Heaven knows CNN ain't gonna print it like this.) Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton » Blog Archive » Even WORSE Than Expected

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Yeah, too bad the PS3 is ugly, has soft PQ relative to standalones plus has that klunky remote workaround. However, it is a capable media server.

Winning the Format War - MarketWatch.com How it's better for the consumer is a new one for me, though! :confused: He did admit that the BD+ and paranoia kept Fox in line. However, his "to the victor go the spoils" line makes me think they will keep prices high for a while.

Waiting for Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, Universal and Warner to fess up that they got paid too. Several porn companes allegedly got paid by Toshiba, too.

The US was never #1 in broadband penetration. Our population is too spread out vs. concentrated populations in Asia and Europe. I did read the article mentioning what Sweden is doing. It's a good plan. Unfortunately, our government funds are tied up in the Middle East and Central Asia right...

Hehe, I should've seen that coming...

Time Warner Goes 'Day & Date' For VOD Screw downloads... day and date VOD/PPV would obliviate the need to drive to the store for a movie or even wait for a red/blue envelope. My only issue with the cable/sat stuff is that it is always open matte or zoomed for things w/ an OAR higher than...

Makes sense... the only one that didn't get any money was Microsoft and Columbia Pictures. At least they got VC-1 (but not HDi) into every Blu-Ray player out there.

If it weren't for HD DVD, Blu-Ray would still be profile 1.0 with 1.1 coming this fall. Players would still be $1000 with the capabilities of the Sony BDP-S300. That is--no DTS-MA or Dolby TrueHD decoding and everyone would marvel at how great The House of Flying Daggers looks. :( (In...

Studios like Fox are only releasing male oriented movies on Blu-Ray for the most part. Disney has yet to open up it's catalog on Blu-Ray, but will do so this fall. Sony, Universal and Lionsgate were most diverse with their offerings during the format separation.

$4.24 billion isn't that impressive considering the $25 billion value of the home video market. Hopefully, Sony, Panny and the rest will wake up and drive prices down to mass market levels. Blu-ray boom not enough to rescue DVD sales: Scientific American

It took HD DVD's expulsion from Best Buy and Circuit City for that 90% to happen. Tsk... Tsk...

A Sony Blu-ray Player, but No Cheap Chinese Models - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog It was cheap Chinese players that allowed DVD to become the most successful consumer electronics product ever and replace VHS in record time. Everyone keeps saying Blu-Ray prices will come down just...

IMHO, the only Blu-Ray players worth buying right now are the PS3 and the LG BH200. The PS3 is $300 via E-bay or via Sony's deal. The LG BH200 is about $400-450 grey market or $600 from a retailer. E-tailers are, of course, in between.

On most universal remote's, info and display are the same button. It's not a problem. :cool: