Who ever put a disagree on this guy's question...CUT IT OUT! Stop being childish.
In response, that's a good question. The most likely answer is find in this highly informative article.
http://www.highdefdigest.co...
As with any audio, the most important thing isn't the specs. Generally speaking, a watt is a watt and a decoder in one unit is a decoder in another. The most imp...
Who cares by what percentage they outsold a dying format.
How many players are being sold compared to what is in the market?
What is the attach rate on those players?
How many new (and old) catalog movies are scheduled to be released on BluRay now?
These in mind are the far bigger questions. Ultimately, it drives at whether Blu-Ray will be a niche format. Will I be able to rent the discs for $1 a night like in those redbox carousels?
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This seems unfair to the gamer that enjoys online play. This is really an attack on our freedom to enjoy our hobby Xbox, PS3 or Wii if they ever go to coordinated play. I can see gamers running afoul of these limits quite easily unfortunately. :-(
Consumer shouldn't support this. What's next? HDTV metered usage!!
The problem with Sony making the next level of advancement is that it is going to cost more than this round will cost in terms of media, etc.
Why?
Many people have already taken the plunge into Blu-Ray believing that the PS3 is the answer to their long-term networking, storage, retrieval, distribution and hi-def playback of HDM, downloads and music.
That is an awful lot of faith and $$$ to ultimately place in one machine. Talk of removing the gaming compo...
I am an intellectual property attorney for the world's largest IP firm, and I have a representative engagement currently against Microsoft. Their primary counsel in these matters is Fish & Richardson. While Fish guys are good, it doesn't mean that they can't or have not been beaten. I've been on the winning side against these guys. That said, if anybody has any legal questions about this matter, I would be happy to offer explanation.
With the loss of HD-DVD as an effective counter-balance, prices are bound to be stuck north of $200 or even $250 for sometime. The price target for next Christmas will be $200 or $229 maybe.
Critical prices ranges will be sub $99 and that is a ways off. I think that HD-DVD has already proved that. The problem now for Sony is that they don't want to cannabilize their PS3 sales. If players get too cheap, folks that bought PS3's will buy players which are stand-alone if the ...
Warner is making business decisions....and not only did they pick BR...they also picked Digital Distribution.
I still would argue that the disc medium of any type is dying. Granted, I don't like the fact that I have a combo player and so many disc based machines, but why have a disc?
Quite honestly, flash drives and resident RAM are more efficient and long-lasting means of keeping, transfering and displaying media of all types...both audio and video.
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Still, Hollywood’s not out of the woods yet. Though Warner’s move gives Blu-ray a clear advantage over HD DVD, there’s no guarantee the masses will embrace either disk format. It’s up to industry marketers to devise a way to convince consumers that it’s a good idea to keep buying movies on discs, rather than rent or download them.
Those strategy sessions are increasingly at the heart of CES, a show that used to focus on the nuts and bolts of electronics. Hollywood dealmakers de...
Yes, I am asking who has a setup that handles Deep Color and DTS-MA HD?
So far, I don't know anyone. I am one of the few of my friends who has even has 7.1 channel surround. I don't even have a source for Deep Color as far as I know, and I still can't figure out for the life of me why my installer wanted to upgrade to HDMI v1.3b cables to the Pioneer 6010?
HD-DVD, I would say is indeed dying, but it is not conversly certain that Blu-Ray is winning. I have a co...
I honestly fail to see this as great news for either side when looked at in totality of all the news. Toshiba has not admitted defeat and MS has inked a deal with Sony and MGM all in short order. What we have here is more fragmentation not less. People are probably looking at the movie industry and thinking...well, we're almost in a recession and I'm not sure that any format will make it plus there is the ability to download.
As software compression and push techniques have be...
It's all about Disney and MGM hedging their bets for a time when MS owns all of the most valuable software for pushing movies via digital download and to keyfobs from a machine at your local supermarket.
MS doesn't care about Toshiba or Sony...they care about the SOFTWARE!! And quietly and surely, they are sowing the seeds of victory on this effort. Even Sony is beginning to move a good bit of their catalog over to downloading.
It is true that many don't have ...
Blu-Ray might not be in quite the coma that HD-DVD is presently, but let's face it. Sony is trying to sell a new technology to an American public that is largely happy with DVD and could quickly warm up to easier forms of downloading. I remain unconvinced.
The true tansition will occur when Blockbuster, Netflix and everybody will only show things in Blu-Ray. I admit that despite the impressive picture of these new technologies I remain skeptical of the general publics desire...
Further, I see the redbox kiosks as another trojan horse in the fight. How long until you can buy a usb key fob that will hold an entire movie? And don't say it isn't possible, because there are 8GB key fobs out right now!! That is bigger than plenty harddrives not too far back in the distant past.
Yeah, digital downloading will be more expensive for the consumer with no second hand downloads, but it will ultimately be the future. Every kid I know today has an IPOD or a Z...
To me that is just a step down from being in Newsweek or a popular magazine. The author is just expressing what is becoming a more and more likely outcome of this format problem - stalemate.
I think the dual-format player will then offer a solution. It will just take some time to get a cheaper player to market. Can you imagine if Msft released a dual-format HD-DVD and Blu-Ray console...or if Sony did with the cell and the new 9134 Si chip....seriously awesome. I hope they...
FYI guys, this is an excellent post that brings out the technical deficiencies of the PS3 for an audiophile. I bought a PS3 even knowing this "BITSTREAM" issue. The PS3 is flawless in video performance - no stone unturned there.The problem is this - Sony has hired Silicon Image to make the HDMI 1.3 chipset for the PS3. It ends with the 4 digits 9132. The HDMI 1.3 chipset used in the Panny player ends in 9134 which Silicon Image has proven in full capacity that the bitstream of HD au...
anybody is disagreeing with this statement. It's a very accurate reflection of the current state of things. Frankly, I hope that Blu-ray players get better. Hopefully SOny can incorporate the improvements into future machine iterations. When did gamers become anti-tech advancement?
Quite simply, the facts are that every single major home theater store I have visited in Houston and the several I visited in New York doesn't promote one over the other. In fact, they are so afraid of having their customer buy an obsolete format they encourage their customers to buy an upconverted DVD and wait for the dual format to come down in price.
Frankly, I think that is what the majority of America is going to do. This logically follows given the low attach for the ...
At first, the 50" Samsung....now the 60" Pioneer...hmmm 72" Sony in the future...maybe when they get away from LCD to really fast OLED or SED tech. :-)
Hating gets you no where. SO many people hate on the Wii, PS3, and 360 it is just ridiculous. And for what, they are all great game systems...each with a unique strength and some faults. What I hope for some day is the death of all consoles until you just have a WiiPlayBox. Why do I have to buy 3 consoles and use up all of my ports on my stereo just so I can play games. And isn't that what it is all about in the end...THE GAMES.
I don't know if you've seen the guy who inv...
I really want a Blu-Ray, but I don't want a PS3. Why hasn't someone in the BDA come out with a fully 2.0 capable machine yet? HD-DVD did it within their initial spec.
What I really want is a machine that runs silent like my current Onkyo DVD in a slim line case and traditional home theater design using regular IR controller. It would appear that Sony could already do that by putting a PS3 in a regular box so that it will match my other gear, leave in the port, add DTS-HD MA ...