Here's one thing that I think many people, including Ben, are not separating out in their minds:
Which format do you *want* to "win"? Vs. Which format you *think* will "win"?
I'm shocked that anyone can be so dogmatic, right now, about which format they want to win as we still know so little about each format. Just look at all the questions that are relatively basic about each formats.
Therefore, it would appear the only reason someone would so adamantly want one format to win over the other, is simply so they can beat their chest about picking the right one and "knowing all along." That's not a very good reason.
It's absurd to hear Ben's, as with many other's, stance from a few months ago claiming that Blue Ray's technology will be so much better and provide such a better quality, be whittled down recently to just a matter of which format has more content and therefore his undying support.
When deciding which format you *want* to come out on top, current studio alignment should have NOTHING(!!) to do with it. That's the scariest thing about the situation right now. The studios do put Blue Ray in a great position, but if that results a poorer experience (not saying definitively that it will, but so far this is the case) for the user, that's a clear LOSS for all of us as consumers.
Which ever format wins, when and if that happens, the studios and content on the other side will switch over. Studio backing is probably the biggest enemy to deciding a format war, hopefully we as consumers won't let ourselves (Ben) fall into that trap.
Good job, though, guys with getting out such great content about this topic, regardless of how tiring it can be.
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Here's one thing that I think many people, including Ben, are not separating out in their minds:
Which format do you *want* to "win"?
Vs.
Which format you *think* will "win"?
I'm shocked that anyone can be so dogmatic, right now, about which format they want to win as we still know so little about each format. Just look at all the questions that are relatively basic about each formats.
Therefore, it would appear the only reason someone would so adamantly want one format to win over the other, is simply so they can beat their chest about picking the right one and "knowing all along." That's not a very good reason.
It's absurd to hear Ben's, as with many other's, stance from a few months ago claiming that Blue Ray's technology will be so much better and provide such a better quality, be whittled down recently to just a matter of which format has more content and therefore his undying support.
When deciding which format you *want* to come out on top, current studio alignment should have NOTHING(!!) to do with it. That's the scariest thing about the situation right now. The studios do put Blue Ray in a great position, but if that results a poorer experience (not saying definitively that it will, but so far this is the case) for the user, that's a clear LOSS for all of us as consumers.
Which ever format wins, when and if that happens, the studios and content on the other side will switch over. Studio backing is probably the biggest enemy to deciding a format war, hopefully we as consumers won't let ourselves (Ben) fall into that trap.
Good job, though, guys with getting out such great content about this topic, regardless of how tiring it can be.
Brian