Despite the fact that To$hiba tried their best to screw the entire HD market Blu-ray is actually doing very very well. So, can we get rid of those crap articles now...please?
Toshiba tried to screw the HD market? Toshiba went the route that everyone did with DVD, jointly agree on a format and making that the standard. Sony and ultimately the BDA apparently decided that they didn't have to play by the same rules, probably since it didn't benefit them as much, and decided to force their format to the market.
In the end, it came down to which group was willing to spend the most to have their format win. I would say that the parties involved with Blu-ray are the ones that tried to screw the HD market.
Yeah, the BDA isn't ever going to try and make money. Everyone who's anyone knows they are a non-profit organization.
In reality the only people that can hold Blu back are the studios. Poor transfers, excessive DNR, crappy menus and overall poor implementation is the biggest remaining barrier. Movies on Blu are only as good as the studios are willing to make them.
I would agree if I didn't feel like the "Blu-Ray will survive" articles were necessary to balance out the "Blu-Ray is dying, lolz PS3demographic Fanbois!!!1! Digital media is king, there can be only one!!" comments that are all the rage these days.
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can we let the "will Blu-Ray survive?!?!" type of articles die now, please?
Yes I agree.
Despite the fact that To$hiba tried their best to screw the entire HD market Blu-ray is actually doing very very well. So, can we get rid of those crap articles now...please?
Toshiba tried to screw the HD market? Toshiba went the route that everyone did with DVD, jointly agree on a format and making that the standard. Sony and ultimately the BDA apparently decided that they didn't have to play by the same rules, probably since it didn't benefit them as much, and decided to force their format to the market.
In the end, it came down to which group was willing to spend the most to have their format win. I would say that the parties involved with Blu-ray are the ones that tried to screw the HD market.
@Jonsson
Yeah, the BDA isn't ever going to try and make money. Everyone who's anyone knows they are a non-profit organization.
In reality the only people that can hold Blu back are the studios. Poor transfers, excessive DNR, crappy menus and overall poor implementation is the biggest remaining barrier. Movies on Blu are only as good as the studios are willing to make them.
Just as soon as Engadget.com stops posting Apple articles every 10 seconds.
I would agree if I didn't feel like the "Blu-Ray will survive" articles were necessary to balance out the "Blu-Ray is dying, lolz PS3demographic Fanbois!!!1! Digital media is king, there can be only one!!" comments that are all the rage these days.
@Zargon,
Standard ? Yeah right! Toshiba was the ONLY hardware manufacturer pushing HD-DVD. Nice "standard" indeed.