What a monster!

The old adage ‘be careful what you ask for’ applies here. If a judge forces DirecTV to send full 1920x1080 programming on these channels (which I doubt will happen), it may force them to drop other channels due to bandwidth constraints.

Could have sworn Syriana and 16 Blocks were the only Warner Blu-ray titles in this round.

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060918006221&newsLang=en

99.9% sure he was talking about the IN78EX, Not the 777.

Maybe it's waiting at the dock for the BD50's?

For Dave:

http://www.hddvdblog.com/archives/2006/09/king-kong-on-hd-dvd-november-14th/

Enjoy

Doh, make that HD-E1. Too early I guess.

Bill the E-A1 upconverts.

I had one disc out of about that 22 skipped, this was early on and I had the player positioned where it wasn’t getting good airflow, once I moved it out of the hole it was in and to the top of the rack, zero problems there on out. And this includes many Netflix rentals with minor to moderate surface scratches. Using 1.4.

"the rootkit wasn't even Sony's software" so because Sony didn’t actually write it they’re somehow less responsible for its appearance on their discs? Come on flanders.

Of course MS has intruded where they don’t belong before but your approaching this as Sony’s reputation is as pure as the driven snow. Which we all know is not the case.

My point with the 97 link was to dispel the notion that neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD (proper) were the first hi-def disc systems demonstrated.

I find your comment: “And if you asked anyone in the HDTV industry, they'll tell you that we wouldn't even be having these discussions without NHK”

Interesting because you didn’t seem inclined to bring NHK into the conversation until I brought it up as a counter to your statement of:

“Sony was well already well-versed in HDTV. They helped develop it, made the first HDTV cameras, were responsible for the first US HDTV broadcasts, and released the first commercial HDTV displays, among other things”

The official NHK recollection of their work in the 60’s makes no mention of Sony’s involvement, whatsoever. They (NHK) even went as far as using the phrase “independently developed technology.”

And I’ll point out your use of the plural “cameras”, “broadcasts” and “displays” was spot on, because you know as well as I do they weren’t singularly first on any of those fronts.

But of course Sony has accomplishments in the field, I’ve never insinuated otherwise. The real truth of the matter however, is that just about every major Japanese electronics manufacturer could claim the same.