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Posted by Joshua Zyber on 04/12/06 00:32
"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 2. Show me where I've been saying "false" information.
For example:
- Only Blu-Ray offers interactive features. - False. HD-DVD uses iHD for
interactive features.
- Consumers are clamoring for the exciting Java features on Blu-Ray. -
Wishful thinking from a Java developer. Consumers have actively avoided
using the interactive features available on current DVD, and have
expressed little to no interest in more complicated features on other
video formats. The fact is that the movie-buying market and the computer
game market are not the same market.
- Blu-Ray has significantly more storage capacity than HD-DVD. -
Misleading. Dual-layer Blu-Ray is not ready for primetime yet, and
single layer Blu-Ray has less capacity than dual-layer HD-DVD (which
will be used on first-generation releases). Further, initial Blu-Ray
releases will use the less efficient and more space-hogging MPEG2
compression format, negating any storage advantage over the VC1
compressed HD-DVD.
- Only Blu-Ray has enough storage for both high resolution video and
audio. - Completely false. Both formats have more than enough storage
for this application. Further, first-generation Blu-Ray players will
offer no support for the Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD lossless audio formats.
- Only Blu-Ray stores movie content in 1080p format. - False. Both
formats store feature film content in 1080p/24 format.
- Blu-Ray has overwhelming support from the entire movie industry. -
False. Universal is an exclusive HD-DVD supporter; Warner Bros. and
Paramount support both formats and are ambivalent towards Blu-Ray at
best; Disney has indicated that they will likely release on both
formats; and the majority of independent and "mini-major" studios are
still undecided. Of those studios that are still only committed to
Blu-Ray, many of them are currently feeling stung by Sony over the UMD
fiasco.
- "The funny thing about Sony is that they always seem to target the
quality market - which is why Sony products have a reputation for good
quality but are generally more expensive than similar products." - Hype.
Sony had a good reputation about 15-20 years ago and has been coasting
on marketing hype in the years since. Their modern products have a
terrible reputation for costing twice as much as the competition and
breaking down the day the warranty expires.
- "They must be doing some things right, however, since they're still
one of the top, if not the top, consumer brands out there." - Fantasy.
Sony's fortunes have faded in recent years and they are not the economic
powerhouse they once used to be. It's also worth noting that except for
the video game console market, Sony has lost every format war they've
ever engaged in.
- "In Forrester's analysis, Sony's brand garnered the highest marks of
the three companies (Sony also ranked 3rd out of 22 companies), earning
an average grade of A plus. Of the companies surveyed, only Bose and
Dell ranked higher than Sony overall." - If true, this makes Forrester
Research look like a bunch of morons. Bose scoring highly in any type of
survey? Please... Who were they asking?
> I talk about how Blu-ray has Java integration and Toshib'as HDDVD does
> not. True or False? You wanna argue that?
Red herring. HD-DVD uses iHD instead of Java. And no one cares anyway.
> I talk about ways Java integration can help Blu-ray give many extra
> features to consumers. You wanna argue that?
The usefulness of those features is dubious at best.
> I talk about how the Blu-ray supporters like Sony, Samsung, and
> Panasonic have better brand power and brand awareness than Toshiba.
> True or false? You wanna argue that?
Sony - The king of overpriced and underperforming products. Hasn't made
a truly great product that didn't break down within the first year of
ownership for more than a decade.
Samsung - Known for cheap crap.
Panasonic - Hit or miss track record at best.
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