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Posted by GMAN on 10/07/40 11:49
In article <1bxmuovvm4eoa.4j4nbk2woayg$.dlg@40tude.net>, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:45:47 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>
>> Sony only wants you to put their discs in their shit
>
>Not true. Samsung will be the first manufacturer to release a Blu-Ray
>player, with Sony and Pioneer to follow. Sony wants Blu-Ray to become the
>new standard, so they can reap a licensing fee for every machine and disc
>that's manufactured.
>
And how does that differ from toshiba and their intent to reap licensing fees
from others? Face it, the ball is with Sony and the blu ray camp. With over 85%
of the electronics manufacturers and content providers supporting the bluray
format, that is where my money is.
>>(and even with only their properties on it, if they had their way).
>
>Again, not true. Sony has actively courted all the major studios for
>support for the new format. Hell, they actively courted all the major
>studios for support for UMD discs. Even with their gaming machines, Sony
>tries to get as many publishers as possible to release on the format. They
>understand that the breadth of selection is a positive selling feature, and
>that lack of third-party support, like with Nintendo's Gamecube, will hurt
>overall sales.
>
>> Better specs or
>> not, proprietary practices have been the death knell for a LOT of
>> technology moves by some of the biggest players. IBM's micro-channel
>> PC interface bus comes to mind. A lot of peripheral card makers were
>> kicking themselves in the ass for jumping on that bandwagon.
>
>It's only proprietary if it doesn't become the new standard. There are
>almost always competing formats. See USB vs. Firewire, DVD-R vs DVD+R, DAT
>vs DCC, VHS vs. Beta, Laserdisc vs CED. DVD was an exception in the format
>war.
>
>-Jay
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