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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/23/06 06:19
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:25:25 -0400, "Joshua Zyber"
<joshzyber@comcast.net> Gave us:
>"poldy" <poldy@kfu.com> wrote in message
>news:poldy-DCBB31.19564322062006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>> You obviously don't know anything about AVSForum. It's where hardcore
>>> home theater enthusiasts and many industry representatives discuss
>>> the
>>> intricate technical workings of new products.
>>
>> Well, more from the HD-DVD side than BR.
>
>More industry reps? In this case, yes, in that there's one guy from
>Microsoft but no one from the Blu-ray camp seems to want to speak
>publicly about their product.
>
>More home theater fans on the HD DVD side? A month ago you wouldn't have
>said that. The Blu-ray advocates were buzzing with hype. Now that
>they've actually seen the product, however, most of that has subsided
>and those same people are left dazed and disillusioned.
>
>> Yes the widespread opinion is the first Sony Blu-Ray releases are
>> disappointing.
>>
>> But is that reason to dismiss the format? Were DVD releases always
>> pristine from the start?
>
>That's not an excuse. The DVD format is 9 years old now and has fully
>matured. HD DVD is a natural evolution of that development and has
>jumped out of the gate ready to go. HD DVD has learned from DVD.
>Blu-ray, on the other hand, has decided to start over from scratch for
>no sound reason, forgetting everything that DVD taught us for the past 9
>years, and is now stumbling around like an infant with no idea what it's
>doing or where to go.
>
>If there had never been such a thing as digital video for the better
>part of the past decade, and there was no competition so clearly better
>developed and implemented, perhaps we might forgive Blu-ray for these
>embarrassing growing pains. But in light of those factors, what Blu-ray
>has given us so far is shameful, an absolute disgrace.
>
IAWTP
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