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Posted by asjbiotek on 01/23/07 06:43
Zackman wrote:
> Actually, it's three. Sony/MGM (same company), Disney and Fox.
Uh, Lionsgate, and Sony has control of both Columbia and MGM, both of
which have their own historical content. So, 5.
As to porn, hype. First, only Sony has said anything remotely
anti-porn, and Sony is NOT the only blu-ray backer.
Secondly, porn will go where the money is, and where the population
base is, and the way things are going, that'll be Blu-ray (again,
simply because of the larger number of players and better sales
numbers).
> Unless Blu-ray doesn't gain any meaningful traction and/or HD DVD pulls
> ahead, in which case all the studios have to do is say,
You have seen the graphs that show blu-ray sales catching up and now
pulling ahead of HD-DVD, right (even though HD-DVD had a head start)?
All in the space of several months time?
It's not in the best interest of the studios to have two formats -
they'll go with the format that seems to be winning, and that's
Blu-ray, especially since 5 studios back it exclusively already.
> LOL, that's some interesting logic. You think there's so much demand for
> Blu-ray players that it takes a bunch of manufacturers working together to
> meet it?
You miss the point by a hell lot.
The backing of very large conglomerates like Samsung, Philips,
Panasonic, Sony, Apple, and others means Blu-ray has the money and
strength behind it to simply outlast HD-DVD, which is backed mainly by
a very much smaller Toshiba (which is losing money on each player it
sells, btw)
> So? There are over 10 million PSPs out there -- why did UMD movies die a
> painful death? I'm sure a lot of PS3 owners will buy a Blu-ray movie or two
> out of curiosity -- I did -- but those million or so PS3s aren't going to
> turn the tide in Blu-ray's favor.
Ah, you fail to notice that it is indeed those PS3 owners who are
starting to buy Blu-ray, especially because there is a strong trend to
buy HD TV nowadays...one thing that previously was not a factor. You
also miss the point that Blu-ray is NOT a proprietary Sony push, but
one backed most of the industry, another crucial factor.
> Hell, a certain percentage of those PS3s
> can't even be used for Blu-ray movies because they were bought by people
> with standard def TV sets.
Ah, I have a standard TV and use my PS3 Blu-ray on it....your point?
However, because of our new Blu-ray, we are now going to buy an HDTV.
Evceryone wins (except for the idiots who buy hd-dvd dead boxes that
can't play disney movies, or spiderman, or james bond, or...)
> You need to go back to college and take Statistics 101.
really? you need to take a look at the sales charts again (although
HD-DVD started first, blu-ray sales and #titles have grown much faster
and caught up and now surpassed Hd-DVD sales), and take note of my two
points:
1. Larger number of studios exclusively using Blu-ray (Disney, Sony
(MGM/Columbia), Fox, Lionsgate), which will result in larger number of
titles as time passes, and better content (you really think not being
able to play disney movies is a SELLING point for hd-dvd, the dead
box?).
CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT
CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT
Everything else is just people blowing air.
2. Much larger number of potential players for Blu-ray, which almost
surely means a larger consumer base.
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