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Posted by Tarkus on 01/06/08 00:23
Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> In article <4780093e$0$5106$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net> wrote:
>
>> willbill wrote:
>>
>>> imho, BD has too many problems to
>>> become the HD standard
>> What problems?
>
> I guess you don't have one...
>
> Extremely slow load times by all but 2 of the current players. Mostly
> caused by BD using BD-Java and then not making HW good enough to run it
> fast enough.
>
> Constant firmware upgrades. Almost everytime a new blockbuster comes
> out.
>
> An uncertain spec. Profile 1.0, the original, is still the most
> dominant and all of the current 1.0 boxes cannot be upgraded at all.
>
> That's just off the top of my head.
Precisely why more competition among manufacturers will be good for the
consumer. You don't think these problems will be ironed out with more
manufacturers going after the BD dollar? Competition leads to better
quality and lower prices.
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