Posted by asj on 01/15/61 11:44

Hebee Jeebes wrote:
> They wouldn't be that vague. A hard drive is not something they are going to
> toss in at the last minute. If they had one even in planning stages and they
> were trying to drum up excitement for them they would say they had hard
> drives.

The Java apps require storage to even run. It will have to store data
(such as subtitles, its state, etc) somewhere. That will be either in
the player or the BD-ROM itself.

>
> You have a Sony, Blue-Ray, Java fetish. Your starting to creep me out. See a
> shrink before its too late.

no, i work as a programmer so i'm entitled to talking about my own
work. the fact you even say the words "fetish" for something as
technical and dry as these topics points to someone who needs a shrink
NOW.

all i'm telling you is that, unlike Toshiba's HDDVD, Blu-ray will allow
much greater interactivity between users and DVDs. end of story.

btw, what's with your anti-sony fetish? i neither like nor dislike sony
- it seems to be you anti-sony guys who bring the name up all the time.
for god's sake, it's a freaking COMPANY.

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