Posted by The Spungo Woyah on 11/07/05 01:09

"Kimba W. Lion" <kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote in message
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> John <road@runner.com> wrote:
>
>>I can't quite believe that DVDs could be replaced already, and it
>>seems that they have only taken off in the last few years. I believe
>>it was only two years ago in 2003 that DVD sales became the majority
>>ahead of VHS.
>>
>>I think the pace of change is a little too fast for my liking. The end
>>consumer can not be happy about spending a lot of money on DVD
>>equipment for it to all be replaced by newer High Definition BRDs so
>>quickly.
>
> It appears to me that there will be a HUGE manufacturer's push to replace
> DVD with Blu-Ray. Sony is insanely maniacal about forcing their braind of
> "copy protection" on everyone (see
> http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_raids_hack.html)
> and Blu-Ray players are supposed to need an internet connection so that
> Big
> Brother Sony can check to see if you have the right to play each and every
> Blu-Ray disc.
>
> This business with Sony audio CDs ruining PCs just goes to show that they
> don't care what they do to the consumer.

Say goodbye to Blu-Ray then. It's flat out too early to push a replacement
for DVD's anyway. People are not discontent with DVD technology the way we
all were with VHS. There is almost zero demand for this new shit. And Sony
expects people to spend $800 for a player that spies on you and won't let
you play burned DVD's? Ha! Sony lost in the format wars before and they will
lose this one as well.

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