Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/10/06 06:44

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:19:12 GMT, Not@home.now (GMAN) Gave us:

>In article <fM6dnZRN8ZVy_BTZnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mindNOSPAMspring.IHATESPAM.com> wrote:
>>"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1149832085.507248.236230@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>>> If more buyers would support HD-DVD and say no to Blu-Ray, then we
>>>> would not
>>>> have a format war which is damaging the dvd industry.
>>>> Join the HD-DVD Support Group over at www.hd-dvd.uk.com\\
>>>
>>> Dude, it's over already. Give it up.
>>
>>HD DVD players are still selling out the moment they hit store shops,
>>unable to keep up with demand, and owners are overwhelmingly satisfied.
>>Meanwhile, Blu-Ray can't even get their low-capacity single-layer discs
>>to function with any reliability, much less their mythical dual-layer
>>discs. The format's launch date keeps getting pushed back further and
>>further into irrelevance.
>>
>>
>The day Playstation3 hits the stores, there will instantaneously be more blu ray
>players on the market by a factor of 3 than there are HD-DVD players.

Also, they do not have an HDMI connector, nor are they meant for
watching movies. My player has 7.1 jacks on the back, just in case
the owner wants to feed his stereo some crisp, high dynamic range
audio feeds. It also has an optical output toslink IIRC. Right now,
it works fine pumping things through the HDMI jack.

Three strikes... YOU'RE OUT!

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