Posted by Jeff Rife on 06/21/06 20:40

Joshua Zyber (joshzyber@comcast.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > Going to a forum where there are opinions from both sides of the
> > fanbase is not as enlightening as going to a non-biased review
>
> Your logic astounds me. By your reasoning, hearing opinions from both
> sides of the argument is less helpful than reading heavily biased
> articles likely paid for by one of those sides? Fascinating.

It does seem weird to me, too. Even he thinks AVS Forum has opinions on
both sides of the issue. And if both sides are represented, then if the
BD-1000P were significantly better than (or even as good as) the HD-A1,
there would be a *lot* of people saying just that.

Since it's clear from AVS Forum posts that the first Blu-Ray player isn't
worth the $1,000 price tag, and that the first HD-DVD player is a better
deal, either everybody there is an HD-DVD shill, or the BD-1000P just isn't
that good. When you go back and look at previous posts where people tout
how much better Blu-Ray will be, and now turn an about face when they get
the actual player and movies, that says that even the Blu-Ray supporters
are disappointed, which is a bad, bad sign for the format.

--
Jeff Rife | "I'm putting on a happy face...I'm taking the
| high road.... It's just three hours out of my
| life, and, oh yes, I'm drinking straight vodka."
| -- Caroline Duffy, "Caroline In The City"

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