Posted by asj on 06/23/06 20:57

Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

> We'll see. History has shown that content alone will not drive a
> technology people don't want.

Uh,
1. sales of blu-ray discs are larger than hd-dvd sales
2. r u telling me you'd buy a player -HDDVD - that will not play Disney
movies, or Sony movies, or....

Content may not be everything, but it's a heck of a BIG thing. You are
a fool for saying otherwise.

Ur wrong on linux, wrong on CE. R u ever right, funkenbush?

> And frankly, Sony has seldom succeeded in
> driving consumer technology (Minidisc? Memory Stick? Betamax?).

too bad for your hypothesis everyone else is on the blu-ray bandwagon
(samsung, panasonic ,phillips. etc)

btw, memory sticks are used by sony rpoducts still, saw my friends
camera using it. and please forget about the walkman, why don't we? or
the fact some savvy CE companies like Apple are on the blu-ray side.

> If Blu-Ray
> is more expensive (and so far, it is.. Blu-Ray $999, HD-A1 $499) and Sony
> can't get their act together in terms of mark

LOL. again you forget a lot of very big companies are on blu-ray's
side.... toshiba is losing money on every player it sells and toshiba
is several times SMALLER than samsung, sony, and panasonic...i think
toshiba will not last 1-2 years before turning blu ;-)

it'll make blu-ray players or be left behind...

sorry microsoft....you're again going to be spanked by Java and Linux!

*Have u had ur plusmo.com today?

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