Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/12/07 18:28

Lightning wrote:

> Sony is so very stupid.
>
> Beta died because Sony was so very monoplolisic on controlling every
> sector of the media. Mfg's dropped it and people didn't buy.
>
> Here is the true death nail for Bluray
> http://tinyurl.com/ybgto3

Let me guess: Not even opening the link, and the Great Karnak says
<nrrnrnrrr>..."What is that danged porn article, again?" :)

Actually, accdg. to Digital Bits' analysis of CES '07, where things
stand right now isn't far off:
HD is leading in hardware production and ease/cheapness of replication,
Blu is leading in software-title studio loyalty, and consumer sentiment
is embracing Dual-Format...
That's called a three-way battle, and it's just getting interesting.

Analysts always use *one* of the three factors to determine the "leader"
and right now it's evenly split depending on school of thought.
One week ago, I, like everybody else, would've given the
judges'-decision to Blu-Ray just for the studio-tie-in advantage, but
Warner and LG have singlehandedly thrown the game for a loop.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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