Posted by familyofshaw on 10/13/07 17:10

To even waste time debating the DVD wars is stupid. The media is only being
released to suck up comsumer monies. They're still incredibly easy to mess
up. No moving parts. That's the future. Peace out.
"ChairmanOfTheBored" <RUBored@crackasmile.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:09:32 -0400, "Danny Biggerstaff"
> <coasterdan@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>I think the PS3 simply coming with a BR player is what is winning the war
>>right now. Most people that have either or BR or HD DVD (I have both...)
>>have it because it came with the PS3. So they buy BR movies to use on it.
>>It was a great marketing ploy...
>
>
> Not at all. The PS3 is a dog with Linux on it, especially for reading
> standard CDs and DVDs.
>
> It is a nice box, but without Sony releasing the info required to allow
> 3D video drivers to be released, it is stuck in frame buffer mode, which
> is quite sad.
>
> Besides, simply being included in a game console is NOT going to garner
> enough points to win over an industry.
>
> With A/V aficionados, quality will be, and is always the test.
>
> Right now, both seem to be pretty damned good, and I foresee that both
> will survive pretty damned long.
>
> I find it quite amusing that the Cell BE CPU in the PS3 is a joint IBM,
> SONY, TOSHIBA venture, so I see this whole thing as being Sony's greed as
> it was they who ventured astray when all this HD stuff was being designed
> at the start. It was initially a Toshiba design, and Sony "differed" on
> some points so went their own way.
>
> They went to the Bill Gates' School of Suck-Mo-Cash, and that is fully
> what they intend to do.
>
> They don't deserve it, but both will be around for a while, and Sony
> will wrest even more control over the movie industry as a result. Keep an
> eye out for them buying up even more studios, and other "properties" in
> the realm of film art. Sad, that. Monopolies always means that we lose.

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