Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 01/06/08 00:42

In article <13o07rvspk2in45@corp.supernews.com>,
Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net> wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> > In article <4780093e$0$5106$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> > Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net> wrote:
> >
> >> willbill wrote:
> >>
> >>> imho, BD has too many problems to
> >>> become the HD standard
> >> What problems?
> >
> > I guess you don't have one...
> >
> > Extremely slow load times by all but 2 of the current players. Mostly
> > caused by BD using BD-Java and then not making HW good enough to run it
> > fast enough.
> >
> > Constant firmware upgrades. Almost everytime a new blockbuster comes
> > out.
> >
> > An uncertain spec. Profile 1.0, the original, is still the most
> > dominant and all of the current 1.0 boxes cannot be upgraded at all.
> >
> > That's just off the top of my head.
>
> Precisely why more competition among manufacturers will be good for the
> consumer. You don't think these problems will be ironed out with more
> manufacturers going after the BD dollar? Competition leads to better
> quality and lower prices.

The competition that was good for the consumer was the phony war. The
prices of both BD and HDDVD would never have gotten as low as they have
if BD had been the only one. Or have you forgotten Sony's very vocal
indication that profits and prices weren't going to be anything like DVD?

Now we'll see some improvements and price reductions, but at a far
slower pace than if the war kept going for a bit longer.

I've got both HDDVD and BD players so I really don't give a damn which
one ended up, just wanted it delayed some more. I most likely won't buy
many (maybe none) more HDDVD discs.

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