Posted by kim on 01/26/08 08:23

POD {ҿ�} wrote:
> "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> once tried to test me. I ate their liver with
> some fava beans and a nice chianti
>
>> RCE Defiant wrote:
>>> Will you be getting a Blu-Ray player or a PS3?
>>
>> Neither.
>>
>> I expect the next mid-range DVD player I buy to have BD playback
>> built-in at no extra cost in the same way as MP3, DivX, DTS, SACD and
>> DVD-A playback are built-in at present. Will probably use it more for
>> H264 encodes downloaded from the 'net and DVD upscaling than for true
>> BD playback.
>>
>> (kim)
>>
>
> It'll also need the blue laser assembly too...that is why it's called
> BLU-ray, as rather than a RED laser that you get in your run of the
> millmid-range DVD player, a Blu-ray drive had a blue laser and
> royaltiues on top of that. So once you pop in the blue laser, low and
> behold, you have a blu-ray drive, and Sony has your money.

Pioneer is one of the license holders of Blu-Ray technology so they don't
have to pay royalties to Sony. Likewise the Philips group which includes
Panasonic and JVC.

(kim)

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