Comments on: HD DVD vs Blu-ray war could be moot by 2012 thanks to computers http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: GadgetPig http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-66130 GadgetPig Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:43:58 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/#comment-66130 With the recent Warner decision, this is not good news for those of us already invested in the HD-DVD format. As a typical HD-DVD adopter with a family budget, I just wanted an affordable "standalone" HD player (which was filled by the Toshiba A2 at 199). How soon will we see Sony come out with a 99 to 199 BD 1.1 SA player? Who knows by then, yet another format "HVD" will be waiting in the things. Once bitten, now twice shy, I think I'll just go back to SD til the dust settles for good. Consumers are screwed yet again. :( With the recent Warner decision, this is not good news for those of us already invested in the HD-DVD format. As a typical HD-DVD adopter with a family budget, I just wanted an affordable “standalone” HD player (which was filled by the Toshiba A2 at 199). How soon will we see Sony come out with a 99 to 199 BD 1.1 SA player? Who knows by then, yet another format “HVD” will be waiting in the things. Once bitten, now twice shy, I think I’ll just go back to SD til the dust settles for good. Consumers are screwed yet again. :(

]]> By: GadgetPig http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-66128 GadgetPig Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:38:04 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/#comment-66128 With the recent Warner decision, this is not good news for those of us already invested in the HD-DVD format. As a typical HD-DVD adopter with a family budget, I just wanted an affordable "standalone" HD player (which was filled by the Toshiba A2 at 199). How soon will we see Sony come out with a 99 to 199 BD 1.1 SA player? Who knows by then, yet another format "HVD" will be waiting in the things. Once bitten, now twice shy. The consumer is screwed yet again. :( With the recent Warner decision, this is not good news for those of us already invested in the HD-DVD format. As a typical HD-DVD adopter with a family budget, I just wanted an affordable “standalone” HD player (which was filled by the Toshiba A2 at 199). How soon will we see Sony come out with a 99 to 199 BD 1.1 SA player? Who knows by then, yet another format “HVD” will be waiting in the things. Once bitten, now twice shy. The consumer is screwed yet again. :(

]]> By: DaveBG http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-65469 DaveBG Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:30:22 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/01/02/hd-dvd-vs-blu-ray-war-could-be-moot-by-2012-thanks-to-computers/#comment-65469 Wow, so dual drives might be a growing market. No sh!t Sherlock. But just what sort of bubble do these twits live in huh? By what possible stretch of the imagination could you foresee anything computer based taking over DVD in the widest sense? I don't know about you but there are members of my family that still have no computer, no interest in a computer and want a nice simple standalone under their TV. PC drives are a different animal altogether, they will not be the deciding factor in the current high def wars. But it's just stunning to imagine that people got paid to (hugely over -) state the bleedin obvious. Wow, so dual drives might be a growing market. No sh!t Sherlock.

But just what sort of bubble do these twits live in huh?
By what possible stretch of the imagination could you foresee anything computer based taking over DVD in the widest sense?

I don’t know about you but there are members of my family that still have no computer, no interest in a computer and want a nice simple standalone under their TV.

PC drives are a different animal altogether, they will not be the deciding factor in the current high def wars.

But it’s just stunning to imagine that people got paid to (hugely over -) state the bleedin obvious.

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