Re: SAY NO TO BLURAY

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:45:47 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

Sony only wants you to put their discs in their shit

Not true. Samsung will be the first manufacturer to release a Blu-Ray
player, with Sony and Pioneer to follow. Sony wants Blu-Ray to become the
new standard, so they can reap a licensing fee for every machine and disc
that's manufactured.

(and even with only their properties on it, if they had their way).

Again, not true. Sony has actively courted all the major studios for
support for the new format. Hell, they actively courted all the major
studios for support for UMD discs. Even with their gaming machines, Sony
tries to get as many publishers as possible to release on the format. They
understand that the breadth of selection is a positive selling feature, and
that lack of third-party support, like with Nintendo's Gamecube, will hurt
overall sales.

Better specs or
not, proprietary practices have been the death knell for a LOT of
technology moves by some of the biggest players. IBM's micro-channel
PC interface bus comes to mind. A lot of peripheral card makers were
kicking themselves in the ass for jumping on that bandwagon.

It's only proprietary if it doesn't become the new standard. There are
almost always competing formats. See USB vs. Firewire, DVD-R vs DVD+R, DAT
vs DCC, VHS vs. Beta, Laserdisc vs CED. DVD was an exception in the format
war.

-Jay
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