Re: Disney releasing Blu-ray titles. Toshiba dying on HDDVD Fiasco

All magazines and most reviews are supported by advertisers. Sony and
Samsung are
two of their advertisers as well. I also am not expressing a personal
experience opinion.
I will wait, to see the next generation and not get sucked in. I have done
that in the past.
I bought Beta (a better format), which died. I bought RCA's video disk (a
decent format,
which died), I bought LaserDisc (a great format), which died, SACD, which is
also mostly dead,
along with DVD-Audio, though I liked them both. DVD is great and showed
how the companies can work together and it worked. If I want to go with
past experience,
Sony usually loses when they do their own thing...Beta, MiniDisk, and
whatever. I just want
a good/not dead in the water format and it is way too soon to say one is the
better of the two.
I will even jump in, if I can get a dual player, which is the smartest
choice.
"Geena Phillips" <gbeenie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob Bohling wrote:
B.S. - Toshiba is not dying. The reviews for Toshiba so far have been
great for the picture quality.
Blue Ray is having problems though. Sony admitted a chip fault, but
Samsung was trying to keep
from admitting it. Sound and Vision magazine says Toshiba is the "Best
HD Picture They've Seen".

I'm not expressing an opinion about EITHER format, but there is a math
equation that must be considered:

Sound & Vision = published by Hachette Filipacchi
Hachette Filipacchi = OWNED BY ADVERTISERS

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