blue ray sux,hd dvd rawks
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Totally agree with that. Any propriatary format is doomed from the start anyway. Sony Minidisk anyone? 
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in the US ,hd dvd players are getting uber cheap.
there was a special deal on a toshiba model for $99
best buy ran out of stock so fulfilled orders by giving the next model up in the range for $99!!!
there was a special deal on a toshiba model for $99
best buy ran out of stock so fulfilled orders by giving the next model up in the range for $99!!!
wasnt there problems with the blueray discs detereorating aswell? think i read that somewhere.,
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Wouldn't supprise me :bang:. Can remember how annoying minidisks were
i used to have a minidisc player in the car and then a few of the later stereos, they drove me to being a sony-hater.,lol
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Yeah Tell me about it I had a player in the car and a top Spec Portable MD player which set me back just shy of £300 only to find out 3 months later there releasing a 1gb version :bang:. Thought it was ****e anyway and just bought an MP3 CD Player which has better compression anyway
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for me the big issue is sony changing the specs of blueray litteraly pushing a whole series of machines out of date.
okay some maybe open for firmware updates but its not the way to win customers over as most prefer not to run firmware updates on 'basic' electronic goods
okay some maybe open for firmware updates but its not the way to win customers over as most prefer not to run firmware updates on 'basic' electronic goods
my cheap digi box updates its software from time to time. our old one did too. why's this a problem
As for blue-ray/hd-dvd i don't care too much. PS3 games aren't anymore expensive than PS2 games used to be. if blue ray wins i've got a player for them already, if it loses i've still got a good games console.
As for blue-ray/hd-dvd i don't care too much. PS3 games aren't anymore expensive than PS2 games used to be. if blue ray wins i've got a player for them already, if it loses i've still got a good games console.
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the digibox recieves a signal via the signal.
who says the blue ray player will given it doesnt have a tuner?
who says the blue ray player will given it doesnt have a tuner?
Plus Blu-Ray dont allow porn...
Betamax anyone?
Betamax anyone?
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im going to say that without ps3 blueray would be dead already.
its only the ps3 influencing studios but unless they can drop hardware prices then i see hd dvd gaining favour
its only the ps3 influencing studios but unless they can drop hardware prices then i see hd dvd gaining favour
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Transformers director was mad as hell that it was going to be on hd dvd only and not blue ray aswell (turned down job for the 2nd movie) We need few more companys to help back hd dvd to really kill off blue ray, it's joke having too different types of media which basicly do the same job. How about HD-Ray ?
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just to show im neutral
From gamesindustry.biz:
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Sony come up with good products, I wouldn't say their products were significantly better than their nearest rival but then Sony prices them so they are totally uncompetitive. Its like Betamax v VHS, VHS won because Betamax was overpriced and IMO overrated.
the picture quality was better on betamax but the whole thing was to expensive from making the cassettes to the machines them selves
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i think sony made the mistake of thinking the playstation brand was strong enough to support 'any' price point.
the sales have shown this is not the case and the model revamps and cutting of specs show them desperatly trying to be able to cut prices
the sales have shown this is not the case and the model revamps and cutting of specs show them desperatly trying to be able to cut prices
i dont think sony have the slightest chance of catching up with the xbox, simply by the advantage microsoft have in the amount of time it was on sale before the ps3 came out would mean that an awful lot of people that might have chosen a ps3 at the time now have 360s and most people are not likely to buy a new console that for the most part, will have the same games.,
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dropping BC goes towards that as well given many use the thought they already have loads of ps2 games they can use on the new ps3
Yes but the question is do you think sony will swap out the blu-ray player in the ps3 for a hd-player?
I can't see that they can do it, therefore your going to have many millions of households with ps3 blu-ray plays in that will want support and media for their blu-ray player.
It will be very hard now for sony to back track on blu-ray and very expensive, so i think blu-ray is here for a while anyway.
