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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
hmurchison @ Jun 29th 2006 12:13PM
I find it terribly ironic that Blu-Ray was/is considered to be superior. At CES 2006 there were 5+ BD Players being shown. As it turns out none were playing movies from discs but rather some sort of hard drive and people raved about the quality. CES 2006 was supposed to be HD DVDs death knell but what did they do? Announced pre-orders and actually shipped product 90 days later.
What has Blu-Ray done.
1. Delayed players. Sony until Oct, Pioneer until Sept.
2. Sony has delivered poor quality bitstarved movies.
3. Priced players beyond the early adopter impulse buy range of $500
To quote Sean Connery "I'm waiting to be impressed"
I think we'll eventually see BD-ROM 50GB discs in 2007. And the movies will improve but as a consumer I've got to be more than a little worried that Sony was so keen on again promising me the world and then underdelivering. This is their modus operandi though. I remember when the Playstation 2 was supposed to be a world beater and while it was good it wasn't great until a couple of years of letting developers catch up.
Why should I give Blu-Ray the same when HD DVD is here looking good and priced right. if the Playstation 3 is a capable BD player I'll pick it up. My main goal is great looking HD.