Anytime a BD or a Sony article comes up... how do I know that you're always going to be quick on the draw. Here's the perspective of a blu-ray supporter... When an article is written about Toshiba and/or praising HD-DVD, great for them, I have my preference and mind already made up.
If anyone from Engadget murmurs the word Soo... or Blu.. you guys come out of the wood works... Settle, down.. If you don't like it, don't read it. There's a lot on here that I don't agree about, but I just choose not to write about it.
In my mind, HD-DVD is losing the battle on paper compared to Sony, but it's not dead yet. All I have to say to you and anyone like you... quityerbitchin.
I can understand their panic - their favored format is losing (2:1) and it is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Each time there is another report of BD besting HD DVD, it discourages people from buying HD DVD and encourages them to consider BD. But that's not bias - that's just life. When people hear about a winner, they tend to gravitate toward the winning side - unless the loser really doesn't something big to turn it around. And HD DVD is running out of tricks. Disc giveaways haven't turned the tide. Price cuts haven't turned the tide. New players haven't turned the tide.
It is only natural that there will be more positive articles about BD because it is the market leader and has been 'winning' sales contests - such as with '300'. While all HD DVD can do is focus on minor stories like 'selling more standalone players' - of course there was an article this week that several A/V retailers are reporting BD is pulling ahead of HD DVD in player sales in their stores since Sony released the BDP-S300. Even sold side by side with Toshiba's cheaper players.
HD DVD fans would prefer we all just shut up about BD because they're sick of hearing about how it is beating HD DVD - they're getting very emotional about it. That's human nature I suppose.
Personally I think BD is the superior format, and I have since before it was even called Blu-ray - in the early days of the proposals. And I have backed the proposal now known as Blu-ray since before either one launched, and before there was a war. And I wish for the demise of HD DVD mainly because I hate format wars and have no use for an inferior format. I think the world would be a better place if Toshiba hadn't been so greedy and had joined the BDA one of the several times they were openly invited to do so. (I'm sure nfinity will take issue with that - I've read comments from him elsewhere with a 'unique' version of history where Toshiba was somehow the white knight and the entire rest of the industry spurned them. Bizarre.)
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domerdel @ Aug 15th 2007 12:37AM
@Nfinity:
Anytime a BD or a Sony article comes up... how do I know that you're always going to be quick on the draw. Here's the perspective of a blu-ray supporter... When an article is written about Toshiba and/or praising HD-DVD, great for them, I have my preference and mind already made up.
If anyone from Engadget murmurs the word Soo... or Blu.. you guys come out of the wood works... Settle, down.. If you don't like it, don't read it. There's a lot on here that I don't agree about, but I just choose not to write about it.
In my mind, HD-DVD is losing the battle on paper compared to Sony, but it's not dead yet. All I have to say to you and anyone like you... quityerbitchin.
MegaZone @ Aug 15th 2007 3:40AM
I can understand their panic - their favored format is losing (2:1) and it is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Each time there is another report of BD besting HD DVD, it discourages people from buying HD DVD and encourages them to consider BD. But that's not bias - that's just life. When people hear about a winner, they tend to gravitate toward the winning side - unless the loser really doesn't something big to turn it around. And HD DVD is running out of tricks. Disc giveaways haven't turned the tide. Price cuts haven't turned the tide. New players haven't turned the tide.
It is only natural that there will be more positive articles about BD because it is the market leader and has been 'winning' sales contests - such as with '300'. While all HD DVD can do is focus on minor stories like 'selling more standalone players' - of course there was an article this week that several A/V retailers are reporting BD is pulling ahead of HD DVD in player sales in their stores since Sony released the BDP-S300. Even sold side by side with Toshiba's cheaper players.
HD DVD fans would prefer we all just shut up about BD because they're sick of hearing about how it is beating HD DVD - they're getting very emotional about it. That's human nature I suppose.
Personally I think BD is the superior format, and I have since before it was even called Blu-ray - in the early days of the proposals. And I have backed the proposal now known as Blu-ray since before either one launched, and before there was a war. And I wish for the demise of HD DVD mainly because I hate format wars and have no use for an inferior format. I think the world would be a better place if Toshiba hadn't been so greedy and had joined the BDA one of the several times they were openly invited to do so. (I'm sure nfinity will take issue with that - I've read comments from him elsewhere with a 'unique' version of history where Toshiba was somehow the white knight and the entire rest of the industry spurned them. Bizarre.)