First it was the "OMG! Universal is going Blu with Stargate Atlantis!!" story last week, even though the show is only broadcast on a Universal-owned station and is in fact owned by MGM/Sony, and now this. A lot of posts on here talk about Engadget being biased towards Blu-ray. I believe that. Someone defended them by saying that their podcasts and reviews in the past are obviously more HD DVD focused. Those all took place before Warner announced Blu-ray exclusivity. Now they have to tow the company line and bash HD DVD as much as possible to try and help kill it. If I wanted biased news, I'd watch CNN or Fox News. Or anything on NBC. Or any other network news for that matter. Just the facts, please. And researched ones at that. For the record, I have both a PS3 and the add-on for the 360. And I even have more Blu-ray's than HD DVD's, so I could really care less about which way the war goes.
"Someone defended them by saying that their podcasts and reviews in the past are obviously more HD DVD focused. "
That's not true at all. In fact, they brought me on as a guest on one of the podcasts to give a red slant to it. They're mostly Pro-Blu, always have been, and they pretty much admit it. I don't think that it has anything to do with Warner "owning" the site either - just personal preference by the bloggers. That's one reason it'd be nice if I got a writing gig here... (although there's lots more to talk about than the format war). :)
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anon @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:27PM
First it was the "OMG! Universal is going Blu with Stargate Atlantis!!" story last week, even though the show is only broadcast on a Universal-owned station and is in fact owned by MGM/Sony, and now this. A lot of posts on here talk about Engadget being biased towards Blu-ray. I believe that. Someone defended them by saying that their podcasts and reviews in the past are obviously more HD DVD focused. Those all took place before Warner announced Blu-ray exclusivity. Now they have to tow the company line and bash HD DVD as much as possible to try and help kill it. If I wanted biased news, I'd watch CNN or Fox News. Or anything on NBC. Or any other network news for that matter. Just the facts, please. And researched ones at that. For the record, I have both a PS3 and the add-on for the 360. And I even have more Blu-ray's than HD DVD's, so I could really care less about which way the war goes.
Xyzzy @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:31PM
"Someone defended them by saying that their podcasts and reviews in the past are obviously more HD DVD focused. "
That's not true at all. In fact, they brought me on as a guest on one of the podcasts to give a red slant to it. They're mostly Pro-Blu, always have been, and they pretty much admit it. I don't think that it has anything to do with Warner "owning" the site either - just personal preference by the bloggers. That's one reason it'd be nice if I got a writing gig here... (although there's lots more to talk about than the format war). :)