Blu-ray wins the war

arf9999 said:
That's not entirely true. "Current players will not offer the extra features that Profile 2.0 offers" is more accurate. The players will still play back the movies, but won't connect to the internet... unless it is a PS3.
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The word "play" can be defined as "decode the content on the disc". Since this future technology will be unable to be decode, access, present (whatever you want to call it) some of that content, it is fair to say they cannot "play" the disc, part of it or all of it. :p

Take up the argument with someone who has spent 6 to 7 thousand rand on a Blu-ray player that cannot play some of the bonus content on the disc. :(

Whatever your definition of the word "play"... it is only logical to wait until the technology is mature and the market is selling the players and the media at a rational level.

How would you feel if some of the Special Features and content on your current DVDs could not be "played"?
 
Now we all wait in anguish for Toshiba to jump ship.:D

I still believe their is place for Both. Blu-RAy for DVD Home theatre and HD-DVD for the PC and the rest!:D
 
Garyvdh said:
The word "play" can be defined as "decode the content on the disc". Since this future technology will be unable to be decode, access, present (whatever you want to call it) some of that content, it is fair to say they cannot "play" the disc, part of it or all of it. :p
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You're buying someone else's hyperbole. Your post made as if the player would be redundant, and that is plainly not the case. I'm not supporting the release of overpriced, immature format machines, but I'm also not buying over-hyped hysterical panic bullsh1t .

Take up the argument with someone who has spent 6 to 7 thousand rand on a Blu-ray player that cannot play some of the bonus content on the disc. :(
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As irritated as they may be, the fact remains that their machine will still do exactly what it did when they bought it. It'll still play Blu-ray movies. When they purchased it, it wasn't sold as a player that connects to the internet, and *lo and behold* it still won't when Profile 2.0 comes along.

Whatever your definition of the word "play"... it is only logical to wait until the technology is mature and the market is selling the players and the media at a rational level.
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who should wait?

How would you feel if some of the Special Features and content on your current DVDs could not be "played"?
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I personally couldn't give a flying monkey about "special" features, they're almost universally crap. I buy a DVD to watch the movie. But that's just me.
 
Garyvdh said:
How would you feel if some of the Special Features and content on your current DVDs could not be "played"?
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What's new? There are quite a few discs with content on them that won't play on anything I've got that handles DVD. Much of this content requires a PC with Winblows crawling all over it.

Not got, don't want, can't see, don't care.

I can see the movies. That's what I bought the discs for.

*Trybble
 
Garyvdh said:
The word "play" can be defined as "decode the content on the disc". Since this future technology will be unable to be decode, access, present (whatever you want to call it) some of that content, it is fair to say they cannot "play" the disc, part of it or all of it. :p

Take up the argument with someone who has spent 6 to 7 thousand rand on a Blu-ray player that cannot play some of the bonus content on the disc. :(

Whatever your definition of the word "play"... it is only logical to wait until the technology is mature and the market is selling the players and the media at a rational level.

How would you feel if some of the Special Features and content on your current DVDs could not be "played"?
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The guys who bought the very first blue ray players were taking a huge risk. Not only was the format not secure as the leader but the technology was very new. The net was awash with advice to rather get a PS3 as it could be easily updated. If you followed other advice then you only had yourself to blame for the bit that you now cant play. You can still watch the HD movie though, which was the main point of buying the player.
 
arf9999 said:
Cutting hardware prices doesn't solve the problem that they have....
and the Amazon promo is on HD-DVD and Blu-ray.
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No, but it's a good place to get market share - remember it's consumer driven and they don't all know or care about the war...
Effective yesterday, the HD-A3 MSRP has dropped to $149.99, the 1080p-capable HD-A30 to $199.99, and the top of the line HD-A35 to $299.99.
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Bradbowlllama said:
No, but it's a good place to get market share - remember it's consumer driven and they don't all know or care about the war...
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ah, but they do. No consumer wants to buy into a format that may become obsolete. That is the primary problem with the "war", it has stopped consumers from investing in either format.
 
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