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  1. Re:Change Your Ads Then! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on PS3 to Sell at Over $800 in UK

    "They can't.

    I don't think Sony is capable of NOT trying to control a format"

    http://www.bluraydisc.com/

    How exactly is Sony trying to 'control' the BluRay format when it is controlled by all of these companies:

            * Apple Computer
            * Dell
            * Hewlett Packard
            * Hitachi
            * LG Electronics
            * Mitsubishi Electric
            * Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
            * Pioneer Corporation
            * Royal Philips Electronics
            * Samsung Electronics
            * Sharp Corporation
            * Sony Corporation
            * TDK Corporation
            * Thomson
            * Twentieth Century Fox
            * Walt Disney Pictures
            * Warner Home Video Inc.

    "WHY they need to control a format is up for grabs -- it's possible it's just thier culture, or the dogma handed down by the leaders that has been followed for decades. But this is the exact same thing as Beta, MD, Memory Sticks, and UMD -- all of which failed to get any support outside of Sony products."

    Sigh...

    "The PS3 is simply thier attempt to get an installed base of Blu-Ray players, fast, and beat out HD-DVD."

    Because everyone knows that a product can't be more than one thing...

    "the Xbox 360 has, somehow, been less successful than the original Xbox over there."

    The 360 has been less successful than the first Xbox in every region it is selling in...

  2. Re:Blu-ray?? by mkraft · · Score: 1 · on UMD Format's Death Rattle Begins

    UMD isn't anything like Blu-ray.

    For one thing UMD wasn't licensed to any other manufacturers so the only device that can play a UMD movie is the PSP. This isn't a problem with Blu-ray.

    Second, UMD is a Sony only proprietary format. Blu-ray was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association of which Sony is just one member. The last media format that was co-developed by Sony was a whopping success. You might have heard of it, it was the DVD (Sony was a founding member of the DVD Forum).

    So as you can see the UMD was basically DOA while Blu-Ray has a good chance of becoming the next standard.

  3. Blu-ray: 2005 Japan, 2006 North America by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 2, Informative · on Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back

    From reading the FAQ on the Blu-ray.com web site (not same as Blue-ray association) there are already players supporting Blu-ray in Japan, but we are unlikely to see them in North America until 2006.

  4. Re:VHS vs Beta all over again. by doctormetal · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft, Intel back HD DVD over Blu-ray
    MS and Intel have a lot of weight. This will probably cause both standards to be released, and then the superior marketing will win.

    These new technologies will probably be launched in asian countries first.
    Microsoft and intel both have an image problem there, which can be a big disadvantage for them.

    With MS and Intel backing, superior marketing will likely be HD-DVD, and again we will be left with the inferior format.

    Looking at the list of supporters for Blu-ray and HD DVD you will see that most of the big players in audio / video hardware market are on the side of blu-ray. Both intel and microsoft are not considered big players in that market.

    Don't forget that there are a lot of companies building A/V hardware, but there a a few that manufacture the internals of those devices.
  5. Technical Details on Blu-Ray Java by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Java to Appear in Next-Gen DVD players
    Hi, I've got some details for people interested in the spec: