HD DVD Demo a Disappointment

triso writes to tell us that the recent unveiling of the new Toshiba HD DVD production model met with a few difficulties. From the article: "It was supposed to be the grand unveiling of a new generation in home entertainment when Kevin Collins of Microsoft Corp. popped an HD DVD disc into a Toshiba production model and hit 'play.' Nothing happened. The failed product demo at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show was hardly an auspicious start for the HD DVD camp in what's promising to be a nasty format war similar to the Betamax/VHS video tape battle."

Comments

somewhat offtopic .. but not really

[robpoe]

Why? Why do I want this?

It seems like people are spouting all of this "oh, it looks so good on HD". Who gives one rat's ass. To me, it's like saying "Well, the crap they're producing sucks, so we'll give it to them in Hi-Def and then they'll be so distracted by how GOOD it looks, that we don't have to have a good story."

Look at all those great stories that were produced (and loved by generations) before all this digital crap came out. Sound of Music? It's a Wonderful Life? Annie? Those were good stories, and the quality sucked. But if the story / content is awesome, who cares if you're "immersed" in the spectacular quality. You want to see it high quality? Get off your couch and go there. Grand Canyon in Hi Def? Please. Go there, see it's breathtaking beauty. Then you can look at whatever you want to see -- without having to see what the director wanted you to see. Sporting events? Who needs to see the sweat beading off the football player's ass. Action movies? Why do we need to see every droplet of blood that flew off the bad guy's head.

Booooring.

I have better things to spend my money on. DVD works just fine for me (and honestly, if I really want to see it .. I'll just get it on Pay per View, or on HBO On Demand).