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Sony Fakes Blu-Ray Demo?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the please-ignore-the-man-behind-the-curtain dept.

twasserman writes "Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine reported on Sony's recent event showing the new VAIO AR desktop with a Blu-Ray drive, observing that Sony faked the high-def demo by using a plain old DVD+R of House of Flying Daggers. Even before the rootkit fiasco, Sony has seemed increasingly desperate, but the general consensus seems to be that Sony is looking pretty sad and pathetic." Update 03:07 GMT by SM: Many users are calling shenanigans on this one since there were two laptops side by side, one with the Blu-Ray demo and another for comparison. Independent confirmation or negation has yet to surface, so take with the requisite grain of salt required when reading any news.

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  1. Re:Too many holes... by A+Brand+of+Fire · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know why Sony would want to use a Verbatim DVD+R for their demo, but I know I use Verbatim recordable media for integrity and reliability. I've still got circa 1997 2x CD-R Verbatim DataLifePlus discs that are still working perfectly. In fact, even with physical abuse, the discs have withstood the test of time, storage, and transportation for nearly a decade and have retained their resilliency. The only other recordable media I own that have proved nearly or equally as capable has been the Kodak DS InfoGuard CD-R.

    A little off-topic, I know, but given the third question, I thought it relevant.

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  2. Re:It's probably NOT fake... by adam31 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    At least Slashdot didn't pick up the inquirer goofed story about Sony running GT:HD on PCs at the E3 conference. Apparently it was based on an image suggesting that only rack-mounted servers were to be found on the floor.

    Too bad those rack-mounts are PS3 devkits! With all the faked Sony bashing, it's clear why no one pays attention when they do do something crooked.

  3. Re:Here's the problem... by Mongoose · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have to agree. I was at E3 and I enjoyed seeing what other companies were doing on all the other consoles. I really enjoyed the PS3 demos, since you could play even the more experimental titles -- no movies -- no insane backrooms. Sony is going to have the most open console for hobby developers again this generation. I'm a professional developer, but I got my current job partially from skills I got working on my PS2 hobby kit. I don't see Nintendo and Microsoft doing this without fees on top of hardware costs. I don't know why 'news for nerds' would spew hate about such a device. I don't hate the companies selling games that compete with ours -- hell I went out and bought the ones that are already out. The same people that make PS3, 360, and even some Wii titles under the same roof don't go around astroturfing about how evil company XYZ is this hour of the day with a new slashdot post.

    I can't believe all this hate for Microsoft / Sony / person of the week here.

    There is no discussion here anymore just a hate circle jerk. It was funny when only 10% of the posts were trolls, and now 50% of the posted front page content is trolling.