Sony Fakes Blu-Ray Demo? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 16, 2006 @01:33PM 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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Re:It's probably NOT fake... by adam31 · 2006-05-16 14:53 · 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.