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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:Faked Demo? by sharkey · · Score: 1, Troll
    It's not liked they faked the demo and entered it as courtroom evidence in a criminal trial.



    Poor Sony, playing second-best behind Microsoft.

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  2. The arrogance! by Fengpost · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is the problem with large companies. When they think consumer's IQ is something they can toy with, that is the time they will pay!

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  3. ITT I MOLEST YOUR CHILDREN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  4. Re:Obligatory Ctrl+Alt+Del reference by Zaplocked · · Score: -1, Troll

    In no way was it necessary to post that piece of shit comic.

    Nor was it necessary to sign your post when we can already see your goddamn username.

  5. Shocking, another wrong article on Slashdot by fortinbras47 · · Score: 0, Troll
    ...so take with the requisite grain of salt required when reading any news.

    Or maybe any news that you read on Slashdot