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Laser Shortage to Stall High-Def Disc War?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the supply-and-demand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DigiTimes reports that several major vendors, including Sony and Matsushita, have suspended shipments of the blue laser diodes that drive both high-def disc formats. The rumored laser shortage could result in shipment delays for new models of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and drives past the upcoming holiday season, cooling the next-gen DVD format war until 2007."

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  1. Animal Cruelty by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Won't ANYBODY think of the sharks!

    They are driving themselves insane out at sea, they were all psyched to go into battle with some kick ass frikkin laser beams on their heads now they have to continue practicing with mop-handles tied on.

    Shame on you Sony.

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    1. Re:Animal Cruelty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have had ENOUGH of these motherfucking lasers on these motherfucking sharks!

  2. Illegal collusion to fix the market by topham · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't happen to be intended to delay the adoption of the new players until next year would it, by which time maybe they will figure out how to actually sell a usable product...

  3. Gee, those marketing people by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just get those green laser pointers over Thinkgeek and rename the product "green ray". Really, blue is cute, but green is okay too...

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  4. meanwhile... by legoburner · · Score: 5, Funny

    meanwhile somewhere on the outskirts of Tokyo, the head of Microsoft's XBOX division and the head of Nintendo's Wii division are shaking hands whilst laughing as their lackeys bolt the doors on a warehouse full to the roof with blue laser diodes.

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  5. just in time by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rumored laser shortage could result in shipment delays for new models of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and drives past the upcoming holiday season, cooling the next-gen DVD format war until 2007.

    Great! That's just in time for me to NOT BUY ONE.

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  6. Sony's strategy by monopole · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Increase PS3 and Blu-Ray drive costs.
    2. Declare ultimate hardware DRM system (no lasers) ensuring that drives cannot read or write any discs.
    3. Openly fret that prices are too low.
    4. ???
    5. Profit!

  7. Re:Those who do not learn from their OWN history.. by NewToNix · · Score: 4, Funny
    Those who do not learn from their OWN history... are doomed to repeat it!
    And those that DO learn from their own history, are simply doomed to repeat it several more times, hoping for a different outcome...