Blu-ray's Hardware Woes Stacking Up

An anonymous reader writes "The bad news just keeps on coming for Blu-ray. First, Sony halved its U.S./Japanese launch shipments of its Blu-ray powered PlayStation 3, blaming a shortage of blue lasers. Then, in the last two weeks, both Sony and Pioneer delayed the releases of their new Blu-ray players, refusing to cite reasons. And this week, at Blu-ray backer LG's annual dealer show, a previously announced LG Blu-ray player was nowhere to be found. LG product development director Tim Alessi had this to say: 'We will provide an announcement when the time is right.'"

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I'm surprised

[yellowcord]

I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be any shark jokes... So...

Those fricken blue sharks must be more tough to breed than Sony anticipated.

I finaly got the ???

[aadvancedGIR]

1- buy a PS3 and tear it appart
2- sell the blue laser to Sony
3- profit

Re:PS2 DVD vs PS3 Blu-Ray

[Sinbios]

And Blu-Ray has been on the market since 2003. Do the math.

Re:PS2 DVD vs PS3 Blu-Ray

[Sinbios]

The first Blu-ray Disc recorder was unveiled by Sony on March 3, 2003, and was introduced to the Japanese market in April that year.

I'm sorry, but you must realize that a) Sony is a Japan-based company and b) the U.S. does not constitute the entirety of "the market". Also, nowhere within your quote did it mention that the Blu-Ray specs were not finalized in 2003.

Re:PS2 DVD vs PS3 Blu-Ray

[Sinbios]

Read your own quote. What exactly does "introduced to the Japanese market in April that year" mean to you? Sony put the product on the market in April, 2003. Samsung and JVC are the ones that didn't get to the market until 2005.

I believe the word for your condition in general is FLAMING IDIOT. Literally an idiot who flames.