I just meant going to the stores and looking at the dedicated players for home entertainment systems. You could get (2) HD-DVD players for the cost of a Blu-Ray player. With the new price cut you might can get (3).
Blu-Ray isn't about to drop their player prices that much. They've always been more expensive, they don't care. If they win it will be because they've gotten to all the studios.
That's a fairly opinionated statement for this site. I have to say I'm disappointed. Especially so, after seeing this article has a giant Blu-Ray advertisement attached to it. Keep this up and you'll lose this reader.
I agree that this article is kind of a mute point. Why whine about it when there's already workarounds like Trillian (which has absolutely no ads or pop-ups). Just switch to Trillian and laugh at all the people that whine about ads on other IM's like AIM.
I've found that in general the people that usually say the certifications aren't worth it are the people who themselves do not have them. I am certified and the only hesitation at all I had about becoming certified was the money it cost me to do so. Honestly, I had a good bit of industry experience going into the certification program and expected them to be fairly easy to obtain. I ended up being pleasantly surprised by the education the certifications offered. Real world experience had left its gaps in my knowledge of the material and I was pleased to have a more rounded understanding in the end.
I've also found that people claiming the certifications aren't worth it haven't recently tried to switch jobs. My certifications proved to be invaluable both to increase my understanding and in obtaining new jobs. Whether it's a fair practice or not, businesses have to "weed out" applicants somehow and I've found more times than not they are first looking for those with the certifications. Those applications that come in without the certifications are simply pushed aside.
As far as paying for the certifications goes, of course I would have liked my company to pay for them but that is not always an option as in my case. I paid for the certifications myself (nearly $10,000) but did receive a nice raise in the end. I did go from zero to seven certifications at once however so a raise I think was to be expected.
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I just meant going to the stores and looking at the dedicated players for home entertainment systems. You could get (2) HD-DVD players for the cost of a Blu-Ray player. With the new price cut you might can get (3).
Blu-Ray isn't about to drop their player prices that much. They've always been more expensive, they don't care. If they win it will be because they've gotten to all the studios.
I think it has more to do with profit margins. HD-DVD players were cheaper even before this price cut. They see more money in the Blu-Ray price tags.
That really doesn't make sense. HD-DVD players have always been cheaper from what I've seen.
That's a fairly opinionated statement for this site. I have to say I'm disappointed. Especially so, after seeing this article has a giant Blu-Ray advertisement attached to it. Keep this up and you'll lose this reader.
I agree that this article is kind of a mute point. Why whine about it when there's already workarounds like Trillian (which has absolutely no ads or pop-ups). Just switch to Trillian and laugh at all the people that whine about ads on other IM's like AIM.
I've found that in general the people that usually say the certifications aren't worth it are the people who themselves do not have them. I am certified and the only hesitation at all I had about becoming certified was the money it cost me to do so. Honestly, I had a good bit of industry experience going into the certification program and expected them to be fairly easy to obtain. I ended up being pleasantly surprised by the education the certifications offered. Real world experience had left its gaps in my knowledge of the material and I was pleased to have a more rounded understanding in the end. I've also found that people claiming the certifications aren't worth it haven't recently tried to switch jobs. My certifications proved to be invaluable both to increase my understanding and in obtaining new jobs. Whether it's a fair practice or not, businesses have to "weed out" applicants somehow and I've found more times than not they are first looking for those with the certifications. Those applications that come in without the certifications are simply pushed aside. As far as paying for the certifications goes, of course I would have liked my company to pay for them but that is not always an option as in my case. I paid for the certifications myself (nearly $10,000) but did receive a nice raise in the end. I did go from zero to seven certifications at once however so a raise I think was to be expected.