Please read TFA (http://www.sagags.com/?p=441), which states, "If you didn't know yet this is a
joke (you guys really need to read the whole thing)." Engadget messed this one up too.
Those HD captures are from an HD broadcast of LOTR, not an HD-DVD (there are no LOTR HD-DVDs yet). Theoretically, the HD-DVD version should look even better, given bitrate considerations inherent in broadcast HD; there's almost always some motion artifacting and some softness that creeps in as a result. The comparison really is striking, though I wonder if it's enough to win over consumers just looking for "good enough" quality in their home video format.
I don't agree. The moral high ground is following the laws that have been set forth by our duly elected representatives regardless of whether or not anyone else does so. The free exchange of information may in fact be the optimal arrangement of things, but we have no right to do so in violation of the law as citizens of a democratic society. FSF and RMS have some great points, points that I think the **AA would do well to consider, but people take it too far when they use their beliefs about the way things ought to be as justification for illegal actions.
Although, after heavy use--think years--the aluminum does start to corrode, making some rather dreadful black spots where it's been in contact with the wrists.
If you want to think of the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, compare it to the other Blu-Ray players that are launching at $1000 USD. The PS3, even at $600 for the premium model, is a MUCH better deal than those. You buy a Blu-Ray player at a significant discount from standalone players and get the game-playing capabilities thrown in essentially for free. Of course, many consumers don't care about the HD format war right now, so Sony's product and pricing strategy isn't well suited to the PS3 becoming a mainstream, massive hit. Sony, perhaps unknowingly, is going after a very different market than are Microsoft and Nintendo. The PS3 isn't "overpriced," as many are claiming; it's simply a different kind of product than its competitors which Sony has priced accordingly.
There is absolutely no way that the HD-DVD accessory will be $100. $200+ is far more realistic, and even then Microsoft will be taking a loss on them; the tech is just too new to allow that kind of pricing.
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Please read TFA (http://www.sagags.com/?p=441), which states, "If you didn't know yet this is a joke (you guys really need to read the whole thing)." Engadget messed this one up too.
Those HD captures are from an HD broadcast of LOTR, not an HD-DVD (there are no LOTR HD-DVDs yet). Theoretically, the HD-DVD version should look even better, given bitrate considerations inherent in broadcast HD; there's almost always some motion artifacting and some softness that creeps in as a result. The comparison really is striking, though I wonder if it's enough to win over consumers just looking for "good enough" quality in their home video format.
I don't agree. The moral high ground is following the laws that have been set forth by our duly elected representatives regardless of whether or not anyone else does so. The free exchange of information may in fact be the optimal arrangement of things, but we have no right to do so in violation of the law as citizens of a democratic society. FSF and RMS have some great points, points that I think the **AA would do well to consider, but people take it too far when they use their beliefs about the way things ought to be as justification for illegal actions.
Please. How about because it's the right thing to do. We take the moral high ground, even if they don't; otherwise, we're no better than they are.
Although, after heavy use--think years--the aluminum does start to corrode, making some rather dreadful black spots where it's been in contact with the wrists.
If you want to think of the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, compare it to the other Blu-Ray players that are launching at $1000 USD. The PS3, even at $600 for the premium model, is a MUCH better deal than those. You buy a Blu-Ray player at a significant discount from standalone players and get the game-playing capabilities thrown in essentially for free. Of course, many consumers don't care about the HD format war right now, so Sony's product and pricing strategy isn't well suited to the PS3 becoming a mainstream, massive hit. Sony, perhaps unknowingly, is going after a very different market than are Microsoft and Nintendo. The PS3 isn't "overpriced," as many are claiming; it's simply a different kind of product than its competitors which Sony has priced accordingly.
There is absolutely no way that the HD-DVD accessory will be $100. $200+ is far more realistic, and even then Microsoft will be taking a loss on them; the tech is just too new to allow that kind of pricing.