Lew Crippen
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On the topic, I don’t believe that it is time to sound the death knell for either or both HD formats. One format has only been out for a very brief time and the other has not yet had its commercial debut. I thank RobertR for his post, a it was interesting reading, but just reading the very first sentence “Spoke to someone in the industry earlier today and was bemoaning the poor release for HD-DVD and the never-ending delays for BD-DVD. …” is reason enough to question if the information contained in the post has validity.
First, the information is anonymous, secondly it is emotive, using words such as “bemoaning” and thirdly, if not inaccurate, at least misleading when referring to the “poor release of HD-DVD and “never-ending delays for BD-DVD”. At least the reviews I have read about the quality of HD-DVD (both audio & video) from those who are qualified to judge (e.g. Robert Harris) have been glowing. This is not to deny that some aspects of the first player are less than perfect and could be improved (the remote and load time spring to mind), or that improvements are not being made via firmware updates as experience and consumer feedback provides information, but in the end, critical users are thrilled with the result.
As for the phrase, “never-ending delays”, that is untrue unless one believes that Blu-Ray will never be released, and even granting a bit of poetic license, it is quite clear that the delays seen so far are pretty much in accordance with most releases of new electronic products.
All of this makes me think that the industry source has either been misquoted, quoted out of context or is not really very much of an insider.
Points 1 & 2 tend to conflict with each other.
Point 3 has merit, but that is pretty much business as usual
An insider in the industry would understand this is not a Sony-only issue as the last sentence indicates.
All-in-all, after analyzing the post, it is likely a fraud and certainly not accurate.
It may well be that both formats (or only one) will only satisfy a niche market for some considerable time. But that is a far cry from doom and disaster.
First, the information is anonymous, secondly it is emotive, using words such as “bemoaning” and thirdly, if not inaccurate, at least misleading when referring to the “poor release of HD-DVD and “never-ending delays for BD-DVD”. At least the reviews I have read about the quality of HD-DVD (both audio & video) from those who are qualified to judge (e.g. Robert Harris) have been glowing. This is not to deny that some aspects of the first player are less than perfect and could be improved (the remote and load time spring to mind), or that improvements are not being made via firmware updates as experience and consumer feedback provides information, but in the end, critical users are thrilled with the result.
As for the phrase, “never-ending delays”, that is untrue unless one believes that Blu-Ray will never be released, and even granting a bit of poetic license, it is quite clear that the delays seen so far are pretty much in accordance with most releases of new electronic products.
All of this makes me think that the industry source has either been misquoted, quoted out of context or is not really very much of an insider.
Points 1 & 2 tend to conflict with each other.
Point 3 has merit, but that is pretty much business as usual
An insider in the industry would understand this is not a Sony-only issue as the last sentence indicates.
All-in-all, after analyzing the post, it is likely a fraud and certainly not accurate.
It may well be that both formats (or only one) will only satisfy a niche market for some considerable time. But that is a far cry from doom and disaster.