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so much for "Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD"..
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:31 am
by MKJ
watch rep come in and post "omg morons hddvd is forever!!1one"
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/606/606542p1.html
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that, having reached an agreement that a new, unified standard would be the best thing for the industry, Sony and Toshiba are now in the process of designing the new standard, which seeks to take the strengths from each medium and combine them.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:35 am
by Grudge
This is good news.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:55 am
by +JuggerNaut+
yar, celebrated yesterday by wanking on my remote. smart move, since this would be the ONLY way the format would really take off fairly quickly. it won't be as dramatic as dvd (nothing ever has been), but it should do very well once it is released. i'll be waiting though for second gen players since the first gens will be out the roof.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:33 am
by Eraser
Yeh, very good indeed. They've learned from the VHS vs Betamax struggle.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:39 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Eraser wrote:Yeh, very good indeed. They've learned from the VHS vs Betamax struggle.
wasn't so much a struggle as much as it was Sony shooting itself in the foot with only 1 hour long tapes, albeit smaller than VHS.
that certainly wasn't what consumers wanted. Sony had a huge leg up (read headstart) and blew it.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:41 am
by MKJ
? i had betamax tapes that could hold 3 hrs and 15 minutes.. ?
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:42 am
by +JuggerNaut+
MKJ wrote:? i had betamax tapes that could hold 3 hrs and 15 minutes.. ?
the first betamax's were only 1 hr.
yours was extended betamax. they tried "selling" that to the public but it was too late - VHS were the consumer's choice by the time Sony realized the size limitation and brought out the extended.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:44 am
by MKJ
ha ok. guess i missed that part - or i simply cant remember
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:44 am
by +JuggerNaut+
MKJ wrote:ha ok. guess i missed that part - or i simply cant remember
i've got years on you.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:11 am
by MKJ
riddla wrote:NOW IF WE CAN JUST GET THEM TO PUT THE FUCKERS IN CARTS ALL WILL BE WELL IN THE UNIVERSE.
cds used to be in carts. it sucked. prolly the reason why they gave them up
they did do some crap with the blu-ray coating though which made it more scratchresistant that dvds..
ofcourse, that doesnt save it from those idiots who never put their cds n dvds back into their cases :A