Comments on: Next-Gen DVD Format Battle Rages On http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ClapekDodki http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-231243 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:10:31 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-231243 <a href="http://eros-amatoriali.iitalia.com/39-colpi_nel_culo/" rel="nofollow">colpi nel culo</a> colpi nel culo

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]]> by: thefinger http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-48678 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:04:58 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-48678 Isn't there an even more recent format war than the vhs/beta battle? How about the one over 1st gen DVD? Isn’t there an even more recent format war than the vhs/beta battle? How about the one over 1st gen DVD?

]]> by: Bill M http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-47257 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:18 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-47257 Please remember that the format 'winner' will be the one with the most popular titles available. Sony makes hardware but they also own rights to a LOT of movies and can persuade or coerce others to release new titles in their preferred format. Most consumers won't really care, as long as it works fairly well. The whole format thing is about licensing fees and the ability to control a market sector, not technology. Please remember that the format ‘winner’ will be the one with the most popular titles available. Sony makes hardware but they also own rights to a LOT of movies and can persuade or coerce others to release new titles in their preferred format. Most consumers won’t really care, as long as it works fairly well. The whole format thing is about licensing fees and the ability to control a market sector, not technology.

]]> by: Charles http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46972 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46972 Ron, 'They' are doing just that. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are two competing formats that are going out into the marketplace. Ultimately, the consumer will decide which one they want, which may or may not be the better technology. But like everyone else said, why even both buying new hardware until the dust settles and there is a clear leader. The standard DVD format will work just fine for me in the upcoming years. Ron, ‘They’ are doing just that. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are two competing formats that are going out into the marketplace. Ultimately, the consumer will decide which one they want, which may or may not be the better technology.

But like everyone else said, why even both buying new hardware until the dust settles and there is a clear leader. The standard DVD format will work just fine for me in the upcoming years.

]]> by: Ron Ingram http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46929 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:57:40 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46929 Why don't they just let the consumer deside? put out all formats on the market and after so many quarters, look at the sales! let the consumer decide which one format is easier/better to use and then just sale that format. Why don’t they just let the consumer deside?
put out all formats on the market and after so many quarters, look at the sales! let the consumer decide which one format is easier/better to use and then just sale that format.

]]> by: Matt http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46884 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:11:03 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46884 I see no reason at all to go to the new format. With the higher cost and added DRM, no way. I dont have a TV capable of using the imporved picture ether. I see no reason at all to go to the new format. With the higher cost and added DRM, no way. I dont have a TV capable of using the imporved picture ether.

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46829 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:25:27 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46829 Like Bill M, I too will eschew the newer formats until I have to switch. Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice... And there is, frankly, no compelling reason for me to worry about switching in the first place. What, am I going to start worrying about whether or not a DVD contains more than one movie? The image quality is already good enough for my bleary old eyes. Like Bill M, I too will eschew the newer formats until I have to switch. Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice…

And there is, frankly, no compelling reason for me to worry about switching in the first place. What, am I going to start worrying about whether or not a DVD contains more than one movie? The image quality is already good enough for my bleary old eyes.

]]> by: Inglix the Mad http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46792 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:04:36 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46792 Toshiba doesn't care about a unified standard. They just hope that enough of their technology makes it into the unified standard to wash the other side's patents. The HD-DVD and Blu-Ray consortiums do not care about consumers, simply profits. Realizing this eliminates the muddy thought process. Toshiba doesn’t care about a unified standard. They just hope that enough of their technology makes it into the unified standard to wash the other side’s patents.

The HD-DVD and Blu-Ray consortiums do not care about consumers, simply profits. Realizing this eliminates the muddy thought process.

]]> by: Bill M http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46791 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:03:12 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3210#comment-46791 I won't buy anything until the standard DVD format is not available any more. By then I will probably be able to view HD movies less expensively via downloads, so the whole format thing will be moot. I won’t buy anything until the standard DVD format is not available any more. By then I will probably be able to view HD movies less expensively via downloads, so the whole format thing will be moot.

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