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Originally Posted by Maxpower1987
No, he was only objective when he supported HD DVD for that brief 2 week period, otherwise he is a BD fanboy  . |
Well, I've definitely seen him take the Blu-Ray format to task quite a bit for some of the missteps (and rightfully so). I think initially he was leaning pretty heavily towards Blu-Ray at CES 2006, but then after the lackluster launch he had second thoughts. He's definitely said several times that he's been impressed with HD-DVD, etc. Either way, I don't agree with him completely on things though. He was prety impressed with Total HD and I think it's a bad idea. It's nice to see someone give an educated opinion on these matters without all the extreme bias. He definitely knows his stuff and as you mentioned, he's got some really good industry contacts.
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Originally Posted by Maxpower1987
I think he is a smart man, if he mentions Spiderman, then chances are it will be released considering the industry contacts that he knows. He also brings up a good point about manufacturers bottom lines, with BD only licensed companies are going to be able to produce players, are the Chinese companies going to get a license, unlikely for a while. With HD DVD Toshiba are going to find themselves competing against volume manufacturing, which as the have so abjectly shown they cannot do (DVD is a good example). While Chinese companies may be good for consumer (pricewise) they will not be good for the format at all as they have no QC, well actually they have no quality in general, and that is what BD and HD DVD are all about, quality picture and sound.
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Agreed!