Slate.com: "I'm the Idiot Who Bought an HD DVD Player" - Blu-ray Forum

Vanwolfenstein · 03-01-2008, 02:53 PM

http://www.slate.com/id/2185365/?GT1=38001

I enjoyed the read.

Ken

PS3 Blu-Ray · 03-01-2008, 02:56 PM

Na na na na na na na na Hey hey hey goodbye

I DO BLU

Moefiz · 03-01-2008, 03:01 PM

I had a go at this article this morning already, talk about somebody who doesn't know what he is talking about and he also need to get his facts straight before he write's an article like that.I also like how he ends off the article about the digital download....

bferr1 · 03-01-2008, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanwolfenstein

http://www.slate.com/id/2185365/?GT1=38001

I enjoyed the read.

Ken

I didn't. It was full of Sony bashing, as if Blu-ray, once again, was Sony. Plus, the whole "digital downloads will kill BD" FUD talking point rears its ugly head. It might seem fresh if I haven't read stuff exactly like it just about everywhere these days.

The writer bought into HD DVD on Black Friday last year, paying $150 for a player and seven movies. He ignored the market reality of almost a year's worth of 2:1 sales leads for BD over HD DVD and now rues the day he bought into HD DVD? He came to the party late, paid next to nothing to get in, and then complains that the party's over? Serves him right, I think.

Sorry for the rant. There was just enough BS in that article to warrant it.

goodstuff · 03-01-2008, 03:03 PM

More whiny HD-DUDers. I love how the debunked Warner "payoff" keeps getting posted as a fact. Guess that's the internet for ya.

WickyWoo · 03-01-2008, 03:03 PM

He has since been informed of the way the format war went prior to his entry

He specifically wrote it from the ultra-paranoid voice intending for it to be funny

bferr1 · 03-01-2008, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodstuff

More whiny HD-DUDers. I love how the debunked Warner "payoff" keeps getting posted as a fact. Guess that's the internet for ya.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that, too. The writer makes sure to mention a Warner/BDA pay-off, which has been denied, but doesn't mention the Paramount/Dreamworks/HD DVD payoff, whcih Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed. There's biased reporting, and then there's WTF?

Scorxpion · 03-01-2008, 03:05 PM

No comment and i hope he will do some research maybe he knows that Sony is not only the company behind Blu-ray like Betamax years ago.

bajor27 · 03-01-2008, 03:15 PM

He should have read this forum or Digitalbits before making his purchase as I don't think he may have made the same decision. I'm sure we all knew the war either ended in 2008 or the war was pointless.

Horrible article though. Sony bashing, fake warner payoff (and no mention of paramount payoff), digital download myth, etc etc.

werewuf · 03-01-2008, 03:18 PM

I find it amusing that these guys continue to say that Blu will loose in the end. It's just a sour grapes attitude. Personally I never felt laserdisc was a failed project like betamax just an alternative that went away when something better came along.

getblu · 03-01-2008, 03:19 PM

that was not a good article. it was an autobiography of a ****ing idiot.

i'm sick of the Warner was paid FUD. total BS.

dseedm · 03-01-2008, 03:19 PM

I found the article humerous.

Sure there were somethings, like the WB payoff, that I didn't like, but for the most part this was just a guy making fun of himself.

I got a good laugh out of it.... Thanks for the post.

dialog_gvf · 03-01-2008, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

He has since been informed of the way the format war went prior to his entry

He specifically wrote it from the ultra-paranoid voice intending for it to be funny

Quote:

Even worse, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and BusinessWeek reported that Sony, perhaps having learned its lesson from the Betamax debacle, paid Warner Bros. between $400 million and $500 million to go with Blu-ray. Sony hadn't won because it offered the HD-buying public any other tangible advantage. It took down Toshiba because it knew whom to pay off.

Quote:

Sony pulled sketchy backroom deals behind my back.

Funny?

dialog_gvf · 03-01-2008, 03:24 PM

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If there's any consolation for us HD-DVD-buying losers, it's that disc-shaped physical media won't be around much longer. Once high-definition digital downloads, like those available through Apple TV, hit the mainstream, Blu-ray will be as dead as HD-DVD. Take that, Sony!

Just like CDs.

It's impossible for me to find those nowdays.

BruceWayne · 03-01-2008, 03:24 PM

What an idiot. It looked like it may not have been a total Sony bashing by the title of his article, but obviously not. Poor guy wasted $150... HORRIBLE

WickyWoo · 03-01-2008, 03:58 PM

As I said, he has since been corrected and accepted the facts

His intention was to write from the ultra-paranoid

cartman781 · 03-01-2008, 04:03 PM

At least he knows he is an idiot

wisper9999 · 03-01-2008, 04:07 PM

Ya I do like the title. I kinda feel sorry for them. I went thru this with laser disk. Oh well time to move on. Glad I came to this site and you guys helped me pick Blu right from the start. Thank you.

CobraComander · 03-01-2008, 04:15 PM

what a douche

GregBlu5 · 03-01-2008, 04:19 PM

He wanted cheap. He got cheap. We could have told him it doesn't pay.

03-01-2008, 02:53 PM	#1
Vanwolfenstein Junior Member Member since:Dec 2007	Slate.com: "I'm the Idiot Who Bought an HD DVD Player" http://www.slate.com/id/2185365/?GT1=38001 I enjoyed the read. Ken

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03-01-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
PS3 Blu-Ray Active Member Member since:Feb 2008	Na na na na na na na na Hey hey hey goodbye I DO BLU

03-01-2008, 03:01 PM	#3
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	I had a go at this article this morning already, talk about somebody who doesn't know what he is talking about and he also need to get his facts straight before he write's an article like that.I also like how he ends off the article about the digital download....

03-01-2008, 03:03 PM	#5
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	More whiny HD-DUDers. I love how the debunked Warner "payoff" keeps getting posted as a fact. Guess that's the internet for ya.

03-01-2008, 03:03 PM	#6
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	He has since been informed of the way the format war went prior to his entry He specifically wrote it from the ultra-paranoid voice intending for it to be funny

03-01-2008, 03:05 PM	#8
Scorxpion Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Middle East,Lebanon Blu-ray collection:57	No comment and i hope he will do some research maybe he knows that Sony is not only the company behind Blu-ray like Betamax years ago.

03-01-2008, 03:15 PM	#9
bajor27 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:BC, Canada Blu-ray collection:1031 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:5	He should have read this forum or Digitalbits before making his purchase as I don't think he may have made the same decision. I'm sure we all knew the war either ended in 2008 or the war was pointless. Horrible article though. Sony bashing, fake warner payoff (and no mention of paramount payoff), digital download myth, etc etc.

03-01-2008, 03:18 PM	#10
werewuf Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:95 Blu-ray reviews:2	I find it amusing that these guys continue to say that Blu will loose in the end. It's just a sour grapes attitude. Personally I never felt laserdisc was a failed project like betamax just an alternative that went away when something better came along.

03-01-2008, 03:19 PM	#11
getblu Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Adelaide, Australia	that was not a good article. it was an autobiography of a ****ing idiot. i'm sick of the Warner was paid FUD. total BS.

03-01-2008, 03:19 PM	#12
dseedm Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008	I found the article humerous. Sure there were somethings, like the WB payoff, that I didn't like, but for the most part this was just a guy making fun of himself. I got a good laugh out of it.... Thanks for the post.

03-01-2008, 03:24 PM	#15
BruceWayne The Dark Knight Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Gotham City Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:887 DVD collection:496 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:6	What an idiot. It looked like it may not have been a total Sony bashing by the title of his article, but obviously not. Poor guy wasted $150... HORRIBLE

03-01-2008, 03:58 PM	#16
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	As I said, he has since been corrected and accepted the facts His intention was to write from the ultra-paranoid

03-01-2008, 04:03 PM	#17
cartman781 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2007 Location:In a van down by the river Blu-ray collection:2074 DVD collection:257 Digital collection:18 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:99	At least he knows he is an idiot

03-01-2008, 04:07 PM	#18
wisper9999 Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:MA Blu-ray collection:145 Blu-ray reviews:2	Ya I do like the title. I kinda feel sorry for them. I went thru this with laser disk. Oh well time to move on. Glad I came to this site and you guys helped me pick Blu right from the start. Thank you.

03-01-2008, 04:15 PM	#19
CobraComander Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:North East Colorado Blu-ray collection:1198	what a douche

03-01-2008, 04:19 PM	#20
GregBlu5 Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indio, CA 4K collection:794 Blu-ray collection:3954 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:1	He wanted cheap. He got cheap. We could have told him it doesn't pay.

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