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bajor27 · 06-23-2009, 01:19 PM

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Saw this posted on Google News today. It's titled Five Reasons Blu-ray Is Hurting.

Point number 1 starts off like this

Quote:

Blu-ray faces stiff competition, not just from its HD DVD foe, but from a host of other video formats

Wow - where has this writer been? Couldn't help but laugh when I read this today.

blujacket · 06-23-2009, 03:43 PM

How these journalists, and weathermen keep jobs is a mystery.

LifeOfAPirate13 · 06-23-2009, 03:53 PM

This guy must be retarded or something lol. Like how in the hell do they come up with this nonsense? Does he even have one bit of reference to back up any of his statements?

Afrobean · 06-23-2009, 05:18 PM

Hehe.

This dude just used that poll recently that said 11% own HD-DVD players while only 7% own BD players. It's nothing new, he just wasn't paying attention and only used a single (and terrible) source to justify a bad article.

[1080-p] · 06-23-2009, 05:37 PM

you wonder what joker comes up with those webpages

for one thing cable video isn't that great especially with tv logos and comercials

Lucy Diamond · 06-23-2009, 05:40 PM

There are only two possiblities here:

1) This was written by an intern who had no interest in the subject matter and no research skills.

2) This was written a couple of years ago and used to fill space for a deadline.

I would urge you...my Brothers of the BluWorldOrder to e-mail these cretonous wretches and inform them of their ignorance.

Blue_Blood · 06-23-2009, 05:47 PM

He even spelled Blu-ray "Blue-ray" what an idiot!

bongzilla · 06-23-2009, 06:09 PM

Is such outdated material,

kpkelley · 06-23-2009, 06:12 PM

Anyone noticed that the first comment was someone promoting the superiority of digital downloads by linking their blog on Seagate.com

neos_peace · 06-23-2009, 09:51 PM

how moronic can people be? seriously. come on now people get with the program already.

Sponge-worthy · 06-23-2009, 09:53 PM

Probably the writer is some tech junkie who wants to one day be able to look back, point to his article, and proclaim that he foretold the demise of Blu-ray.

Brilliant.

Clark Kent · 06-23-2009, 09:54 PM

There are still bitter HD DVD supporters who will never want Blu-ray to succeed. Among those people a strain of hostility exists against Blu-ray for killing off their beloved format. It now manifests as underhanded attacks against Blu-ray with biased information.

detector19 · 06-23-2009, 10:19 PM

I added up the blu-rays owned on this page comes to 1699 to I bet 0 for HD...
HD better get going...

FinalEvangelion · 06-23-2009, 10:32 PM

Amazing at the people still grasping straws. The bad thing, is so many are misinformed and think Sony has proprietary ownership over the format. They are attacking the wrong thing just to be anti-Sony. When do these people ever attack Panasonic and Phillips?

Anthony P · 06-23-2009, 11:11 PM

And I thought BD was doing well, little did I know how badly it was doing wrt HD DVD.

When will this insanity stop?

Batman1980 · 06-23-2009, 11:14 PM

HD DVD is awesome guys...for coasters or red blu-ray cases.

Anthony P · 06-23-2009, 11:16 PM

also this is a blog, not an article.

Xombito · 06-23-2009, 11:23 PM

Its funny, the comments on the site is even criticizing this article.

SillyMammo · 06-24-2009, 02:36 AM

"One significant thing that the writer failed to mention is that upscaling DVD players such as an OPPO take standard DVD's and produce quality 1080i pictures to the point where the difference between a an upscaled standard DVD and a Blu-Ray DVD is negligible at best. The only difference is the Blu-Ray sound is better quality...."

I enjoyed this comment. Why do I have a feeling that this person doesn't own a blu-ray player and is just chiming in with the same canned answer. Or it might have been one of the blogger's friends who wrote in.

dialog_gvf · 06-24-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bajor27

Wow - where has this writer been? Couldn't help but laugh when I read this today.

A comment is just as funny:

Quote:

Reasons 1 and 5 above are the same: BluRay won the battle for DVD disc standard but lost the war to electronic distribution. My post on this:

BluRay’s new nemesis (http://storageeffect.media.seagate.com)

Gee, I wonder why someone at Seagate wants downloads instead of Blu-ray?

06-24-2009, 02:36 AM	#19
SillyMammo Expert Member Member since:Aug 2008 4K collection:426 Blu-ray collection:1086 Trading Score:2	"One significant thing that the writer failed to mention is that upscaling DVD players such as an OPPO take standard DVD's and produce quality 1080i pictures to the point where the difference between a an upscaled standard DVD and a Blu-Ray DVD is negligible at best. The only difference is the Blu-Ray sound is better quality...." I enjoyed this comment. Why do I have a feeling that this person doesn't own a blu-ray player and is just chiming in with the same canned answer. Or it might have been one of the blogger's friends who wrote in. Last edited by SillyMammo; 06-24-2009 at 02:40 AM.

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Lucy Diamond Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Tomb of Annihilation 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:3	There are only two possiblities here: 1) This was written by an intern who had no interest in the subject matter and no research skills. 2) This was written a couple of years ago and used to fill space for a deadline. I would urge you...my Brothers of the BluWorldOrder to e-mail these cretonous wretches and inform them of their ignorance.

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Blue_Blood Senior Member Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:154 Trading Score:27	He even spelled Blu-ray "Blue-ray" what an idiot!

06-23-2009, 06:09 PM	#8
bongzilla Active Member Member since:Jan 2009	Is such outdated material,

06-23-2009, 06:12 PM	#9
kpkelley Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Framingham, MA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:2478 Digital collection:113 Blu-ray reviews: 152	Anyone noticed that the first comment was someone promoting the superiority of digital downloads by linking their blog on Seagate.com

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detector19 Active Member Member since:May 2007 Location:New York 4K collection:97 Blu-ray collection:437	I added up the blu-rays owned on this page comes to 1699 to I bet 0 for HD... HD better get going...

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FinalEvangelion Senior Member Member since:Nov 2008	Amazing at the people still grasping straws. The bad thing, is so many are misinformed and think Sony has proprietary ownership over the format. They are attacking the wrong thing just to be anti-Sony. When do these people ever attack Panasonic and Phillips?

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06-23-2009, 11:16 PM	#17
Anthony P Blu-ray Count Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	also this is a blog, not an article.

06-23-2009, 11:23 PM	#18
Xombito Active Member Member since:May 2009 Location:Somewherein CA. Blu-ray collection:97 Blu-ray reviews:1	Its funny, the comments on the site is even criticizing this article.

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