Where do they get this stuff???

[BillCable]

I was discussing Blu-ray in another forum, and was taken aback by the following reply:

The thing I don't necessarily like about BluRay is it seems like something one company (Sony) essentially owns the market on. I'm never thrilled about that. HD-DVD seems like something more hardware companies are working with which promotes competition and possibly more quality players, etc.

Although I absolutely love my Sony Walkman MiniDisc player, we all know what happened to that medium.

If BluRay wins, will Sony allow more manufacturers to make players?

Of course I proceeded to explain that he had it completely backwards, and it's HD-DVD that doesn't have any manufacturers besides Toshiba. He thanked me for educating him, and said his fear was misplaced.

But I gotta wonder where the hell people are getting these ideas. I asked him, and he said "I just walk around Ultimate Electronics once in a while and I thinks thats where I got the impression."

The Blu-ray disc association needs to start getting some commercials up on the air to start educating people. This level of confusion doesn't help in winning the format war.