Who is bored...<HD DVD fansite FUD>

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by groovyone

and wants to squash this FUD:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/format-wa...ood-295247.php

Ridiculous speculation strikes again.

somebody clear this up for me. AND THE POINT OF THIS FUD IS......

i guess it explains alot even of the facts are correct BD is still kicking HDDVD'S ass.

[domerdel]

Originally Posted by shadblz

somebody clear this up for me. AND THE POINT OF THIS FUD IS......

i guess it explains alot even of the facts are correct BD is still kicking HDDVD'S ass.

BD is kicking ass at IFA right now... but I'm still waiting to see what the hd-dvd camp has to say in their press releases tomorrow.

[dialog_gvf]

The manufacturing yield rates on BD50 (the 50GB discs) are only 40% from Sony manufacturers and down to 10% yields on non-Sony manufacturers. That means only one in 10 discs made by a non-Sony plant works as a BD50 disc. This in turn leads to higher costs

So, which is it:

- Nobody outside Sony does BD50 (Amir)
- Everybody outside Sony gets 10% (this article)

It's simply impossible for Sony to have a magic method, since they want to sell the installations (it's one way to recoup the cost of Blu-ray), so they would be doing everything they can to get yields up ASAP.

Now, only a few sites have recently gotten BD50 lines installed, so it's possible initial tests runs are 10%. And naturally that becomes the number to run with forever. Because, there are a lot of people that want it to be true.

I honestly have no reliable data one way or another. But, it seems to me highly that they manage only 10/40% yields and yet there are VERY few reported real world defects.

Considering how poor the QC on HD DVD combos are, that would imply a massively better QC process for Blu-ray. Which, to the CONSUMER, is what matters.

Fear not when you're boiling your HD DVD disc, realize that Sony is taking a bath on BD50 production, and that will make all the effort seem trivial.

Shouldn't they be looking at the disaster in their own house before worrying about Blu-ray?

Gary

[jiggerman]

I still haven't seen a rebuttal.

[theknub]

Originally Posted by jiggerman

I still haven't seen a rebuttal.

to what?