BB employee (me) vs. Toshiba rep

[BTBuck1]

heh, i had a similar discussion but with a blu-ray rep in our store.

I came up to him and said, "you have a couple of guys back here you need to sway, they are HDDVD supporters"

And he said, "oh really?"

we started casually talking about the two formats, and then he said the stupidest thing evAr, which i hear alot....

"Well it's going to come down to the adult video industry, whoever has the porn will win"

So I said to him, you're a guy....every guy (who's not gh3y) watches pr0n...how do you view adult material now? do you go to the video store? he replied, "no....it's all over the net, for FREE!"
I replied, MOST PEOPLE GET IT THAT WAY! and thats not going to change!

I then told him the only reason pr0n decided the vhs/beta war was because before that the only way to get it was, having a film projector in your house or going to a theater to watch it. Now there are billions of websites to get it from, and I explained that most of it isn't shot in HD (the good stuff isn't anyways )

I went on to school him on the real reasons BD will win (we all know them)

-Storage capacity
-Bandwidth
-Interactive features
-studio support
-CE industry support
-Lossless audio

I just walked away feeling like, this guy is here to push blu-ray, and he's using HDDVD talking points to do it....when there is like a gazillion better more effective talking points that actually make sense.

[TheDude]

Originally Posted by BTBuck1

heh, i had a similar discussion but with a blu-ray rep in our store.

I came up to him and said, "you have a couple of guys back here you need to sway, they are HDDVD supporters"

And he said, "oh really?"

we started casually talking about the two formats, and then he said the stupidest thing evAr, which i hear alot....

"Well it's going to come down to the adult video industry, whoever has the porn will win"

So I said to him, you're a guy....every guy (who's not gh3y) watches pr0n...how do you view adult material now? do you go to the video store? he replied, "no....it's all over the net, for FREE!"
I replied, MOST PEOPLE GET IT THAT WAY! and thats not going to change!

I then told him the only reason pr0n decided the vhs/beta war was because before that the only way to get it was, having a film projector in your house or going to a theater to watch it. Now there are billions of websites to get it from, and I explained that most of it isn't shot in HD (the good stuff isn't anyways )

I went on to school him on the real reasons BD will win (we all know them)

-Storage capacity
-Bandwidth
-Interactive features
-studio support
-CE industry support
-Lossless audio

I just walked away feeling like, this guy is here to push blu-ray, and he's using HDDVD talking points to do it....when there is like a gazillion better more effective talking points that actually make sense.

I just said the same thing in another post. Man I hope that Bluray clown didnt work for Sony. The porn industry will NOT determine a winner of the format war. Who gives a flying crap about Hidef porn if you want it it's online for FREE.

[d_rob1031]

The technical aspects and PQ of Blu-ray will win the war, not the porno industry.

Yesterday at work we opened with about 40 sony 300's and ended the day with 8. I just talked to a guy at work and he said they sold those last 8 in the first 3 hours they were open... while we have stacks of HD DVD players left (literally, theyre in the aisles). Our Blu-ray movie section is HEAVILY picked over even though we get movies in everyday. The HD DVD section stays well stocked. The only titles I've seen go out in any number for HD is bourne and the matrix box.

[Blu4ever]

Ah running into an HD-dvd supporter... my favorite pastime.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by BTBuck1

I just walked away feeling like, this guy is here to push blu-ray, and he's using HDDVD talking points to do it....when there is like a gazillion better more effective talking points that actually make sense.

Ggod grief, that's truly sad.