Samsung Bets All on Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

Josh · 11-13-2006, 12:46 PM

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"Samsung is going all-out for Blu-ray. We were the first one to market the Blu-ray player," David Steel, vice president of Samsung Electronics, told The Korea Times in fluent Korean on Friday. Steel is the global marketing executive for digital appliances.

Steel also said that Samsung has no plan to develop HD-DVD players or combo devices, which support both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD platforms. A public relations official of Samsung confirmed it on Monday.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/...7390411880.htm

JTK · 11-13-2006, 01:21 PM

^^ That needs to be posted everywhere since this another HD-DVD zealots' FUD point: "Oh noes, Samsung was trashed by Sony and made the scapecoat and they're gonna make universal players or defect!"

Nope.

EDIT: I posted this in the so called news thread at you know where and the MS employees and HD-DVD acolytes were all over it real fast. Pretty desperate and humourous to see, actually.

No surprises.

Dave · 11-13-2006, 03:35 PM

Doom for the dvd, doom!

By the way i like this line the most :

"In September, LG Electronics, Samsung’s domestic rival, decided to abandon HD-DVD development plans."

Knight-Errant · 11-13-2006, 03:51 PM

The writing's on the wall and has been since before HD-DVD launched.

BD is the future. We know it. The CE companies know it.

JTK · 11-13-2006, 03:56 PM

Naturally I had a certain MS employee cryptically post this as a response to this news:

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Contractual obligations. Just wait for 2007.

Sure... you keep telling yourself that bud and maybe it'll come true.

2007 is just going to be more Blu, starting with CES.

ProvenFlipper · 11-13-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JTK

Naturally I had a certain MS employee cryptically post this as a response to this news:

Sure... you keep telling yourself that bud and maybe it'll come true.

2007 is just going to be more Blu, starting with CES.

I've been saying this for a long time, but I'll say it again: If HD-DVD doesn't get any additional studio support, or CE support by CES 2007, then their time is going to be severely limited. What are people going to think when they go into a store and see 5-6 different BD players and 1.5 HD-DVD players? Even telling customers who's backing BD vs. who's backing HD-DVD, people are swayed towards BD, they are just waiting for prices to come down to the $500-$700 range, and the Sammy is approaching that price point in many places already. Add to the fact that there are many people who are perfectly fine with using the PS3 as their BD playback device until standalones get cheaper, the gap grows even more.

dobyblue · 11-13-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JTK

Naturally I had a certain MS employee cryptically post this as a response to this news:

Sure... you keep telling yourself that bud and maybe it'll come true.

2007 is just going to be more Blu, starting with CES.

Where is this thread?

Jeff® · 11-13-2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JTK

Naturally I had a certain MS employee cryptically post this as a response to this news:

What else is new.

They are paid to neutralize/cast doubt on anything positive about BD.

JTK · 11-13-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff®

What else is new.

They are paid to neutralize/cast doubt on anything positive about BD.

Of course.

GTP · 11-14-2006, 12:13 PM

The sooner we get down to one HD optical format....the sooner the masses will gain interest....which means the sooner we will see LOTR and the Matrix series ect on HD.

ProvenFlipper · 11-14-2006, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP

The sooner we get down to one HD optical format....the sooner the masses will gain interest....which means the sooner we will see LOTR and the Matrix series ect on HD.

Exactly... I've encountered numerous amounts of people who said they will not spend a single dollar on a HD optical format until a clear cut winner is determined. Bring on the demise of HD-DVD!

GoldenRedux · 11-14-2006, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTK

Naturally I had a certain MS employee cryptically post this as a response to this news:

Sure... you keep telling yourself that bud and maybe it'll come true.

2007 is just going to be more Blu, starting with CES.

I was watching What's Kewl at CEDIA 2006 last night on HDNet, and there was a lot of focus on the Panasonic and Pioneer Blu-ray players.

dobyblue · 11-14-2006, 03:55 PM

For January's CES show (CES 2007) you will note that the following companies will have booths set up.

Blu-ray Disc Association
HD-DVD Promotion Group
Panasonic
Pioneer
Samsung
Sony
Mitsubishi
LG
Toshiba

Looks like Blu-ray will have a huge showing.

blitz6speed · 11-14-2006, 04:26 PM

CES is going to be an ONSLAUGHT of Blu. You will see more HD-DVD owners defect and you will see tons of people on AVS saying how Blu-Ray looks every bit as good and better at times. Honestly, i still stand by my custom slogan for HD-DVD. Short Lived.

The HD-DVD forums are filled with gloom right now, people ready to jump ship, canceling orders, etc. They realized what most of us already knew. You cant win a format war with 1 CE company and a handful of studios. I feel bad on their investments of crappy hardware, but i will welcome them with open arms to the future of High Definition.

ProvenFlipper · 11-14-2006, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

CES is going to be an ONSLAUGHT of Blu. You will see more HD-DVD owners defect and you will see tons of people on AVS saying how Blu-Ray looks every bit as good and better at times. Honestly, i still stand by my custom slogan for HD-DVD. Short Lived.

The HD-DVD forums are filled with gloom right now, people ready to jump ship, canceling orders, etc. They realized what most of us already knew. You cant win a format war with 1 CE company and a handful of studios. I feel bad on their investments of crappy hardware, but i will welcome them with open arms to the future of High Definition.

I just realized you finally registered over here... Welcome!

Spankey · 11-14-2006, 05:10 PM

I almost wonder if Toshiba is sticking around this long to recoupe some of their investment into HD-DVD research and development. Once they get to a point they can balance their books and see money to be made from Blu-ray they will jump ship. Nothing more than speculation on my part.

blitz6speed · 11-14-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ProvenFlipper

I just realized you finally registered over here... Welcome!

Glad to be here!

Spankey · 11-14-2006, 05:58 PM

Quote:

CES is going to be an ONSLAUGHT of Blu. You will see more HD-DVD owners defect and you will see tons of people on AVS saying how Blu-Ray looks every bit as good and better at times. Honestly, i still stand by my custom slogan for HD-DVD. Short Lived.

I am seeing more and more people in the HD-DVD section of AVS admitting to buying into Blu-ray and being completely satisfied. There are quite a bit of PS3 owners also posting about Blu-ray now.

Chris Beveridge · 11-14-2006, 06:14 PM

What's really amusing is how many of them are buying the Samsung, a player that a lot of them soundly trashed before. Most sight unseen. Samsung really should have released that deck at $499 or even $599. While it would have had its share of problems, they would have kept people early on. Curious to see if the price drops on the 17th will happen.

PeterTHX · 11-14-2006, 06:29 PM

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Honestly, i still stand by my custom slogan for HD-DVD. Short Lived.

Mine is "HD DUD"

11-13-2006, 01:21 PM	#2
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	^^ That needs to be posted everywhere since this another HD-DVD zealots' FUD point: "Oh noes, Samsung was trashed by Sony and made the scapecoat and they're gonna make universal players or defect!" Nope. EDIT: I posted this in the so called news thread at you know where and the MS employees and HD-DVD acolytes were all over it real fast. Pretty desperate and humourous to see, actually. No surprises. Last edited by JTK; 11-13-2006 at 01:48 PM.

11-13-2006, 03:35 PM	#3
Dave Expert Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Somewhere	Doom for the dvd, doom! By the way i like this line the most : "In September, LG Electronics, Samsung’s domestic rival, decided to abandon HD-DVD development plans." Last edited by Dave; 11-13-2006 at 03:47 PM.

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11-13-2006, 03:51 PM	#4
Knight-Errant Power Member Member since:Aug 2005 Location:Sheffield, UK	The writing's on the wall and has been since before HD-DVD launched. BD is the future. We know it. The CE companies know it.

11-14-2006, 12:13 PM	#10
GTP Expert Member Member since:Jan 2006 Trading Score:1	The sooner we get down to one HD optical format....the sooner the masses will gain interest....which means the sooner we will see LOTR and the Matrix series ect on HD.

11-14-2006, 03:55 PM	#13
dobyblue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:655 Blu-ray reviews: 15	For January's CES show (CES 2007) you will note that the following companies will have booths set up. Blu-ray Disc Association HD-DVD Promotion Group Panasonic Pioneer Samsung Sony Mitsubishi LG Toshiba Looks like Blu-ray will have a huge showing.

11-14-2006, 04:26 PM	#14
blitz6speed Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Anaheim Hills, CA Trading Score:8	CES is going to be an ONSLAUGHT of Blu. You will see more HD-DVD owners defect and you will see tons of people on AVS saying how Blu-Ray looks every bit as good and better at times. Honestly, i still stand by my custom slogan for HD-DVD. Short Lived. The HD-DVD forums are filled with gloom right now, people ready to jump ship, canceling orders, etc. They realized what most of us already knew. You cant win a format war with 1 CE company and a handful of studios. I feel bad on their investments of crappy hardware, but i will welcome them with open arms to the future of High Definition.

11-14-2006, 05:10 PM	#16
Spankey Power Member Member since:Oct 2006	I almost wonder if Toshiba is sticking around this long to recoupe some of their investment into HD-DVD research and development. Once they get to a point they can balance their books and see money to be made from Blu-ray they will jump ship. Nothing more than speculation on my part.

11-14-2006, 06:14 PM	#19
Chris Beveridge Moderator Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Hudson, MA Blu-ray reviews:3	What's really amusing is how many of them are buying the Samsung, a player that a lot of them soundly trashed before. Most sight unseen. Samsung really should have released that deck at $499 or even $599. While it would have had its share of problems, they would have kept people early on. Curious to see if the price drops on the 17th will happen.

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