Yahoo! Tech says Blu-ray worst tech product of 2008.

[AgentBLU]

ha Rock Band 2 as one of the best tech products...and Blu-ray is below that???? ...this guy is an idiot

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by prerich

I really don't think Microsoft has anything to do with this. Microsoft will have native BD support, is currently the only computer platform that supports the playback of BD

You may be right but keep this in mind .. MS has many divisions (just like Sony).. that are often at odds with each other and have their own goals to meet .. to get their bonuses, promotions .. and have their own budgets to spend etc.

Just because the Windows division supported Blu-ray ... doesn't mean the Xbox division isn't trying to do as much damage with all the FUD articles we have been seeing. Xbox division stands to lose/gain billions .. and that is tied directly to Blu-ray via the PS3. If they can paint Blu-ray as a failure they can paint the PS3 as a failure.

Windows division has little interest one way or the other in terms of jobs at stake since Blu-ray was already baked in ages ago ... and generates little $$ to their bottom line .. the OS is still going to sell regardless.

IOW there isn't much if any $$ upside to any MS division if Blu-ray succeeds .. but there is a huge $$ upside to the Xbox division (and therefore MS) if Blu-ray fails.

[Argento Fan]

Originally Posted by freddylinni

This is the same guy saying BD is Laserdisc:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/1086...lD89NUOyfPMZA5

Just ignore him and watch TDK again :-)

Very true! He does state that it his his opinion, and it is a lousy one at that.

[york weir]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

IOW there isn't much if any $$ upside to any MS division if Blu-ray succeeds .. but there is a huge $$ upside to the Xbox division (and therefore MS) if Blu-ray fails.

I have a hard time seeing how blu-ray failing would benefit Microsoft.

[Big Daddy]

I believe the title of the thread is a bit misleading. The article is not saying the Blu-ray technology is the worst. He simply states that $25 prices are too high for movies and the players are too slow. I am sure many of us agree about Fox titles and the first-generation players. The only word that should be replaced is "technology". He should replace it with "players". This is the exact quote:

Blu-ray - I'm happy to see that Blu-ray players have come down in price... but the media has not, and there's no way I'm paying $25 to watch Step Brothers. Plus the technology is still, bafflingly, dog-slow.

[MacHaggis]

Honestly, how can Blu-ray be considered 2008 technology?

- Bogdan

[Jeff Kleist]

Any tech writer whose focus is the computer area spent a lot of time being wined and dined by Microsoft for HD DVD, so even if they're not a red ant per say, they've absorbed a lot of FUD from longtime associates

http://www.google.com/search?q=chris...ient=firefox-a

You can see the result of that in his writing

He's also heavy on the anti-DRM crusade, which as we all know has made Blu-ray public enemy #1

[mapledragon]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

You may be right but keep this in mind .. MS has many divisions (just like Sony).. that are often at odds with each other and have their own goals to meet .. to get their bonuses, promotions .. and have their own budgets to spend etc.

Just because the Windows division supported Blu-ray ... doesn't mean the Xbox division isn't trying to do as much damage with all the FUD articles we have been seeing. Xbox division stands to lose/gain billions .. and that is tied directly to Blu-ray via the PS3. If they can paint Blu-ray as a failure they can paint the PS3 as a failure.

Windows division has little interest one way or the other in terms of jobs at stake since Blu-ray was already baked in ages ago ... and generates little $$ to their bottom line .. the OS is still going to sell regardless.

IOW there isn't much if any $$ upside to any MS division if Blu-ray succeeds .. but there is a huge $$ upside to the Xbox division (and therefore MS) if Blu-ray fails.

Compared to the PC (windows & office), xbox is just an R&D project to MSFT.

The PC people understand the need to have the pc owners always ask for more power and more features. If not for the grumblings of the pc group about hd dvd's inability to manufacture working burners and media, why do you think Amir had to spend so much cycles making stuff up about recordable media is irrelevant? Usually the more relevant something is, the bigger the attempt for the spin industry to dismiss it.

In the case of burning 25Gb and 50GB disks, the pc people see this as a great milestone in the next upgrade cycle, more opportunity to sell newer versions of windows with more media processing capability.

[prerich]

Originally Posted by mapledragon

In the case of burning 25Gb and 50GB disks, the pc people see this as a great milestone in the next upgrade cycle, more opportunity to sell newer versions of windows with more media processing capability.

True dat!!! 50gb disk for system ghost ect... This will be a great boone to the PC community! We cheer BD, pc and Disney actually brought me over

[Easywolf32]

More like Yahoo, the whole web site, worst tech product of 2008.

[raskal66]

Originally Posted by BoschRock

He's one journalist

That alone ought to make one question his commitment to truth. Journalists are now ranked with lawyers and politicians on the top of the scum scale.

[iceman]

A lot/most of those "writers", are paid a lot of money by certain companies to write negatively about BD. It's a very well planned strategy to start the FUD all over again because of the Holiday shopping.

BD is doing much better than some companies wish, they are simply very scared and try to do their best to slow down the progress. BD is already dominating in Japan and US is about to go digital in 2009. Remember, BD is the only HD format. Personally I stopped buying DVDs a long time ago, why buy SD when you can buy HD?

You can't stop development and new innovations and advancements in technology.

For the future I suggest that you take notes of the names of those writers (Rob Enderle is another good example) since they are 100% bought and nothing of what they write can be trusted.

Thread locked.

[rghuxley]

This idiot from Yahoo has no clue what he's talking about. Blu-Ray is not dog slow nor are the prices on disks that expensive. They have deals all over the place. This guy is a fool!

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111...ducts-of-2008/

[york weir]

Originally Posted by rghuxley

This idiot from Yahoo has no clue what he's talking about. Blu-Ray is not dog slow nor are the prices on disks that expensive. They have deals all over the place. This guy is a fool!

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111...ducts-of-2008/

Besides the PS3 the majority of players are dog slow. Prices in box stores are still pretty high unless you search out the deals.

I don't feel it deserves to be in the worst category but I do believe what he says is true.

[Blu-Ron]

No offense but...I don't know who's worse...the fool who writes it or the fool who reads that crap.

[CrazyFool]

The Worst

Blu-ray - I'm happy to see that Blu-ray players have come down in price... but the media has not, and there's no way I'm paying $25 to watch Step Brothers. Plus the technology is still, bafflingly, dog-slow.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111...ducts-of-2008/

[rghuxley]

The fool who writes it. The bigger idiot is the one who actually believes it without researching for themselves.

[Blu Titan]

This the third or fourth thread on the same subject.

[lobo81865]

And this is the same company (Yahoo) who is in financial trouble, who just lost their CEO, and who foolishly rebuffed a buyout. Yeah, I'm going to take them seriously.

[Red Hood]

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