Sony Ramps Up 50GB Blu-ray Discs, More Interactivity

[JTK]

"Not so fast, my friend!" - Lee Corso


Dated 8-25-06

Bill Hunt, of DigitalBits, wrote:

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

"I'm somewhat surprised to find myself saying this, but HD-DVD is quietly making Blu-ray Disc look pretty silly.

Motivated as I've been by a desire to see this format war end quickly, I was quick to sing the potential praises of Blu-ray Disc early on, simply because it seemed to have the clear advantages of better technology and much broader studio support, plus the potential market-share dominance of the forthcoming PS3 game system.

How many of us does this describe? BH may as well have stolen my thoughts outright.

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

And to be honest, my very early experiences with HD-DVD were disappointing. Since that time, however, an interesting this has happened... the early Blu-ray experience has turned out to be pretty lackluster too. Discs have looked bad, the Samsung player is a disaster and Sony's over-priced the PS3 right out of the market (you'll be able to buy both an Xbox 360 AND a Nintendo Wii for the price of a PS3).

All true to anyone who even tries to be objective for a few seconds.

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Sony and their BD camp allies are just not delivering on the promise of their format - period.

100 percent true.

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Meanwhile, HD-DVD software and Toshiba's hardware (via these firmware updates) just keeps getting better and better.

And get this: Sony STILL can't get their 50GB dual-layered Blu-ray Discs to work right on the existing and prototype players. The current Samsung player, as shipped, will not play them. How do you like them apples? Ouch.

I think those apples suck.

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

If the BD camp doesn't do something dramatic and fast... they will have lost the hearts and minds of the early adopters to HD-DVD.

To my thinking at least, HD-DVD is looking better and better all the time... and it seems to me it's now the format to beat."

Exactly right.


Folks, this is the same Bill Hunt that was REPEATEDLY raped on hddvd.avs.com a BD shill and tool and the rest of it saying these things.


All I know is that BD better get cranking come 4th quarter, and I don't mean just cranking out expensive hardware. The software needs to be worthy of that hardware or you can forget about it.


They can keep promising the heavens, but they need to start DELIVERING.