BDA ramping up for Shock & Awe! - Blu-ray Forum

AV_Integrated · 09-19-2006, 08:27 PM

Let's be fair here... Across the street from the main entrance to CEDIA was a large black trailer emblazoned with HD-DVD logos. Inside they had set up a full HD-DVD demo with a demo reel and a good front projection setup and decent speakers. Outside, which was covered with a tent, were all the current HD-DVD products as well as X360 w/HD-DVD add-on drive (not connected). There were friendly people there to field HD-DVD specific questions and deliver answers. Keep in mind that HD-DVD includes the movie and PC industry so there was more than just Toshiba being represented.

In fact, it was a far more in-your-face presentation than I felt Blu-ray offerred at the entire show. While Blu-ray had MORE, it was scattered throughout the facility. Most definitely HD-DVD was at just as many, if not MORE demo locations from what I saw. It was a suprise that with all the CE and studio support that Blu-ray offers that they did not have a cohesive section at CEDIA that focussed intensely on the product as a whole.

One of my friends who is a custom installer is aware of the format war, but has avoided it altogether, so he remains a bit naive about it all. That is EXACTLY the difference that will swing someone like that one way or the other. He sees HD-DVD, he sees a well presented product on its own, and then, he catches a glimpse of Blu-ray at the Sharp display maybe... or Pioneer (which did it better). But, no section dedicated to ALL that Blu-ray has to offer, which is just plain sad considering the event and time of year.

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09-19-2006, 08:27 PM	#11
AV_Integrated Senior Member Member since:Jan 2005	Let's be fair here... Across the street from the main entrance to CEDIA was a large black trailer emblazoned with HD-DVD logos. Inside they had set up a full HD-DVD demo with a demo reel and a good front projection setup and decent speakers. Outside, which was covered with a tent, were all the current HD-DVD products as well as X360 w/HD-DVD add-on drive (not connected). There were friendly people there to field HD-DVD specific questions and deliver answers. Keep in mind that HD-DVD includes the movie and PC industry so there was more than just Toshiba being represented. In fact, it was a far more in-your-face presentation than I felt Blu-ray offerred at the entire show. While Blu-ray had MORE, it was scattered throughout the facility. Most definitely HD-DVD was at just as many, if not MORE demo locations from what I saw. It was a suprise that with all the CE and studio support that Blu-ray offers that they did not have a cohesive section at CEDIA that focussed intensely on the product as a whole. One of my friends who is a custom installer is aware of the format war, but has avoided it altogether, so he remains a bit naive about it all. That is EXACTLY the difference that will swing someone like that one way or the other. He sees HD-DVD, he sees a well presented product on its own, and then, he catches a glimpse of Blu-ray at the Sharp display maybe... or Pioneer (which did it better). But, no section dedicated to ALL that Blu-ray has to offer, which is just plain sad considering the event and time of year.

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