Odd Sony Rumblings

[atomik kinder]

Here is a commentary from DVDfile about the Sony "stalemate" statement.
Interesting, pretty much what other people here have been saying. DVDfile

[jsteinhauer]

Hindsight is always 20/20.

There is no way to settle this diplomatically, now, and everybody is losing.

If a settlement had been negotiated at the outset, both camps would be reaping greater profits, because no one would feel the need to sit back and await a winner.

History repeats itself, over and over and over again.

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

Hindsight is always 20/20.

There is no way to settle this diplomatically, now, and everybody is losing.

If a settlement had been negotiated at the outset, both camps would be reaping greater profits, because no one would feel the need to sit back and await a winner.

History repeats itself, over and over and over again.

Sadly you are so correct, let's just hope 2008 see the end of HD DUD so it will be a blu year in 2009. Which in fact it's what I think it's going to happen.

Does anyone know what month and year the Paramount's ***** payoff run out?

[sj001]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

Sadly you are so correct, let's just hope 2008 see the end of HD DUD so it will be a blu year in 2009. Which in fact it's what I think it's going to happen.

Does anyone know what month and year the Paramount's ***** payoff run out?

August 2007 - fast forward 18 months -->
On or around February 2009.

[powersfoss]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

Sadly you are so correct, let's just hope 2008 see the end of HD DUD so it will be a blu year in 2009. Which in fact it's what I think it's going to happen.

Does anyone know what month and year the Paramount's ***** payoff run out?

I believe its late 2008. It was an 18 month deal.

[NARMAK]

Toshiba are the cause of all this, back in the DVD era when it was their tecnology up against Sony's proposed tecnology, Sony folded to allow the better tecnology to come out without causing consumer confusion

Toshiba were ignorant this time round by not folding to SOny who had the better tecnology, probably because of ten years of royalties for the tech & being greedy mofo's

[Elandyll]

From the article:

The whole transition to high definition on disc could stall and fail.

I just cannot believe that Toshiba would rather destroy the whole disc market (HD DVD and Blu Ray alike), and hand over the digital media distribution of movies to Apple (itune) and Microsoft (Xbox Live)...
Apple is playing more straightforwardly than M$ in this, obviously (I think they absolutely envision a market where digital DL co-exists with physical medias), but it is little consolation when we might be witnessing the end of both formats.

Let us hope that Warner and Toshiba (imho the two that can end this war early) will see the light and be willing to put an end to this war where both Movie studios and specially the consumers are losing, and all the more over time.

[dialog_gvf]

Blu-ray recorders have captured nearly 25% of the overall recorder market in Japan (isn't that AMAZING?!). Everyone one of those also plays a Blu-ray movie disc. The war ended in Japan a year ago.

Europe is 3:1 to 4:1 in favour of Blu-ray.

The only place there is a war, is in North America. And it's being perpetuated exclusively by payoffs, subsidies, and dumping hardware. It has caused a bit of a stalemate here. But, that will continue for only as long as the studios and retailers allow it to.

And, for as long as Blu-ray supporters allow doubt and fear to settle into their concious. Ignore HD DVD. Buy Blu-ray discs. Give Blu-ray the growth that makes the decision easy for the studios and retailers.

Gary

[hardcore_canadian]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

From the article:


I just cannot believe that Toshiba would rather destroy the whole disc market (HD DVD and Blu Ray alike), and hand over the digital media distribution of movies to Apple (itune) and Microsoft (Xbox Live)...
Apple is playing more straightforwardly than M$ in this, obviously (I think they absolutely envision a market where digital DL co-exists with physical medias), but it is little consolation when we might be witnessing the end of both formats.

Let us hope that Warner and Toshiba (imho the two that can end this war early) will see the light and be willing to put an end to this war where both Movie studios and specially the consumers are losing, and all the more over time.

Suddenly, i have more respect for toshiba, a "If i can't have it, nobody can!" kind of plan. Yet, i have a feeling that if/when HD-DVD bites the dust, toshiba won't sit aside and watch Sony Take all the Royalties that they were used to with DVDs, so they'll come out with the NEXT big thing. Something Like....Holographic Projection TVs that use only Holo-DVDs manufactured by Toshiba (Note, I know that Blu-ray is a lot closer to this, especially with Mitsubishi being amazing....too bad their cars suck)