http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/ Engadget Comments for Sony and NEC to combine optical businesses: victory for Blu-ray? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Watching both camps duke it out over data storage, DRM (or as ZDNet calls it CRAP - or Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection), encryption, and how people should enjoy the content they paid for is akin to watching two monkeys fucking a football.

I keep remembering back to the Circuit City Divx fiasco of a few years ago. Remember that load of C.R.A.P. ? It tanked hard and circuit city lost a large amount of money on that.

The same thing will happen here. Look at the PS3. HDMI only outputs there folks; no DVI, no VGA, only content restrictive HDMI. Great job Sony, and most normal Joes who buy will take it home only to discover they can't plug it into their TV.

I bought a 60 inch Toshiba HDTV 2 years ago. My DVDs and various video files look gorgeous on it. I have no intention of buying something new just to satisfy the MPAA's greed machine.

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secondly, optical media perhaps may be die, but it is not going to die so early. online distribution models are still in their infancy and people with high speed internet are still a small percentage of consumers. plus you have problems like, how do you carry around your downloads like a simple disc.

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Folks this format war is about money. If you can make money on the backend as a company you're going to do that even if said product ends up in your competitors product. ]]>Feb 27th 2006 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/My email: picknik_72 at yahoo dot com

Thank you]]>Feb 27th 2006 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
think possiblly Holographic?]]>Feb 27th 2006 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
#3. Brian, I don't want either format to win, but I want Blu-Ray to fail more. Why? Because of Sony's history of doing anything to implement DRM (remember the rootkit!) and push their proprietary formats.

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Mostly because I hate Sony and I hate their desire to try and own every technology. Beta, Memory Sticks, BlueRay, their first mp3 players -- it makes me ill and I want to see them punished for it every time.]]>Feb 27th 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
As far as Holographic I bet we won't see that until the manufacturers have milked HD-dvd/blu-ray, then florecent optical media. Why skip forward to something totally new when you can make money selling stuff thats no where near as good and making it obsolete with that technology a few years later?]]>Feb 27th 2006 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
On paper, Blu-Ray looks like a winner, but not by too much vs HD-DVD. HD-DVD has some key advantages like:
- The name. Sure people who surf Engadget know what Blu-Ray means, but that does not mean the majority of baby boomers do. HD-DVD is very recognizeable and an unknolwdgeable buyer may go with this not understading that BR plays standard DVD's as well as the BR format.
- Price. HD-DVD players will be considerably cheaper than BR players initially. Toshiba's entry level player is $499. While still not "cheap" this is a much better looking number than a $1200 BR player.
- Manufacturing. Making BR disks means that manufacturuers will need to buy much more expensive production equipment vs HD-DVD. To me, this may make HD-DVD disks more readibly available (initially) and cheaper.

Me, I tend to buy the newest gadgets, but I am going to wait this one out a little while. No way am I going to buy an expensice BR player only to find it obsolete within a year or two... Too bad they could not have agreed on one standard so the consumer does not get stuck holding the bag.. That and the fact that DRM is starting to get ridiculous. I am very tempted to stick with DVD's for a few more years to stick it to the movie studios..]]>Feb 27th 2006 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
DRM is CRAP]]>Feb 27th 2006 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
But really everyone blaming Sony and even MS for DRM is getting outa hand.. The whole reason they are implementing higher standards in Copy Protection is cuz of Hollywood and the Music industry itself... Ya know all those Co. and Peeps that have a huge bank account already and still want more.. ]]>Feb 27th 2006 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Also if anyone wants too invite me too g-mail please do
akkarin (at) tbiworks (dot) com]]>Feb 27th 2006 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Feb 27th 2006 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/This has implications for the PS3. This means Sony doesn't just make their drive in house, and NEC will be expecting to be re-imbursed for all of those Blu-ray drives they produce. Its at least 45% the same as any other wholesale device they have to purchase in. While Sony may be happy to swallow a loss, NEC wont be.

Surur]]>Feb 27th 2006 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
remember those hd movies take up a lotta space

and to number two your t.v. must suck if it shows dvds in hgih quality that are very low resolution]]>Feb 27th 2006 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
Sorry, I just had to say it.]]>Feb 27th 2006 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/
fr33 3ye-p0ds 1f u 3mail m3]]>Feb 27th 2006 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/sony-and-nec-to-combine-optical-businesses-victory-for-blu-ray/Pit are you serious? HDDVD is supported by vista, bluray isnt. HDDVD will be out on a few weeks no word on Bluray. HDDVD cost less than bluray and less for the consumer. SO serious. Am i missing the joke or what?
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It does make sense, NEC are huge and a big HDD player, Sony are huge and a Big Bluray player. Both would want to secure themselves in a next gen market, so working together makes sense.

If only they did this before deciding on the specs!!!]]>Mar 1st 2006 9:02AM