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I'm def not buying a blu ray machine now, fine with my dvd's. How far are they trying to go anyway, emulate the eye?]]>May 16th 2006 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Will Blu-Ray ever work? Or is it fake? - hehe]]>May 16th 2006 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
As a format in general Sony's edge is in the available space... thats it... and HD-DVD is plenty big to hold a full movie with xtras... is it really worth the extra price for that space?]]>May 16th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/(i think)and not a sony DVD-R.]]>May 16th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Regardless, they should have done a better job at making sure nobody could open that drive. It's just like retail stores. When you goto a store, like Best Buy, the HDTV's are not really playing HD content. They're most likely playing off a crappy DVD player, with a composite (worst) video cable.]]>May 16th 2006 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/Proprietary formats, UMD, crippled PSP, root kits, the PS3 price point and now a fraudulent Blu-Ray demo. I don't care that these thing are from different Sony business units, it all has Sony's name written all over it!]]>May 16th 2006 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
They probably believed they wouldn't be caught. You can't trust anything from Sony until the product is on the shelf.

Even then, take it with a grain of salt.
]]>May 16th 2006 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
wow, you do need a sense of humor... ]]>May 16th 2006 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/thanks for one more "who cares about the consumer" mishap. Its good to know you care.


$ukker

One more reason to question myself when anything im about to purchase says "sony"

-michael

]]>May 16th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
looks like the xbox fanboys (and girls?) are out in force for this one....

wat do ppl have against sony anyways?

i think both hd formats are a big scam]]>May 16th 2006 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/Sony wanted to show off their Blu-Ray drive, but its not ready yet. They used a regular dvd, but burned a hi-def movie onto it. They either used a different codec than Blu-Ray uses, or put about a quarter of the film on it. Who would watch the whole things anyway.

What I am 99% sure of is that it was not faked by the guy who took the picture. This just shows how far from the consumer Blu-Ray really is. It also exposes how tiny of a leap in technology Blu-Ray is from DVD compared to the leap from VHS to DVD. What can a Blu-Ray do that a DVD-9 can't? Hold 2.5 times more data and restrict usage. DVD-9 is completely adequate for storing full length Hi-Def movies with features. My proof of this is the Terminator 2 Hi Def edition. So I ask does anyone know why we need Blu Ray/HD-DVD?]]>May 16th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Smell the Starbucks people; you've been had.

On a brighter note, when is the NYC Engadget meet up? Huh Mr. R Block?? Listen, send out your apartment address, and make it a nice cozy BYOB party. I'll even splurge and bring something better than Natty Ice. I'm really beginnning to think all these other get togethers have been fake.... conspiracy theory...]]>May 16th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
As a Sony fanboy, I'm deeply upset.]]>May 16th 2006 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Well... guess I'll go and get myself a sharpie and a cd-r disc and take a picture of the "Gran Turismo HD" labeled disc in a open disc tray and claim that the E3 demo was running on a Sony Vaio!!!]]>May 16th 2006 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Of course this makes no difference to me, I'm buying a MacBook Pro and waiting until HD-DVD or Blu-Ray finish duking it out for total consumer domination.]]>May 16th 2006 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
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awesome.]]>May 16th 2006 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1959609,00.asp

I'm calling BS]]>May 16th 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/IS there any independent verification tho? Where is the actual Pcmag story?]]>May 16th 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
I can buy a blank Blu-Ray disc NOW.....YES NOW. IN SWITZERLAND.

I can ALSO BUY BLU-RAY TITLES......NOW.

No players available just yet but the discs are in my local Media Markt AS I SPEAK.

REPORT GADGETS ENGADGET, OR STFU BECAUSE YOUR BLOG IS FULL OF RETARD REPORTERS WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT AND REPORTING EVEN MORE OF IT (APPLE BLAH BLAH...)....NO WONDER YOUR HIRING.

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Are you sure about that?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/abouthdvideo.aspx]]>May 16th 2006 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://gearlog.com/photos/gearlog/images/11656/original.aspx
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You were fooled by a cake? ]]>May 16th 2006 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/May 16th 2006 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/sony-throws-party-for-vaios-fakes-blu-ray-demo/
Sony has been this dumb in the past. Cries of 'this is so stupid that it is not possible it must be a clevar trick' (I guess the reporter was paid off by MS or Nintendo) just plumb the depths of your defensiveness these days.]]>May 16th 2006 4:42PM