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Someone obviously hasn't seen the 200,000 standalone HD-DVD Players to 30,000 BluRay players sold in the US figure. Or Toshiba's plan to drop MSRP on the HDA2 in a few days.

NEWSFLASH!!! A 2x Laptop drive is hardly a sign of dominance in such a tiny market.]]>Mar 21st 2007 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
Get a life and get your facts straight]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
Is there such thing as a Blu-ray (or HD DVD for that matter) "fanboy."

Thomas]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 21st 2007 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
The truth is the 200,000 HD DVD players are not all standalones. They added the HD DVD add-ons, laptops, and standalones in that number. Then, they compared all of that against just the Blu-ray standalone sales. The Nielsen VideoScan numbers already said the standalone player sales were just about even a couple months ago.

I guess the HD DVD camp has yet another loyal BLIND member that will swallow any crap they want him to. ROFLMAO]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
The truth is the 200,000 HD DVD players are not all standalones. They added the HD DVD add-ons, laptops, and standalones in that number. Then, they compared all of that against just the Blu-ray standalone sales. The Nielsen VideoScan numbers already said the standalone player sales were just about even a couple months ago.

I guess the HD DVD camp has yet another loyal BLIND member that will swallow any crap they want him to. ROFLMAO]]>Mar 21st 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 22nd 2007 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 21st 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
I know that lots of people are down on PS3s, and just about as many think that HD-DVD will win because that's the "official high capacity disc format of PORN" (as this is what decided between VHS and Betamax) or whatever, but I personally know of (really scientific, yeah) way more people with PS3s than I do people with the xbox 360 HD DVD add-on. In fact, I don't know anyone with the add-on.

Also, the porn industry has changed a TON since the era of video tapes. Don't expect their ruling to sway the market nearly as much as it did last time now that the vast majority of their business is on-line.]]>Mar 21st 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 21st 2007 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
Even then, though, they'd probably struggle due to the size difference between the two.]]>Mar 21st 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
So all movie companies except universal are blu-ray and will never change, universal can change easily, done deal.

However, they do have some computer drives, its just they're really slow (1X), and hold as much as 2 double layer DVD's, (only 15GB)... when RIGHT NOW I can burn as many 50GB discs as I want w/Blu-ray.

HD will never win, but they can try to be competitive by doing those things, it just won't happen.]]>Mar 21st 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 21st 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/Mar 21st 2007 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/optiarc-unveils-first-blu-ray-players-hd-dvd-says-uh-oh/
Just because someone writes an unbiased story that paints the truth of the situation(Blu-ray winning) doesn’t mean that they are a "Blu-ray fanboy"
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