http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/ Engadget Comments for Live from the Blu-ray press conference http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
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Except he was doing a mock funeral for one of the company's *own* products ;)
(Mac OS 9, replaced by Mac OS X)]]>Jan 7th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
Steve Jobs did it for his company's own program (OS 9), not someone else's. ]]>Jan 7th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 8th 2008 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/This is the real reason blu ray is winning :
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2134935923_34a2238f21_b.jpg

You put a girl like this this dancing in your booth :-) and over at HD DVD there are just 4 guys in suites.

(just kidding, just the girl at the blu ray booth is for real)
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http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tb]]>Jan 8th 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
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And that should be a troubling thought to anyone who had hope for HDDVD, if the PS3 helped put Blu-ray over the top with only a small fraction of ppl aware it even played BD movies, what happens when people are enlightened with 10 million units out there?
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Doug, read this post, or go back and read the initial post on Warner going Blu. There was no payoff. Warner has denied it repeatedly. The only documented payoff I've seen so far was to Paramount, for $150M, in order for them to go HD exclusively for 18 months. (That's $833,000/mo., incidentally).
]]>Jan 7th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Also, this isnt 1984. People get there porn on the internet.]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
When the choice was porn on VHS vs. porn in dirty semen filled theater, winner: VHS

Now, expensive HD porn vs. free internet porn, winner: duh!]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
I'm surprised people are paying for pr0n, actually. But, I digress :)
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Plus, cheaper doesn't matter. It matters which one makes the studios more money. Warner decided that it made more money from the more expensive Blu-ray because it sold more. The high price to get started with Blu-ray no longer mattered. Plus, the "higher price" for Blu-ray was only because there were higher start up costs. Once everything is set up, then each movie created costs less and less to make.

HD DVD is dead, and I'm an HD DVD fan boy. It's just the way it is. Warner's switch to Blu-ray killed HD DVD and there is no way to resurrect it. Paramount and Universal can't hold the format up on their own. They will soon give in to the way of the Blu.]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
Aren't these people into media and graphics.
Poor show.

BTW, all I want is a standard, I don't care who wins, I just want a winner, now.]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
Slightly less than advantageous for the non super geeky out there.

Hell, I'm super geeky and even I can't be bothered to figure out how to connect my computer to my home theater.]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
Actually, I believe they are referring to the new Netflix box you attach directly to your TV and stream from the internet. No computer needed to view (only to pick what you want to view).]]>Jan 7th 2008 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
I'm still less than convinced about HD content delivery over the internet though, I like having a physical disc. I like paying for the movie once and then watching it as often as I like, the Xbox Live model of paying $6 every time I want to watch an HD movie (and having to wait 10-20 minutes for the damned thing to buffer) is not my idea of a good time.

How are Netflix planning on addressing the bandwidth costs of high frequency movie rental? Are they planning on only allowing you to watch certain numbers of movies per month based on your membership level?]]>Jan 7th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/
I love Netflix. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.]]>Jan 7th 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/live-from-the-blu-ray-press-conferenece/Jan 7th 2008 9:22PM