HD DVD's CES 2008 booth tour
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted January 10th 2008 3:34PM
posted January 10th 2008 3:34PM
posted January 10th 2008 3:34PM
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All of our reps are back from CES today, does anyone have a photo from Saturday - Tuesday when actual business was being done? This seems sketchy, though I remember the Ngage booth at E3 looking like this.
And you know, Engadget is pro Blu-ray.
But if you looked at Blu-ray's CES booth there is a bunch of people using they orange square chairs.
Think to the genius that said "uhh huu Beavis the WB sign is still there uhh huuu." Do you think they put this booth up in one day. It was up before WB made their switch.
Now its funny how ENgadget puts the one photo with all the most people in it as the last photo in the bunch. Come on Engadget we get your editorial bend. No need to beat us over the head with it.
Gee, liven up, and the world wouldn't be so dull for you.
Blu-Ray managed to get the WB logo up "in one day".... where were you headed with this?
I bet WB knew it was comming since they wrote the check!
I attended CES. That is how the HD DVD booth looked "pretty desolate" during all 4 days of CES.
Was that a Toshiba HD-A30? Awe, come on guys! At least try to put up a fight! Come out to CES with some new stuff, not a player that was pushed out as "Black Friday" specials!!
Now all they have to do is cry, shed some tears and everything will be just fine... Look, It worked for Hillary...
this war is not over.
For digital downloads to work you need to have a PC linked up to your TV or a media extender, which is Microsofts plan.
The vast majority of consumers do not have a PC linked to their TV and never will. Unless TVs come with built in terrabyte drives with ethernet ports and an easy to use interface, digital downlmoads will nevr take over the mainstream. I'm also not putting anything of value on a hard drive without a backup. To this people say SSD will take care of that but it will still be years before the cost of a 500mb or higher SSD hits the mainstream price level.
If you want HD you still need a disc. If you want ok quality you can have a download but it will never look as good as the HD disc on a 42" 1080p TV.
Correct.
But I think that day will come sooner rather than later.
The future is in digital distribution. Bottom line.
Until then, long live Blu-Ray, I guess...LOL
I guess Sony and the BDA were handing out Benjamin's to anyone coming to their booth. They seem to be good at handing out cash here lately!
This childish marketing is getting old, I personaly don't like Sony's products but they know how to market their products. Toshiba has well made products but are realy weak in the advertising dept. We need someone on the out side to step in and put it on the table for the two sides. Here is a thought, Dolby Digital and Dts both do the same thing in different ways and both co-exsist on the same dvd's so we the customers can chose what we feel is best. They co-exsist just fine and we the customer don't suffer. One will win but we the customer won't loose! It's time Sony and Toshiba realize that the only way Hd will thrive is if they co exsist! HOW ABOUT A COMBO DISK, HD DVD AND BLU-RAY ON OPPOSITE SIDES! I think this battle needs to be ended by us, the consumer not the two childs at battle. The technology is there, put both formats on one disk!!!
Just a thought,
Digitalhiss.