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Originally Posted by videoworx
Amir said BD-50 was "science fiction", and that we'd "have cold fusion before BD-50".
It's been very widely reported that his primary purpose as a Microsoft employee, was to spread misinfomation about Blu-Ray and HD-DVD - using places like AVS as a launching pad. Google it, and you'll find plenty of evidence.
As for facts:
DV - News - Sony DADC produces 10 millionth 50GB Blu-ray Disc
"Sony DADC has produced more than 50 million Blu-ray Discs in its three plants, In addition, these three plants have a combined Blu-ray manufacturing capacity of 21 million discs per month."
That was from last October. |
None of this invalidates anything I said, or what Amir said for that matter, again an actual BD replication house has stated BD50 is still not widely available for replication yet even for the tiny BD market within the past week:
AVS Forum - View Single Post - Seriously, what happens if Blu-Ray sputters in the market?
It sounds like you are spinning more and backpedaling from your initial post (now trying to turn it into a general MS attack) instead of addressing mine.
With less than a million BD standalones in place and minimal disc sales compared to mass-market techs DVD, there is no way in hell BD50 is a feasible technology for mass market sales at this point with BD50 replication being strained with the currently miniscule market. And that was the point of my original post - they cannot make BD a mass market tech yet, as the replication is not there yet for software. Having 10+ million standalone players in the mass market, but only the software capacity demand capability for the equivalent of 1 million standalone players would be a disaster in the making. It may be more feasible 1yr from now, but currently BD50 for the mass market is a pipe dream. I believe this is also where Amir was coming from with his comments... After all compare HD30 which could be replicated in the same quantity as DVD to BD50 which even now still can't fulfill demand even for the tiny BD market nevermind the DVD market, and you have a huge difference in replication there. One was ready for mass market replication at launch, the other still isn't ready for the mass market 2 years later. Linking a Sony press release, the same company who also said
Playstation 3 could "age SD content to HD like fine wine", is a very weak retort.