Has BR (Sony et al) given up on marketing?

[tvine2000]

Originally Posted by ganthc

Usually for those people, I would have them watch a month of only HD content. Then make them try to go back to DVD and see if they notice the difference then.

or compare them side by side,but good point.let me put it this way,if i coundn't have see the difference between bd and dvd i wound,nt have touched bd.
i walked in to best buy and saw a samsurg 120hz hdtv playing a bd movie and was blown away,1080p/24.to me upconvert looks well phony.

[Mr. Furious]

I want BD to succeed, but I want it on my terms.

- I want higher audio & video quality - (Done)
- I want less DRM (nope)
- I want the same or more portability (nope)
- I want media as affordable as DVD (nope)
- I want a stable feature set (nope)

I could live without some of those, but 1/5 is tough to swallow.

[Ruined]

Rumor - Sony has exit date planned for BD already (2 yrs) - AVS Forum

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Rumor - Sony has exit date planned for BD already (2 yrs) - AVS Forum

And I thought we had put an end to the FUD, Ruined.

[Derb]

I guess Sony will also pull the plug on the PS3 for kicks, scrap all their investment with BD & give away their partial ownership of MGM to AVS members for free.

[dugpa]

The problem with people who run around spouting silly nonsense like the guy in that link, is that they somehow assume that it's one or the other with a content provider. Which just isn't true. If you're a smart content owner you release in as many formats as are realistically available to you that will make you a profit. They don't have to dump blu-ray to do downloads, you do both and clean up all around! At least if you have any business sense you still do. Hell, it wasn't until 2006 that the last major studio finally stopped releasing VHS tapes, and that format had been all but dead for five years at least. You really think companies are going to just stop doing blu-ray and walk away when there's still money left to be made. Nope.
It's pretty clear from reading though the link and where the source came from, that either a). the guy who posted is completely making it up just to stir up fud, or more likely b). his source is a manufacturer's rep who stated they were making a product that caters to downloaders and thus has a vested interest in spreading doubt about the future of blu-ray.
As Derb pointed out, they spent a lot of money on the format, and while it's not anywhere near dvd sales yet, it is making money. To walk away from a product that's a modest success is silly, especially when they're finally reaching the point where they actually will start making money back on their investment. Hell, Sony is still pushing the PSP, both in hardware and software, and that's a far smaller base than blu-ray is at this point.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by ganthc

And I thought we had put an end to the FUD, Ruined.

Come now, I thought it was funny

I'm sure the guy isn't lying though. The salesman for the product was probably just trying to push his wares.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Come now, I thought it was funny

I'm sure the guy isn't lying though. The salesman for the product was probably just trying to push his wares.

It was funny. Especially the responses to his rumor. I like the one where they asked him if the rep told him this telepathicly.

[Jast3r Rogu3]

Originally Posted by Astrakan

Re: Video quality of movies from Xbox Live

I downloaded The Brave One the other night, and even blown up to 120" it looked perfectly fine. It's a new projector and I haven't yet tried an HD disc, so I can't give an opinion as to the differences, but the quality of The Brave One was perfectly acceptable.

KM

The biggest movie i have seen on live is like 5GB.

no way that looks or sounds good on a 120''.

lmao you need glasses.

[Astrakan]

Originally Posted by Jast3r Rogu3

The biggest movie i have seen on live is like 5GB.

no way that looks or sounds good on a 120''.

lmao you need glasses.

I may need glasses, but at least I'm not a total dick.

KM

[chlngr1970]

Originally Posted by Jast3r Rogu3

The biggest movie i have seen on live is like 5GB.

no way that looks or sounds good on a 120''.

lmao you need glasses.

That's it. You're done.

j

[Mr. Furious]

I think BD is in it for the long haul. There is no way they're going to have sunk that much into a field only to turn tail and run. Further, I like to own the physical copy of my media. Unless downloads are truly portable, I'll avoid them just as I have the Xbox Live downloads.