Faux-ad for Blu-ray brings grins, sighs

[BrewCityUpstart]

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One of the first arguments out of everybody's Anti-Sony mouth when Blu-ray was announced was "Betamax 2" or some similar drivel about the past repeating. Since Blu-ray is still topping the charts, a trend that started with its inception, it's starting to get hard to make that claim. Enter this ad for Blu-ray, which gleefully mocks Sony's past failures while at the same time giving the nod to Blu-ray and the shaft to HD DVD. It's cute, really. Check it out.
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[The Milk Man 09]

I like it.

[GoatMother]

lol, nice.

Since Blu-ray is still topping the charts, a trend that started with its inception,..

FYI, blu-ray dominating the charts wasn't since inception. HD DVD (launched earlier) did have the lead for a little bit after blu-ray launched as well. Blu-ray has been on top every single week in 2007, not 2006.

HD DVD had the lead in PQ/SQ averages as well last year for a bit, but now blu-ray takes the cake in that aspect as well.

[Peench]

Very clever ad.

[BiffCo]

Damn funny! All us format neutral people just sit back and laugh at the format war.

-Brad

[The Milk Man 09]

If all 360's had it built in this war would be very very different.

I for one am not willing to spend money for the drive but would buy the movies if it was built in. Last I checked install base on 360's was much much higher, and I know everyone who is like me would buy at least one or two HD DVD's

[GoatMother]

Originally Posted by The Milk Man 09

If all 360's had it built in this war would be very very different.

I for one am not willing to spend money for the drive but would buy the movies if it was built in. Last I checked install base on 360's was much much higher, and I know everyone who is like me would buy at least one or two HD DVD's

I wish MS did got that route as well as had and the lossless codec support.

[laxgod]

Originally Posted by The Milk Man 09

If all 360's had it built in this war would be very very different.

I for one am not willing to spend money for the drive but would buy the movies if it was built in. Last I checked install base on 360's was much much higher, and I know everyone who is like me would buy at least one or two HD DVD's

The question is would they have sold as many 360's if the price had been $100-$200 more expensive though. They can't just add the HD DVD drive for free.

[The Milk Man 09]

I think that they could have at least made it affordable, but you do have a point there. I am sure though that by know the tech is cheap enough to start tossing it in and start pissing all of us off.

At least they dont make you buy a remote to watch dvd's anymore that was a fiasco.

[WormholeXtreme]

Originally Posted by The Milk Man 09

If all 360's had it built in this war would be very very different.

I for one am not willing to spend money for the drive but would buy the movies if it was built in. Last I checked install base on 360's was much much higher, and I know everyone who is like me would buy at least one or two HD DVD's

But the install base would be much lower since if they included the Hd DVD drive, the price for the system would have been much, much higher.

[The Milk Man 09]

They could have just added it in to the elites and just made the elites 500.

[BiffCo]

I like their current strategy, although I wish they had a way to get lossless audio out of the 360. Max DTS is nice, but something has to be lost in the conversion. There is a difference in overall dynamic range when comparing the converted DTS to the same track using DD+ 1.5Mbps/24-Bit.

-Brad