Blu-Ray Implosion

[Mr. Analog]

I saw this article on Slashdot this morning that catalogues the problems facing the arrival of Blu-Ray DVD technology hitting the consumer market.

To summarise:

• Sony Halving it's PS3 Japanese / US Launch, blaming a shortage of blue lasers
• In the last two weeks, both Sony and Pioneer delayed the releases of their new Blu-ray players, refusing to cite reasons
• This week, at Blu-ray backer LG's annual dealer show, a previously announced LG Blu-ray player was nowhere to be found. LG product development director Tim Alessi had this to say: 'we will provide an announcement when the time is right.'

I can't think of a worse technology rollout, can you?

[Lazybones]

Well there have been lots of stinkers over the years.. It is hard to say.

[Shayne]

Well, this shows the path i'm gonna take.  (shame I can't yet watch them )

[TheDruid]

How much was that bad boy set?

[Shayne]

In normal DVD it was $49, in HD it was $69.  A kick in the nuts to be sure, but I thought it a great set to enter the world of HD.  Wednesday looks like the day.

[Lazybones]

I liked the first MI, but MI2 was too over the top, and three looked to be worse so I skipped it all together.

[Shayne]

I wanted lots of explosions and pretty colours

[Adams]

M-III = Over abundance of explosions and action scenes. (Should be a good HD movie)

Now if you get Die Hard on HD-DVD that would peak my interest.

[Lazybones]

Or just await for some movies that where recored digitally at the necessary resolution to come out, like the HD LOTR set.

The quality of HD content will depend a great deal on the transfer process, much like DVD.

[Shayne]

Not a fan of LotR found them to be very boring.  Though I will agree, im hoping Cars on HD-DVD is gonna kick ass.

[TheDruid]

If the trailer of cars on the 360 is any indication, it should be wild. Really, im thinking the HD DVD player for the 360 is a great idea. Im rather annoyed with my new samsung upconverting DVD player. The picture on it is fantastic, but i hate everything else about it. Slow load times, clumbsy menu access, fast forward speeds of increments 2x - 4x - 128x - 256x WTF! 4x is too dam slow, but 128x blows past an entire show in 1 sec, i want a happy medium like a 8x, 12x, or 16x

[Darren Dirt]

Im rather annoyed with my new samsung upconverting DVD player. The picture on it is fantastic, but i hate everything else about it. Slow load times, clumbsy menu access, fast forward speeds of increments 2x - 4x - 128x - 256x WTF! 4x is too dam slow, but 128x blows past an entire show in 1 sec, i want a happy medium like a 8x, 12x, or 16x

Agreed. When levels of technology are equal, It's All About The User Interface.

And clearly whoever designed the above has never used the scanning features of a remote. Ever. Even on a VCR.