Yes, HD-DVD may be on life-support and even it's staunchest advocates will probably end up holding their virtual noses and drinking the Kool Aid eventually, but at least the format provided value and met the consumer's needs for high resolution without caveats better than Blu-ray. Just because SONY may win the war attrition (via a sucker-punch from a studio more concerned with short-term profits than long term customer satisfaction) doesn't mean that consumers will reap the rewards.Paul Smith's comments (which I've linked below as a weighty counter-balance to Jazz Inmate's never ending napalm-pom Blu-ray advocacy & egoism):
Edits: 01/15/08
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Topic - Interesting comments from someone who gets right to the heart of the matter. - Audiophilander 12:32:58 01/15/08 (18)
- Does he have a spell checker? "descenting opinion"? nt - Duilawyer 16:41:27 01/15/08 (1)
- Probably not, but if he switches to Blu-ray he might need an Exchequer for the VAT! (nt) - Audiophilander 21:13:12 01/15/08 (0)
- ROTFL...you managed to post something even funnier than the youtube video i linked - Jazz Inmate 13:26:52 01/15/08 (7)
- that's not funny; THIS IS FUNNY. Genuinely LAO - Duilawyer 16:45:17 01/15/08 (1)
- now that's funny. - Duilawyer 16:47:35 01/15/08 (0)
- Typical Jazz Inmate whine: If he can't dispute the accuracy of the points, he attacks the messenger. - Audiophilander 14:12:19 01/15/08 (4)
- Accuracy? What did you find accurate in that blog? - Jazz Inmate 14:32:00 01/15/08 (3)
- News Flash: Jazz Inmate channels Mama Cass and chokes on a bone from Toshiba! - Audiophilander 01:51:32 01/16/08 (0)
- News Flash: Jazz Inmate channels Mama Cass and chokes on a bone from Toshiba! - Audiophilander 01:48:59 01/16/08 (2)
- Soon they won't be able to give that trash away NT - Jazz Inmate 10:58:49 01/16/08 (1)
- Are you still raggin' on HD-DVD, fanboy? Well, here's a tune with you in mind... - Audiophilander 22:39:26 01/16/08 (0)
- News Flash: Blu-ray channels Mama Cass and chokes on a bone from HD; she ain't singin' yet. - Audiophilander 01:39:11 01/16/08 (0)
- The consumer WILL reap the long term benefits of a single format going forward. - oscar 13:06:00 01/15/08 (7)
- I'm not going to argue with you Oscar. Just address the author's empirical points if you disagree. (nt) - Audiophilander 13:28:41 01/15/08 (6)
- He has no empirical points, but I'll address them if it will make you happy - Jazz Inmate 13:59:02 01/15/08 (5)
- FYI, if you're the fool who signed my moniker & email address on the HD-DVD death petition... - Audiophilander 15:17:41 01/15/08 (4)
- ask them for - jaiva 16:23:19 01/15/08 (1)
- I'd have no problem admitting if it was I who did that. It wasn't - Jazz Inmate 16:56:38 01/15/08 (0)
- I honestly don't know what you're talking about - Jazz Inmate 15:20:47 01/15/08 (1)
- "It would never occur to me in a million years to do such a thing..." - At first I thought that as well, ... - Audiophilander 23:26:33 01/15/08 (0)