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RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles

Posted by Jazz Inmate on July 2, 2007 at 17:32:46:
>> That may be so, but it's premature to declare a winner, as you are doing. <<

I didn't declare a winner. I merely declared that there are, in fact, rational people who would adopt the PS3 over any HD-DVD machine, and use the PS3 for movies. And I said there are technical advantages of blu-ray over HD-DVD.

>>Yes, but the same can be said about HD DVD. Both have advantages and disadvantages. <<

All is not equal. Take a close look at the advantages and disadvantages, especially as they relate to implementation.

>> I suggest you not get too caught up in the technical hype. If technology was the deciding factor, Beta would have won the Beta/VHS format war. We all know how that turned out. <<

Yes, but that wouldn't have stopped me from adopting the superior format and extolling its virtues, which I think is the obligation of any serious consumer. Calling people "fanboy" is dismissive of valid points.

>> Yes, except that's only one factor. Focusing on one factor and ignoring all the rest isn't a good thing to do. Let me try this one on you, and see what you think: Just the fact that it does not limit choices due to Region coding ought to make anyone concerned with having a broad choice of entertainment options instantly favor HD DVD. <<

1. Most blu-ray discs (including all from Warner and Paramount and some others, I think) do not use region encoding. Its implementation comes at the discretion of the studio.
2. The concern about local releases/region encoding will not outweigh the concern about audio and video quality among knowledgeable consumers.

>> Actually, I find it incredibly annoying. All the cheerleading and bias from the fanboys gets in the way of useful discussion, and it does nothing but spark flamewars, just like over in the KEKL forum ;-) <<

Yeah, but the notion that we can't choose one preferred format and discuss why it is better than the other and why it is apparently ahead in sales without being branded "fanboys" is also incredibly annoying.
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