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"Early adopters problems" is no excuse!

Posted by jsm on October 19, 2007 at 16:37:53:
We have seen posts that one shouldn't surprised to see people having problems playing newer BD discs, that kind of thing just goes along with being an early adopter, when the standards are still evolving. I think that is a bunch of (expletive deleted). I have been an early adopter for decades. I bought what I think was the first CD player, the Sony CDP-101. It still works and will play any CD I have, including the CD layer of hybrid SACD recordings. I bought a very early VHS machine (for $1400), and it played every VHS tape I ever put into it. My early DVD player has played every DVD I have put into it. But in all these cases a standard had been agreed upon.

If the standard is still evolving when you buy something, you are much more than an early adopter. You are buying the beta version of something, and you should be warned in big print, as you are with beta versions of software, that this isn't final, and may change. It may not even work in the end. Do the makers of BD players tell you that? I think not. Then they are not being honest or at least forthcoming. Add to this two competing formats, and you have a mess.

Joe