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This format war doesn't help,,,

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oscar

In Reply to: RE: As players, neither format will amount to much. As recorders, blu-ray probably has a future. posted by jaiva on January 16, 2008 at 02:59:30

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"Every day the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps spend prosecuting this standards war represents a day lost in their race to remain relevant," analyst Krishna Chander at researcher iSuppli said in a recent note. "Amid the rise of exciting new digital media offerings like YouTube, iTunes and on-demand services, the window of lucrative opportunity is closing for both standards."
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as there really ain't that much of a difference between an upconverted SD DVD and a hi-def one, I don't think - jaiva 05:07:43 01/16/08 (2)
for a minute that a single format from day 1 would have fared much better.

everyone here is always going on about players but that is missing the mark.

the shift will be brought about by recorders.
- There is a huge difference. Whether it's important to you is another matter NT - Jazz Inmate 08:38:21 01/16/08 (0)
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  "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
- I don't know that Blu-ray is that good a storage device for computer apps. - oscar 05:45:12 01/16/08 (0)
  And there IS a huge difference between upsampled DVD and HD DVD/Blu-ray on my screen. YMMV. I won't say the same for J6P.

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