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Joe Murphy Jr

Fact: Blu-ray is not Sony.

Got it? If need be, repeat it again and again until you drop from exhaustion. Please stop posting that they are, because it is not true: they are only part of it. Below is a link to a discussion on the subject. Page 2 contains a few quotes from Blu-ray financial insider Maxpower1987. Pay particular attention to that information because it may help remedy this all too common misconception.

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seriously, they do - Joe Murphy Jr 21:06:34 02/19/08 (13)
Maybe not everyone, but a large percentage of the posters here have made comments which infer that Blu-ray = Sony with no regard for the other companies involved in the format, especially those who have as much or more IP patents as Sony. And some of those people should know better.
- RE: seriously, they don't - Jack G 05:36:01 02/20/08 (11)
  Sony has become the face of the BDA, regardless of who else is in it.
  Whether that is good or bad depends on your POV.
  Deal with it.
  Jack
  
  Edits: 02/20/08
  - No, only you think so. - Ole Lund Christensen 07:13:22 02/20/08 (10)
    SONY is not the face Blu ray, Disney have been running around USA promoting Blu ray.
    
    It is time for you to eat some humble pie.
    - Let me know when they come to your area - Jack G 07:22:46 02/20/08 (9)
      In the mean time, who made 95+% of the BD players out there?
      Hint: Its the PS3...
      Jack
      - So what is your point? (nt) - Ole Lund Christensen 07:25:43 02/20/08 (8)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Let me know when they come to your area posted by Jack G on February 20, 2008 at 07:22:46
        
        nt
        
        My point - Jack G 07:59:13 02/20/08 (7)
        
        In Reply to: RE: So what is your point? (nt) posted by Ole Lund Christensen on February 20, 2008 at 07:25:43
        
        Is that it doesn't really matter that much if Disney took their show to a shopping mall in a dozen or more cities, that's not what most people see. The PS3 is by far the best selling BD player out there, and is VERY HIGH PROFILE too. As you know, Sony pushed it hard, especially lately, as a BD player. That's what people see. On the news last night, when they discussed the end of the war (yes they really did), they referred to BD as "Sony's Blu-ray".
        Perception is everything.
        Jack
        
        Edits: 02/20/08
        
        CNN, BBC and every journalist on TV make - Ole Lund Christensen 09:00:41 02/20/08 (6)
        
        In Reply to: RE: My point posted by Jack G on February 20, 2008 at 07:59:13
        
        themeselves to instant experts, and spread the news about Blu ray, SONY and Toshiba.
        This is fine for sales of Blu ray, and and I do not expect more from TV.
        
        But perception is NOT everything here in AA. Here knowledge should be at a higher level.
        That was the point of the starting post.
        
        So, the vast majority of players AREN'T made by Sony? - Jack G 10:07:35 02/20/08 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: CNN, BBC and every journalist on TV make posted by Ole Lund Christensen on February 20, 2008 at 09:00:41
        
        Let me know when that changes.
        Then the face will change.
        Jack
        
        Of course most are made by SONY. - Ole Lund Christensen 12:44:42 02/20/08 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: So, the vast majority of players AREN'T made by Sony? posted by Jack G on February 20, 2008 at 10:07:35
        
        why mention that? All here know that.
        
        Because that's the face of BD. - Jack G 13:32:21 02/20/08 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Of course most are made by SONY. posted by Ole Lund Christensen on February 20, 2008 at 12:44:42
        
        But, all here know that.
        jack
        
        Please go back and read again. - Ole Lund Christensen 15:11:36 02/20/08 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Because that's the face of BD. posted by Jack G on February 20, 2008 at 13:32:21
        
        you write about the public, they know SONY
        I write about AA readers, they should know more.
        
        There is a big difference, that is why AA excist.
        
        I did, as you should too - Jack G 05:03:53 02/21/08 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Please go back and read again. posted by Ole Lund Christensen on February 20, 2008 at 15:11:36
        
        I wrote about both.
        People here are well aware that the BDA is more than Sony, that is a given. It doesn't change the fact that Sony is the the most visible company of the BDA, even for people here at AA.
        The two views are not mutually exclusive.
        Jack
        
        Edits: 02/21/08 02/21/08
        
        I can agree with that.(nt) - Ole Lund Christensen 10:52:57 02/21/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I did, as you should too posted by Jack G on February 21, 2008 at 05:03:53
        
        nt
- yes, for many hating SONY was a major reason to go HD DVD - Ole Lund Christensen 05:16:22 02/20/08 (0)
  but Americans should remember that it was Toshiba that secretly sold technology to USSR during the cold war.
No, not really. - grantv 09:43:23 02/19/08 (0)
Did not need to read that at all. Don't care if they do or don't, never thought they did.
Seriously, they don't - 4season 07:01:56 02/19/08 (0)
Only people who need to care are those with a financial stake in Blu-Ray.
Damage Control? - Jack G 04:56:44 02/19/08 (0)
I don't think anyone has ever said that Sony was ALL of the BDA. They certainly seem to be the most visible part. So what's your point?
Jack

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