Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible
Skewed research?? You have done none, so what positions you to judge what others have done? You cannot sit in your recliner with two teeth in your head(and even fewer brain cells) for 40 years and think you have a good grasp of how things in the movie and CE industries work. You are just another uniformed old fart who's most significant exposure to either industry has been from your fingers to the power button to turn on the tube. There is a reason that bluray has done more revenue last year than all of downloading put together. There is a reason the movie studios chose the shiney disc over a industry that saw it revenue go from $200 million in 2006, to $123 million in 2007. Even a monkey is smart enough not to invest in a money losing venture, especially when you are well aware if infrastructure limitations, lack of viable sell through business plan, and watching downloading in general not grow significantly in at least 3 years.
Scared?

No reason to be, Blu will probably make a lot of money, but downloading will bite into the rental market really hard in the next five years.

Do me a favor talky,
Sony s' great technical expertise is matched only by their idiotic marketing ineptness.
I think their marketing dept is run by three blind monkeys, which is why I THOUGHT YOU WORKED FOR THEM.
Now, you're probably a fake, and the closest thing to having Sony's ear is filling out the registration card on one of their HTIBS, NEVERTHELESS,
here goes.
Tell them , number one.
NOT TO SCREW THIS UP.
Dont overcharge like they did with CD text, so that only Sony CD's had CD text.
No viruses in the software, like they did with some of their CD's , including one I played in my computer that destroyed the root directory of my HD, tell them that the people buying their stuff are their friends, okay?
No fake marketing like they did with some of their movies, people arent as stupid as they (or you) think.
No greed, leading to the destruction of a promising format, this inckudes trying to keep the cost of player high for years.
Any idiot should know by watching the computer and other industries that the battle is won with SOFTWARE.
Screw the players, heck, GIVE the friggin things away.
It was troublesome you talked about keeping the cost of players high, this shows that not only are you a moron when it comes to marketing, but that people in the Blu camp have learned NOTHING.
My DVD player cost 129 bucks, plays sacd, dvd audio, and upconverts.
I have about ten grand (conservative) in my media collection, probably a lot more.
If people have your player they will buy your software, thats where the money is.
Keep those players affordable, all they are is a souped up DVD player with new software
and a blue laser.
Anything else?
OH YEAH.
Stay away from the stove, its hot