Comments on: Blu-ray wins, customers will lose for years to come http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/02/12/blu-ray-wins-customers-will-lose-for-years-to-come/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 19 May 2010 15:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: vbjhj http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/02/12/blu-ray-wins-customers-will-lose-for-years-to-come/#comment-770 vbjhj Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:44:46 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-770 Exactly right. Blu-Ray was a superior technology ON PAPER ONLY. Anybody with any knowledge of the HD market will tell you that with the exception of the PS3, there isn't a single Blu-Ray player on the market ready for prime time. Not ONE. A better technology ON PAPER isn't worth much compared with a better technology IN REALITY. Despite this, they still win the war. Unbelievable. Exactly right. Blu-Ray was a superior technology ON PAPER ONLY.

Anybody with any knowledge of the HD market will tell you that with the exception of the PS3, there isn’t a single Blu-Ray player on the market ready for prime time.

Not ONE.

A better technology ON PAPER isn’t worth much compared with a better technology IN REALITY. Despite this, they still win the war.

Unbelievable.

]]> By: rkischuk http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/02/12/blu-ray-wins-customers-will-lose-for-years-to-come/#comment-761 rkischuk Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:16:08 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-761 Mark - not sure I'm calling for anything so specific... these standards do serve a useful purpose in that consumers are generally (not fully, as proven by some rogue "CD"-ish formats with extra copy protection) protected against substandard, incompatible products. It would be nice if everyone could just get along. For the most part, the CD and DVD formats were good enough from the consumer perspective. Almost any new format since then (DRM music, DVD+/-R, and HD-DVD/Blu-ray) has been marked with such jockeying for position. If the parties involved were rational, it seems they would conclude that a joint effort has a better risk-adjusted profit than a format war. Mark – not sure I’m calling for anything so specific… these standards do serve a useful purpose in that consumers are generally (not fully, as proven by some rogue “CD”-ish formats with extra copy protection) protected against substandard, incompatible products.

It would be nice if everyone could just get along. For the most part, the CD and DVD formats were good enough from the consumer perspective. Almost any new format since then (DRM music, DVD+/-R, and HD-DVD/Blu-ray) has been marked with such jockeying for position. If the parties involved were rational, it seems they would conclude that a joint effort has a better risk-adjusted profit than a format war.

]]> By: Mark Luffel http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/02/12/blu-ray-wins-customers-will-lose-for-years-to-come/#comment-760 Mark Luffel Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:23:27 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-760 What you're calling for is government intervention to internalize the inefficiency of format wars? It could be pretty simple/natural right? Disallow patents for protocols/formats. Maybe not that simple though, especially with physical media: http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13094/sony_sued_over_blu-ray_patent_infringement What you’re calling for is government intervention to internalize the inefficiency of format wars? It could be pretty simple/natural right? Disallow patents for protocols/formats.

Maybe not that simple though, especially with physical media: http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13094/sony_sued_over_blu-ray_patent_infringement

]]> By: Games 4 MySpace http://blog.kischuk.com/2008/02/12/blu-ray-wins-customers-will-lose-for-years-to-come/#comment-758 Games 4 MySpace Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:41:49 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-758 I just bought someone a HD DVD player for Christmas. I feel kinda bad now. And btw I had a mini disc player too. I just bought someone a HD DVD player for Christmas. I feel kinda bad now. And btw I had a mini disc player too.

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