News Sony goofs by showing declining Blu-ray sales

Well, I will not invest until the industry agrees on which standard to use.
For me it’s not about the capacity, but rather the compatibility.

Can you imagine having different standards on CD music players!

I am very happy with my DVD quality and compatibility.

The price is good, I know that it’s compatible on my PC, my home and/or with friends and family.

Sony always tries to be different, just like they’re Sony Memory sticks, and now this.

 

Well i buy one the day before yesterday if:

The player supports both formats
Can play all other codecs (divx/xvid etc)
And has network connection

 

BD-ROM for data, HD-DVD for movies.

Case closed.

 

so you want to be ripped off twice? Dual format players are probably marginally better, if you really want to waste your money on this HD rubbish

 

How exactly would I be getting ripped off if I bought HD-DVD movies and BD-ROM software? Unless you're on about watching HD-DVD titles on a PC...

 

You have to buy 2 drives ... probably more (1 set for each PC) and you have to keep stocks of 2 sets of "next gen" media

 

might as well stick with blu-ray.... thats what I'm about to do, although waiting for the blank 25gig media to get below 5usd per disc. SONY START STAMPING THEM OUT LIKE HOT_CAKES TO FLOOD THE MARKET!. Unfortunately I have my doubts that it will never happen as dual layer single sides DVD's never really broke down to a cost effective market, and so remain elusive to find in 50 or 100disc lots.

 

nice bump, nearly a year old this fossil...