stranger on the net

When finally HD-READY screens begin appearing in Norway (no sight of content yet – though Canal Digital has promised “something”) and several years of internet rallying for Sony and Toshiba to agree on ONE format, and them banding back and forth this entire springs… rumour has it that yes, we will indeed have not one, but two competing high definition “DVD” formats by 2006.

Now, how many still uses a BETA machine? Or a VCR2000 for that matter? Or a DCC tape? What about high-def CD’s? SACD? DVDA? Have they learned so little?

Competing formats will lead to the failure of both in my opinion as too many consumers will take a seat on the fence to see how things will end up. With movie distributors evenly spread between the 2 reigning formats they are both fucked. I give Sony and edge since they have products on the marked sooner and have more datacapacity… but what is BluRay?! If you have TV, or HDTV for that matter… do you want BluRay… or do you want HD-DVD? I fear Joan Americana is in for a confusing marketing campaign…

This entry was posted on Monday, June 27th, 2005 at 17:27 and is filed under soapbox.