BBC News: Blu-ray future limited for some

"David Hearn" wrote in message
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I wouldn't be surprised if Blu-ray won - but I certainly don't see
that the battle is lost - particularly outside the US.

According to the Warner press release it was the large Blu-ray disc sale
lead outside the US that helped them decide to drop HD DVD. UK and
France got a special mention.

Once the mainstream newspapers and BBC radio announce that Blu-ray has
won the war (and they all have) then as far as Joe Public is concerned
HD DVD is dead and that's what they will buy from now on.
--
Malcolm

"David" wrote in message
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"Java Jive" wrote in message
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"Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of
future developments in the technology because their machines are not
upgradeable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7187179.stm

Bad news at the time that the HD rival system died, that there is this
problem with BlueRay.

What problem is this?

That old machines don't have a feature that wasn't thought of when the
machine was sold?

Presumably the machines will continue to do what they were purchased for,
i.e.to play pre-recorded disks, even new ones.

How is this any different from, for example a B&W telly not giving a colour
picture when that type of broadcast was available?

This is a nonsense report from the Beeb

tim

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:40:58 +0100, "tim \(not at home\)"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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"Java Jive" wrote in message
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"Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of
future developments in the technology because their machines are not
upgradeable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7187179.stm

Bad news at the time that the HD rival system died, that there is this
problem with BlueRay.

What problem is this?

That old machines don't have a feature that wasn't thought of when the
machine was sold?

Presumably the machines will continue to do what they were purchased for,
i.e.to play pre-recorded disks, even new ones.

How is this any different from, for example a B&W telly not giving a colour
picture when that type of broadcast was available?

This is a nonsense report from the Beeb

tim



All I want a Blu-Ray player for is to watch HD films. Extras such as
picture in picture and internet access to get ringtones interest me as
much as David Cameron.

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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All I want a Blu-Ray player for is to watch HD films. Extras such as
picture in picture and internet access to get ringtones interest me as
much as David Cameron.

I wasn't previously aware that David Cameron wants to watch HD films but is
uninterested in ringtones and internet access.

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JohnT

"Java Jive" wrote in message
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"Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of
future developments in the technology because their machines are not
upgradeable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7187179.stm

Not bothered who wins out as long as they keep the name HD DVD. Unlike Blue
Ray its says exactly what it is.

Not bothered who wins out as long as they keep the name HD DVD. Unlike
Blue Ray its says exactly what it is.

Of course the scientist in me is forced to say that Blue Ray using lasers
towards the blue end of the spectrum so is in fact a blue-ray.

But yes, calling it HD DVD might have been less confusing had someone not
already got their first. The again, who knows (or cared) what VHS means?

Paul DS

On 16/01/2008 08:55, Paul D.Smith wrote:

Of course the scientist in me is forced to say that Blue Ray using lasers
towards the blue end of the spectrum so is in fact a blue-ray.

HD-DVD also uses a "blue" laser.

David wrote:
"Java Jive" wrote in message
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"Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of
future developments in the technology because their machines are not
upgradeable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7187179.stm

Bad news at the time that the HD rival system died, that there is this
problem with BlueRay.
Would the HD Toshiba system have had this problem?


Just to throw a pidgeon at the cat, is this a good time for a renaissance in
the fortunes of HD DVDRAM ?

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Boo

There was a short clip about this in the latest 'Click'
http://tinyurl.com/3qcyf
.... standing in for ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ne/default.stm

The video URL is (clip starts about 3:30 in):
http://tinyurl.com/2jl5v5
.... standing in for ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/c...&nbwm=1&bbwm=1

The quote that caught my attention was ...

"""
And until we have a clear victor in this format war, noone knows which
player to buy, which means that some companies are hedging their bets
with combo-players like these ... Now the laser inside this has to
cope with both HD-DVD and Blue-Ray, which means you've gotta have an
incredibly expensive set of optics - a cost which obviously is going
to be passed on to us, to solve a problem that, quite frankly, we
shouldn't have!
"""

Too bloody right ...

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:23:50 +0000, Java Jive wrote:

"Owners of Blu-ray DVD players may find themselves frozen out of
future developments in the technology because their machines are not
upgradeable."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7187179.stm

In message , Java Jive
writes
There was a short clip about this in the latest 'Click'
http://tinyurl.com/3qcyf
... standing in for ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ne/default.stm

The video URL is (clip starts about 3:30 in):
http://tinyurl.com/2jl5v5
... standing in for ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/c..._7180000/newsi
d_7183500?redirect=7183560.stm&news=1&nbram=1&bbr am=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1

The quote that caught my attention was ...

"""
And until we have a clear victor in this format war, noone knows which
player to buy, which means that some companies are hedging their bets
with combo-players like these ... Now the laser inside this has to
cope with both HD-DVD and Blue-Ray, which means you've gotta have an
incredibly expensive set of optics - a cost which obviously is going
to be passed on to us, to solve a problem that, quite frankly, we
shouldn't have!
"""

Too bloody right ...

You mean expensive like the Samsung dual-player due out any time now at
around £485, cheaper than buying a separate Blu Ray and HD-DVD player
and certainly cheaper than most of the Blu Ray players were this time
last year.
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Sean Black