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Originally Posted by sperry
Really? Maybe it was just the cheaper players, 'cause I thought HD DVD only did 1080i.
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The cheap ones are 1080i but most models (like mine) are 1080p.
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As far as 3.5" floppies and CDs (that were primarily developed by Phillips, not Sony)... what was the competing standard they had to beat? 5.25" floppies? Cassette Tapes? There was no format war for those products. I'm not saying Sony's stuff never gets adopted, I'm just saying that when they're up against a similar new technology, they tend to lose the battle, i.e. BetaMax, Memory Stick, MiniDisc, PSP (vs. the Nintendo DS), Playstation 3 (vs. both the XBox and Wii), etc. Sony even tends to lose when they've got the better technology, probably because the other manufacturers tend to band together against Sony.
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Sony definitely loses more than they win.
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What's really the biggest dick move in all of this was last year's BS from Walmart about how they said they were adopting HD DVD right before XMas then sold a shitload of cheap HD DVD players to a bunch of people that figured Walmart's support would set HD DVD up for the win. Now Walmart's changing their mind... I guess they want to sell BluRay players to all those people too.  |
Wal-Mart had little say in the matter. HD DVD was still a legitimate format when they sold all those $99 players. The "war" was over when Warner went Blu Ray exclusive a few weeks later. What was Wal-Mart supposed to do?