The red sneakers

The red sneakers trailer

Originally Posted by stuartbannerman: my prediction is that Blu Ray will win. HD is already out and has been reviewed by several and its hardly setting the world alight with glowing reviews so far. Im guessing that Blu ray will bring something special to the arena. More disc space and the Playstation 3 factor might just salvage this unfortunately all-the-time delayed Just let them battle it out for a year, before beeing vaguely interested. There are two players out, Toshiba HD-DVD and Samsung Blu-Ray. The Toshiba is slow as an old computer, the Samsung got problems with the signal on the HDMI output. Wait for HDMI 3 which probably wont be in any players before christmas and wait for Pioneer and Denon delivering some quality players around the price 6-800 And just forget about blu-ray movies in MPEG Theres room for huge improvements, so wait, wait, wait. Just let them battle it out for a year, before beeing vaguely interested. There are two players out, Toshiba HD-DVD and Samsung Blu-Ray. The Toshiba is slow as an old computer, the Samsung got problems with the signal on the HDMI output. Wait for HDMI 3 which probably wont be in any players before christmas and wait for Pioneer and Denon delivering some quality players around the price 6-800 And just forget about blu-ray movies in MPEG Theres room for huge improvements, so wait, wait, wait. Sony founder Akio Morita admitted that the Betamax debacle was the single biggest mistake of his career. There was nothing wrong with the product not only was it demonstrably better than VHS, it came out three years earlier, but Sony massively miscalculated the marketing by stressing the quality. VHS inventor JVC knew that it would lose that particular battle, but cynically and correctly assumed that people would be more interested in longer tapes and multi-event timeshifting Look how many episodes of Coronation Street you can tape in advance!. They also licensed their technology to anyone who was interested, so cheap VHS machines flooded the market by the time Sony realised what was going on and did the same, few companies were interested in licensing Betamax. But another the red sneakers trailer mistake that Sony made back then the late 1970s was that they only made hardware they didnt own any software. So in the 1980s, they deliberately set out on a buying spree, and now own several film libraries, most notably Columbias and MGMs. So, as DaveF rightly says, they have far more leverage over new formats now than they did in the 1970s and its unlikely theyre going to make the same mistakes again. None of which is to suggest that Blu-Ray will triumph, but its unlikely to be a walkover for HD-DVD. Sony founder Akio Morita admitted that the Betamax debacle was the single biggest mistake of his career. There was nothing wrong with the product not only was it demonstrably better than VHS, it came out three years earlier, but Sony the red sneakers trailer miscalculated the marketing by stressing the quality. VHS inventor JVC knew that it would lose that particular battle, but cynically and correctly assumed that people would be more interested in longer tapes and multi-event timeshifting Look how many episodes of Coronation Street you can tape in advance!. They also licensed their technology to anyone who was interested, so cheap VHS machines flooded the market by the time Sony realised what was going on and did the same, few companies were interested in licensing Betamax. But another crucial mistake that Sony made back then the late 1970s was that they only made hardware they didnt own any software. So in the 1980s, they deliberately set out on a buying spree, and now own several film libraries, most notably Columbias and MGMs. So, as DaveF rightly says, they have far more leverage over new formats now than they did in the 1970s and its unlikely theyre going to make the same mistakes again.