Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT: Blu Ray looks to win format war

[Gary Reed (gary]

I doesn't seem all that long ago, when I sold off of my Pioneer "LASER DISC"
player and some discs on eBay and bought a Sony DVD player, when that format
was brand new.

Then, I sold that player and bought a new "upscaling" Denon unit w/HDMI out.

I've been waiting for the Blu-Ray/HD battle to get sorted out too.

I'll probably buy a Blu-Ray soon.

Gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ferrarisimo [at] Comcast.net" <Ferrarisimo [at] comcast.net>
To: "Gary Reed" <gary [at] garyreedsales.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] OT: Blu Ray looks to win format war


> Went with Blu-Ray 6 months ago.  With a 65" 1080p TV the pictures is
> phenomenal.  Not that much difference with a TV smaller than 42".
>
> If you are thinking about making the move, at this point you, should
> hold out until the next generation machines - with internet access -
> come out.  Not too far away, and they promise some "extra features"
> along with downloadable "stuff."  Even if you are not interested in
> that extra flexibility, the prices on the current generation machines
> will fall.
>
> Of course, wait a few weeks and the HDDVD players will be FREE as
> EVERYONE dumps the format.
>
> Anyone want a BETAMAX?
>
> Scottie
> On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:45 PM, Fellippe Galletta wrote:
>
> > A friend sent me this:
> >
> > "Looking to buy a HD-DVD player?
> >
> > DON'T!
> >
> > Looks like the end might be near for HD-DVD. Wal Mart just announced
> > that
> > they will dump HD-DVD and stock Blu-Ray discs only, following the
> > footsteps
> > of Best Buy & Netflix. Rumor also had it that Toshiba is ready to
> > write-off
> > HD-DVD citing its failure. Basically, when the world's biggest
> > retail corp.
> > and those nation-wide electronic stores stop carrying your product
> > --- both
> > the hardware & software are doomed. Blu-Ray is likely to win this HD-
> > format
> > war.
> >
> > For those who bought a HD-DVD player...well, consider it as a higher-
> > grade
> > DVD (regular DVD) player then. Meanwhile regular DVD machines lives
> > on and
> > with some selling as low as $25.00 along with a huge selection of
> > software,
> > looks like it will be here for quite a while."
> >
> > FG
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