Well it's been over for about six weeks now. The HD format war has finally come to an end. BD's will be in every store on Earth and unfortunately it's you and I who are going to suffer for it. Why? The repercussions of a non competitive market will mean price hikes, less sales, and fewer hardware selections. First all BD's are really expensive, and though manufacturers say that they'll eventually be able to curb costs, it's likely that early adopters will go broke quick. Even if you're only and end user and not a programmer/power user, you'll have to pay premiums to rent BD's through services like Netflix. And with a death grip on the HD format, $14.99 BD's will go the way of the dinosaur.
All of this just proves that with clever marketing, a "blu" dvd case and enough idiots, you can get consumers to betray their very own interests. With few firmware updates since exposure to the market, disastrous backwards compatibility functionality and only one blu ray player on the market with Wi-Fi capability (the Playstation 3). It's no wonder that Blu-Ray is believed to be the better format.
Forget about the benefits of HD-DVD: consistent backwards compatibility, cheaper discs, web enabled features, and dual format discs. It's a good thing we got rid of this POS tech! Thankfully the company behind failed Betamax and UMD formats, fictitious movie critics and crappy DRM is saving you from making another mistake by providing Blu-Ray; the proprietary format for moronic consumers and Sony employees!
All of this just proves that with clever marketing, a "blu" dvd case and enough idiots, you can get consumers to betray their very own interests. With few firmware updates since exposure to the market, disastrous backwards compatibility functionality and only one blu ray player on the market with Wi-Fi capability (the Playstation 3). It's no wonder that Blu-Ray is believed to be the better format.
Forget about the benefits of HD-DVD: consistent backwards compatibility, cheaper discs, web enabled features, and dual format discs. It's a good thing we got rid of this POS tech! Thankfully the company behind failed Betamax and UMD formats, fictitious movie critics and crappy DRM is saving you from making another mistake by providing Blu-Ray; the proprietary format for moronic consumers and Sony employees!
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