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Instead, they need to have Blu-ray/DVD content on the same side at different layers. That's more worthwhile.
12/01/09
Anyway, I myself am waiting until GOOD Bluray players get into the $80-100 range before buying one, but I might go ahead and in the near future pick up some must-haves in this format if I see a deal. I ALMOST bought the new Star Trek on Bluray when I was in Best Buy on Black Friday just so that I would have it when I finally broke down (my wife) and got a player.
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They are one of the nine founding companies and they are clearly the public face of the BDA, in part due to how closely Blu-Ray and the PS3 have been associated with each other, and in part due to the fact that Sony is the only member of the BDA that has made any attempt to publicly associate themselves with the format. If they're not in charge, I'd still suspect that they are treated as a king among equals. After all, even with how poorly the PS3 has performed, it was probably one of the most significant driving forces behind Blu-Ray's "defeat" of HD-DVD, what with how all PS3 consoles were bundled in with standalone Blu-Ray players when citing how many more people had adopted the format over HD-DVD.
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Gizmodo is dual sided!
12/01/09
Dear Patent Office:
see comment above.
- Nick
12/01/09
Boom. A true multi-media player.
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For one, to any hardware today, data is data, there is no "video" or "audio", just data. The data rate of current lasers (players) is well above that of both audio and video streams on any blu-ray disc today.
Additionally, separating the audio and video streams like that would only lead to further complicate the technical issue of keeping them in sync.
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Add to that the average consumer not caring as much about every pixel as we techies do, and the even lower standards folks have for streaming video, then yeah. The motivation, the resources, and the tech needed for Netflix to start streaming Blu-rays to your living room is still a few years off at least.
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Still, at this point OCEntertainment is hitting the nail on the head. Nothing is going to beat Blu-ray's quality because we simply can't sustain it, both on the server backends and the average consumer's connection speed.
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This way I do not have to buy the same copy twice just so I can watch movies while making dinner.
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Like, how long to burn a blu-ray in 8x and 12x?
I want one of those, but still waiting for the prices to drop, specially the blank disc prices.
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The cost of the burners (which still are over $200) and the cost/availability of the media (ie: high and rare).
When you can get a DVD burner for $26 and 4.2GB for $0.25 or less... it's hard to justify the extra cost.
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