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How format war affected Bluray suppliers & future
How format war affected Bluray suppliers & future
gizmodo - March 13, 2008
Submitted by Animate (241) at 9:00PM PST on March 13, 2008
Covers a lot of aspects concerning how format war affected Bluray manufact. & the future. Too long to summarize, but a good read. Excerpt:
"Sony basically bet the entire company on the format—plowing over a billion $ into the PS3 trojan horse, & as far as we know, another 1/2 billion on largesse for studios to go Blu." "even after 2.0 players hit the market, new 1.1 players will continue to roll out. Different players will be labeled either "BonusView" or "BD-Live," not 1.1 or 2.0"
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16Animate posted on Sony Corporation (SNE) at 9:00PM PST on March 13, 2008. Article: How format war affected Bluray suppliers & futureCovers a lot of aspects concerning how format war affected Bluray manufact. & the future. Too long to summarize, but a good read. Excerpt: "Sony basically bet the entire company on the format—plowing over a billion $ into the PS3 trojan horse, & as far as we know, another 1/2 billion on largesse for studios to go Blu." "even after 2.0 players hit the market, new 1.1 players will continue to roll out. Different players will be labeled either "BonusView" or "BD-Live," not 1.1 or 2.0"[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]
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"Speaking of Universal, we're currently looking at a months-long black hole of Universal, Dreamworks and Paramount's releases, thanks to their belated integration (or re-integration) into the Blu-ray fold. Not only will it be late spring or early summer before we see any of their flicks hit Blu, we're hearing that they might have trouble buying dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray discs to produce them on, because the more settled Blu-ray studios have already purchased the entire 2008 stock—not hard to do, thanks to the limited number of replication sites and lower yields. This means that they'll only have access to 25GB discs, which could mean fewer features and lower-quality video and audio.
If you don't think capacity is an issue—necessitating the dual-layer discs— a Disney spokesperson (not to mention Metal Gear guru Hideo Kojima) says otherwise: even 50GB isn't enough. Disney's upcoming Sleeping Beauty Platinum release is going to take up two discs: a 50GB double layer plus another 25GB one."
"Truthfully, these are all just minor issues. The biggest problem on Blu-ray's hands? DVD."
"it's not going to knock DVD players off shelves. That's several years out."