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Title: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 10:30: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!

LINK (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365)
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Simon on October 31, 2008, 10:42: :aarrgh: :aarrgh: :aarrgh: :aarrgh: :aarrgh: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :out:

I refuse to believe it!! :bartmoon:
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 10:46: Oh, do you have Blu-Ray then Simon. I'm sure you will be able to get some, well maybe a couple of movies. :)x ;)

This is why I'm never in a hurry to buy new technology, that and lack of money. :)x
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Rik on October 31, 2008, 10:47: I can believe it.
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 10:49: I will admit I was surprised when they said that Blu-Ray had won over HD, didn't really make sense.
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Rik on October 31, 2008, 10:51: Indeed. Sony have never won a format war before. Very confusing...
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 10:58: I had a friend and work mate that had a great Sony Betamax unit, swore that it was the future.
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Simon on October 31, 2008, 11:00: Betamax was far better quality than VHS ever was and has been.
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Rik on October 31, 2008, 11:01: And Sony made the same marketing mistakes then. :(
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 11:05: Quote from: Simon on October 31, 2008, 11:00
Betamax was far better quality than VHS ever was and has been.

So that's why you purchased a Blu-ray unit, to replace your Betamax. :)x
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Simon on October 31, 2008, 11:08: I never actually owned a Betamax - couldn't afford one! You were talking about £700 for a machine back in the mid-80s! :o
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on October 31, 2008, 11:19: Same problem with their Blu-ray. I haven't bothered with any of it yet. I do have SD boxes, but I stopped using those as I found it too difficult to go from that the VHS to the Sat.box and the DVD. :stars:

I just want one unit that has everything, except of course the Sat.box.
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Tony on October 31, 2008, 11:25: had to delete this post
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Tony on October 31, 2008, 11:31: some how the post I deleted, had a live link to my email client [Thunderbird] address book ......how the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUk did that happen ?

Anyway I bought a top of the range C7 :blush: on advice obviously from the shop manager of the firm I worked for when I was a young sparky....he was a personal friend [was] ;)
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Simon on October 31, 2008, 14:25: Quote from: Tony on October 31, 2008, 11:31
some how the post I deleted, had a live link to my email client [Thunderbird] address book ......how the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUk did that happen ?

:laugh:

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Anyway I bought a top of the range C7 :blush: on advice obviously from the shop manager of the firm I worked for when I was a young sparky....he was a personal friend [was] ;)

Umm.... what's a C7? Is it any relation to the Sinclair C5? :)x :dunno:
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Tony on October 31, 2008, 17:56: Quote from: Simon on October 31, 2008, 14:25
:laugh:

Umm.... what's a C7? Is it any relation to the Sinclair C5? :)x :dunno:

C7 Betamax (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SONY-C7-BETAMAX-PLAYER_W0QQitemZ190262296451QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190262296451&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1300|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318)

introduced in 1980 it was considered to be "The Dog Dodars" It later found favour in the criminal fraternity, when it was used to smash the reinforced plate glass of jewellers windows/

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Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Tony on October 31, 2008, 18:22: Quote from: Simon on October 31, 2008, 14:25
:laugh:

I just did a "bla bla...................something something" and when I hit post, I had a look at it and could see that bit was light blue as in a live link. So I clicked it, and bugger me my address book popped up on my screen.......not the web, just on my desktop. But I had know idea how I did that
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: Simon on October 31, 2008, 19:51: That makes two of us!
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: mistybear on November 01, 2008, 07:25: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel.

LINK (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=366)
Title: Re: Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!
Post by: sam on November 01, 2008, 08:20: I'm confused, albeit I haven't read that article properly but I thought Blu-ray was doing much better than the competitor but not making a dent on DVDs. Oh I think I see now...