It’s been about a week now since Toshiba did the honourable thing and fell on its sword in the next-gen format war. But despite all the celebrating and defections, that doesn’t mean that Blu-ray has this thing wrapped up. There’s still the threat of digital downloads, competition from DVDs and the fact that there is still some indecision about the final makeup of the format’s specifications.
If Blu-ray really wants to make its way into the average consumer’s home, they need to make some changes. Big ones. Conveniently, Gizmodo comes to the rescue by listing them in point form for all the high-up executives who haven’t quite decided where to take the format just yet.
David D.
February 26, 2008 at 3:02 PM
You forgot to mention they need to add connectivity to some sort of animatronic thingy….with a light saber
Report PermalinkDrvec
February 26, 2008 at 9:17 PM
“So far, the only player that can meet those specs is the PS3, and that’s only after its firmware gets an upgrade.” http://gizmodo.com/360642/bdp+s350-and-s550-sonys-first-full-20-spec-blu+ray-players
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Anthony
February 26, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Apple can greatly help the adaption and saturation of both the bluray format and their own products. The ability to burn DVDs helped bring the DVD format to computers and increase the demands of the disc. Imagine what Apple+Sony can do with the right decisions.
Report PermalinkNathan
February 27, 2008 at 11:33 AM
@ DREVEC.
Ummmm Those new Sony players with BD 2.0 support were only announced yesterday and don’t come out until at least July and probably in Japan and the US first. They needed to sort out BluRay standards like yesterday. Also they need to sort out other manufacturers because they are doing things like this…
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/panasonic_releases_bd30_bluray_player_in_australia_confuses_consumers.html
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