Blu-ray profile 2.0 arrives, early adopters get nothing

User Comments: 7

1. January 14, 2008 1:26 PM
   AParsons said:
   Hi Justin:I must protest your inaccurate quote that I "responded with a cold 'they knew what they were getting into'". I said no such thing. If you attended the press event, you will recall that when asked about this, I responded that it's the nature of electronics technology for new features and capabilities to be added over time, a fact that I believe early adopters understand all too well. I also said that early generation Blu-ray players will continue to deliver what most people bought them for: playback of high definition video and audio content. By the way, I am only the chair of the U.S. promotion committee for the BDA, not the president. That job is held by someone else. -- Andy Parsons
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2. January 14, 2008 1:27 PM
   Nirkon said:
   I say screw bluray just for that, go for HDDVD
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3. January 14, 2008 2:35 PM
   shl0791 said:
   They can't even modify the players' firmware? Well then, screw them. HD DVD FTW!
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4. January 15, 2008 12:02 AM
   canadian said:
   I must say this is disappointing, but this leads me to question: Can the PS3 play the new disks? If it can, then why cant other players?
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5. January 15, 2008 12:38 AM
   Julio said:
   I don't believe this will affect current blu-ray players in the short term, who knows how things will adapt in the longer run. That said, I'm a bit impressed by the U.S. figures released out there: same market share in terms of standalone players (hd dvd vs. blu-ray), the PS3 contributes massively to dominate the total amount of capable players out there. Finally there is a larger number of blu-ray movies being sold and rented, however the quality among the few hundred movies out there is about the same. The result is a non-sense fight for the end consumer. Wait, wasn't that obvious?
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6. January 15, 2008 9:07 AM
   Eddie_42 said:
   Read the first comment and the amended note. They are just adding bells and whistles left off initially to cut down cost. The functionality of the playback will be unaffected.
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7. January 21, 2008 3:15 PM
   zeda.Zakuya said:
   just another way to bring blu-ray down and i must say this article is so wrong.why because when older blu-ray player cant use the new profile 2.0 that does not mean they can't play blu-ray . blu-ray discs can always be played on a blu-ray player.playstation 3 is the only blu-ray player that can get every firmware upgrade and make total use of it .i still say blu-ray is the better player because it's not on the dying species list.that's why they have so much more company backing and studio backing.hey don't get it wrong here i love hd-dvd judt like the rest but don't make articles that are total nonsense
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