http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/ Covering Web 2.0 Trends on African-American Websites and in African-American Culture Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-5655 mega Tue, 20 May 2008 22:53:30 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-5655 What about Universal format players? That would seem to be the utopian scenario to have one of those. I have begun a quick search at my local Best Buy, Tweeter and Circuit City to see if I can find one. Mega What about Universal format players? That would seem to be the utopian scenario to have one of those. I have begun a quick search at my local Best Buy, Tweeter and Circuit City to see if I can find one.
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]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-5643 LaLaFuFu dotcom Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:34 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-5643 They killed the wrong format. Defects (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/16/blu-ray-disc-coatings-starting-to-rot/) in the bluray manufacturing process make me leary of any purchase of new bluray equipment to replace my already superior HD DVD equipment. They killed the wrong format. Defects (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/16/blu-ray-disc-coatings-starting-to-rot/) in the bluray manufacturing process make me leary of any purchase of new bluray equipment to replace my already superior HD DVD equipment.

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1798 Mega Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:02:37 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1798 Markus makes an excellent point, and that is that the need for physical media, will soon diminish completely as broadband penetration continues to prevail. So not only will the expensive Blu-Ray format get pulled, CDs and any other format of entertainment (with the exception of perhaps books because neither Amazon's Kindle nor Sony's eBook reader are making any headway in this space), will go the way of the dinosaur / 8 -track. Markus makes an excellent point, and that is that the need for physical media, will soon diminish completely as broadband penetration continues to prevail. So not only will the expensive Blu-Ray format get pulled, CDs and any other format of entertainment (with the exception of perhaps books because neither Amazon’s Kindle nor Sony’s eBook reader are making any headway in this space), will go the way of the dinosaur / 8 -track.

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1795 markus Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:54:04 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1795 Soon we may be talking about the death of Blu-Ray if the price of the media and devices don't go down. With the inception of services like Apple TV and Amazon's unbox downloading may be a better option. Soon we may be talking about the death of Blu-Ray if the price of the media and devices don’t go down. With the inception of services like Apple TV and Amazon’s unbox downloading may be a better option.

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1765 Feeling Blu: The Death of the HD DVD (RIP 2005 – 2008) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:57:39 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/02/20/feeling-blu-the-death-of-the-hd-dvd-rip-2005-%e2%80%93-2008/#comment-1765 [...] Aayush Arya wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptToshiba this week announced it was pulling the plug on it’s HD DVD format which had been embattled against Sony’s Blu-Ray HD format. The tipping point seems to have been last month’s abandonment of the HD format by Warner Bros. … [...] [...] Aayush Arya wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptToshiba this week announced it was pulling the plug on it’s HD DVD format which had been embattled against Sony’s Blu-Ray HD format. The tipping point seems to have been last month’s abandonment of the HD format by Warner Bros. … [...]

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