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Zappykins said:

er' what you stated was not how it was at all, Sony refused to give up? really? If anything it was Toshiba and Microsoft not giving up on iHD.

I think you really need to read this:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/08/29/origins-of-the-blu-ray-vs-hd-dvd-war/

HDDVD was no where near ready at the time and Blu-Ray was!

THATS THE REAL REASON WHY SONY DID GET SUPPORT!

hell:

 

History and Association

When was Blu-ray Disc introduced?
The Blu-ray Disc specification was officially announced in February 2002. Blu-ray Disc recorders were first launched in Japan in 2003. Blu-ray Disc players appeared globally in early 2006

 

TDK Develops Super Disc Coating

Resists all scratches and ink marks.

 

DECEMBER 3, 2004

IGN DVD witnessed this demonstration as well, not realizing that it was the same technology. It took place last June at a Blu-ray summit, where a TDK representative showed how scratch and ink-resistant the Blu-ray discs were.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/04/tdk-develops-super-disc-coating

Again Toshiba was not ready, but sony and other companies were with blu-ray.

Blu-ray Summit Report

What's the latest from the Blu-ray camp? Lots.

JUNE 18, 2004

 

"They also emphasized Blu-ray is not going to make current DVD obsolete. "I'd be foolish to sit here and think it's not going to be around much longer," Andy Parsons, senior vice president of advanced product development for Pioneer Electronics told the crowd.

The consortium expects Blu-ray to piggyback onto DVD and be a gradual replacement, but there won't be the wholesale market shift like we saw with the move from VHS, where people couldn't get away from it fast enough."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/18/blu-ray-summit-report

 

 

 



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.