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Kasz216 on 29 December 2009
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theprof00 said:
Kasz216 said:

Dude, don't get mad because your arguments don't hold up.

You can get mad if you'd like... but it'd be better if you stopped looking at things like the world is a giant conspiracy against Sony.  You're taking this thing far too seriously for some reason.  You should look at things without bias and realize why things happened like they did.


Think about things logically. Development of CBHD began in 2005? Right? Before the format war was ended correct?  Where either could win?

Why was this. Because Blu-ray had unreasonable licensing. Had HD-DVD won after do you think CBHD would of showed up? No.

There would only be HD-DVD. Including in China. Why is that? Because China is conspiring with Toshiba against Sony? No. It's because Blu-ray had unreasonable licensing costs while HD-DVD did not.

 

The problem was.  Blu-ray prices started out way too high and they weren't willing to give assurances that liscensing costs would be reasonable.

OK

Toshiba develops HDDVD,

BR is released

Format war begins

Toshiba helps in the development CBHD along with Chinese scientists

Toshiba develops S-DVD

BR wins format war

Toshiba releases S-DVD

China releases CBHD

 

let's cut out that third to last line;

 

HDDVD wins format war

Toshiba releases S-DVD?

China cancels CBHD...even though it's still a hundred times cheaper than HDDVD.

 

If anything, I don't see your logic. This argument doesn't hold up.

I am not coming from a biased perspective. I am just getting tired of repeating myself. It's not a conspiracy, and I never said it was, you're putting words in my mouth and intent where there is none. This is simply how it is.

Sony won the format war and Toshiba has a technology that they invested billions in and they want to make their money back. That's it.

CBHD is probably already cracked as well, whereas BR is still not. Decidedly another big factor to consider.

 

 

China can't use CBHD because Toshiba doesn't let them if HD-DVD wins.  If Blu-ray announces reasonable structures, China does not invovle itself in a deal that costs them money to develop, which they may not get any benefit from.

Also... Blu-ray is cracked actually... has been for a while.

CBHD's copy protection is superior to blu-rays.

 

You can backup and Blu-ray movie on your computer.

I'm guessing your confused because the PS3 hasn't been cracked.  Which is a different issue all together.