http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10014283-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave

if it was not for sony and the ps3 blu ray would be another betamax so i guess it is only fair that it has the most attention drawn to it out of the other blu-ray players

What? They are in discs (as the article said), so by logic, you already have a BD player, before you are buying the disc.

Um... these things are what marketing people are paid for.

Well I believe they were a big part in the creation of blu-ray, R&D wise anyway. Not surprising to me :) The PS3 took major hits on the market to get the format up and running, the industry probably knows this :P

no t really.
but if they want to compete.

they better release HDD powerd blu ray players at a sub 200$ price.

that will likely happen soon.

I'd say Laserdisc not Betamax.

Difference being Betamax had a pretty good following of techno and cinemafiles backing it until the new format (DVD) came out.

Blu-ray woulda ended up the same way (still has a chance of it.)

They hold the most of the blu-ray IP... at like 30% so yeah i'd say they probably had a big part in creation.

Sony created and owns BD, how is this an unfair advantage?

Matsushita (Panasonic) actually holds more patents in Blu-Ray tech than Sony, iirc.