Yes, it's a Sony; Blu-ray Disc that is.

[American Oyaji]

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/#more-1563

[FG Lurker]

I don't generally buy Sony anymore (the latest exception being my newest headphones because they were the only pair of dolby digital surround capable headphones available for a decent price and I could buy three pairs of them at the same price as one pair of the next cheapest brand...). Otherwise I don't buy Sony anymore because of all the crap that I have to put up with.

Sony loves customers like you... They fuck you over and you still come back and buy more! "Sony sucks...but look! It's on sale! I'll take 3 please!!"

Three pairs of shitty Sony headphones that break in a year are not a good deal compared to 3 pairs of high quality headphones that last 5 years or more. That's not even counting the aggravation saved by not having to deal with Sony "support".

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Sony loves customers like you... They fuck you over and you still come back and buy more! "Sony sucks...but look! It's on sale! I'll take 3 please!!"

Three pairs of shitty Sony headphones that break in a year are not a good deal compared to 3 pairs of high quality headphones that last 5 years or more. That's not even counting the aggravation saved by not having to deal with Sony "support".

You point me at a pair that will last 5 years and guarantee to pay for them if they break before that and I'll buy em. Also have to be dolby digital surround capable.

They don't exist. I've bought ridiculously expensive, professional level headphones which still broke within a year and a half, if I can pay $500 for a year and a half worth of use and $30 for a year and a half worth of use, $30 wins, shitty customer service or not.

If you will purchase a product that is 3 times or more expensive than a competing product with no real advantage in terms of functionality or durability just to avoid spending money on a company you hate, then the welfare office loves customers like you.

[Kuang_Grade]

There is some interesting stuff (and slices some of that sales data a little to thin at time) in that link AO....although after a while, I was expecting to read how MS had infiltrated the trilateral commission, owns fleet of black helicopters, had conspired to kill the author's cat, and how MS caused the milk he bought three weeks ago to go bad in his refrigerator.

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To return somewhat to the actual topic:

I'm sort of surprised that HD hardware isn't dropping even more in price. I kind of hoping to snag a cheapo burner and a bunch of blank media for a steal to back up my PCs

[Adhesive]

There is some interesting stuff (and slices some of that sales data a little to thin at time) in that link AO....although after a while, I was expecting to read how MS had infiltrated the trilateral commission, owns fleet of black helicopters, had conspired to kill the author's cat, and how MS caused the milk he bought three weeks ago to go bad in his refrigerator.

That's exactly what I was thinking when reading it.

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo: Edion offers Blu-ray player swap

Major consumer electronics retailer Edion Corp said Friday it will allow customers to return HD DVD products to swap for rival Blu-ray machines. The move follows Toshiba Corp's recent decision to retreat from the HD DVD business, Edion said, adding it will pull products in that format from its store shelves. Subject to the trade-in are seven Toshiba-made recorder and player models, including the RD-A1, RD-A300, HD-XA1 and HD-XA2, sold at some 1,100 Deodeo Corp, Eiden Co and other Edion group retail outlets. Customers with receipts or other suitable documentation can exchange their HD DVD products for machines made by Sony Corp, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co or other manufacturers in the Blu-ray camp.

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Kyodo: Edion offers Blu-ray player swap

Goddamn, either I'm psychic or someone from Edion is reading these forums.

[Mulboyne]

[Taro Toporific]

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Toshiba's net profit plunges 95 percent on end of HD DVD
2008-04-25 10:34:19 -
TOKYO (AP) -Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from next-generation video HD DVD business...more...

[IkemenTommy]

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Toshiba's net profit plunges 95 percent on end of HD DVD
2008-04-25 10:34:19 -
TOKYO (AP) -Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from next-generation video HD DVD business...more...

Toshiba is still selling HD-DVD installed notebook PCs. I can see a huge price redux on those to sell off.

[Mulboyne]

Asahi: Blu-ray products face copyright royalties

The education and industry ministries agreed Monday to impose copyright charges on sales of next-generation Blu-ray DVD recorders and discs, but the debate over digital recording devices using hard disks remains unresolved. A formal announcement on the Blu-ray products was expected Tuesday. Manufacturers and copyright holders have engaged in a fierce debate on compensatory charges and the allowable frequency of copying digital TV broadcasts. To compensate copyright holders, charges are currently imposed on the sales of certain digital recording devices, including DVD recorders and discs as well as mini-disc recorders and discs. Blu-ray products, which recently won the format war over HDD-DVD, have not been hit by such royalty fees. The charges are a percentage of the price of the products. Manufacturers shoulder the royalty fees or pass them on to consumers. Consumers have also requested the introduction of the "dubbing 10" rule on copying digital TV broadcasts to their recorders. Currently, they are allowed to copy digital broadcasts just once, but the new rule will allow them to copy the same content nine more times. In exchange for their acceptance of the dubbing 10 rule, copyright groups have demanded royalties on sales of hard disk recording devices, including HDD recorders and portable music players, such as Apple's iPods.

Manufacturers' staunch rejection of that demand delayed the June 2 introduction of the dubbing 10 rule. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which represents manufacturers, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which oversees copyright entities, agreed to impose charges on Blu-ray products as a compromise measure. However, the copyright bodies will likely further request charges on HDD products. An expert panel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which oversees digital broadcasting, will discuss whether or when to introduce dubbing 10.