Comments on: CES 2008 http://mrfloris.com/blogs/ces-2008/ Enjoy a little bit of me Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Fardreamer http://mrfloris.com/blogs/ces-2008/#comment-91 Fardreamer Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:36:22 +0000 http://mrfloris.com/blogs/ces-2008/#comment-91 While I recognize the simple fact that technology must evolve and that companies must come up with new products to keep engineers working and factories producing, I am somewhat leery about how fast consumer electronics products are phased in, and how they are marketed and sometimes forced upon us. Take for instance the successor to the DVD. The format has been around for 10 years, which is a long time by the standards of the industry. With the advent of HDTV, it's inevitable, perhaps, that a next-gen DVD follow-up will be needed, but why the heck did Sony have to come up with a dormat that is not only incompatible with the HD-DVD one, but is also not really capable of reading the older DVDs as well? This is going to simply anger consumers like me, who have invested hundreds of bucks in the DVD format and won't be able to choose bettween Blu-ray or HD-DVD because some studios will be releasing their movies on one format or the other but not both. Sort of like VHS vs Betamax when VCRs came out. While I recognize the simple fact that technology must evolve and that companies must come up with new products to keep engineers working and factories producing, I am somewhat leery about how fast consumer electronics products are phased in, and how they are marketed and sometimes forced upon us.

Take for instance the successor to the DVD. The format has been around for 10 years, which is a long time by the standards of the industry. With the advent of HDTV, it’s inevitable, perhaps, that a next-gen DVD follow-up will be needed, but why the heck did Sony have to come up with a dormat that is not only incompatible with the HD-DVD one, but is also not really capable of reading the older DVDs as well?

This is going to simply anger consumers like me, who have invested hundreds of bucks in the DVD format and won’t be able to choose bettween Blu-ray or HD-DVD because some studios will be releasing their movies on one format or the other but not both. Sort of like VHS vs Betamax when VCRs came out.

]]> By: killian http://mrfloris.com/blogs/ces-2008/#comment-89 killian Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:41:35 +0000 http://mrfloris.com/blogs/ces-2008/#comment-89 I don't see any big deal in having the thinnest screen and the biggest one and things like that, but well, I saw Bill Gates video and I have to say it's a pity he is leaving Microsoft, I wonder what is going to happen now, he's a very important person for the tech world I don’t see any big deal in having the thinnest screen and the biggest one and things like that, but well, I saw Bill Gates video and I have to say it’s a pity he is leaving Microsoft, I wonder what is going to happen now, he’s a very important person for the tech world

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