The blind side trailer part

The blind side trailer part 1

And for those consumers who do invest 599 in the premium PlayStation 3 with HDMI output, the machines primary purpose will likely be for playing Gran Turismo HD and other launch game titles, not for watching Hitch in high-def. The advantage in recording is, for now, clearly with Blu-ray: Vendors in this camp are first to market with disc burners for PCs, as well as first to release mobile burners for notebooks-and the format has the higher maximum capacity. PC Blu-ray burners are shipping from Pioneer and I-O Data, with others soon to come; this month Sony is shipping its aforementioned AR Premium Blu-ray laptop, as well as its VAIO RC series of burner-equipped desktops starting at just 2150-not overly outrageous considering that a stand-alone PC burner is priced at 10 Officially, the HD DVD camp remains mum on the blind side trailer part 1 status of PC burners. Since media was introduced at Computex in Taiwan last week, and since RiData just announced that its HD DVD-R media will ship in July, one might think a burner isnt far behind. The only news from the show, however, consisted of Toshibas display of a slimline burner for notebooks, the SD-L902A; the company offered little there in the way of specs, pricing, or timing, let alone a demonstration of the drives readiness and it hasnt revealed anything since. From the get-go, the HD DVD camps stated focus has been on the home theater playback experience with PC movie playback coming in second, and recording not even on the road map. The lack of recording capabilities restricts HD DVD to prepackaged Hollywood content; no aspiring Spielbergs can edit their own high-def films and burn them to disc. It also limits HD DVDs viability as a data storage medium. No question: HD DVD has the edge in price. RCAs and Toshibas players start at a highly accessible 499-if you can find them. The cheapest stand-alone Blu-ray Disc player will be Samsungs 1000 BD-P1000, due out this month. Sonys BDP-S1 will also be 1000 when it ships in August, and Pioneers Elite BDP-HD1 the blind side trailer part 1 be 1500 when it debuts in September. Sonys 499 Sony PlayStation 3, due in November, will be the least expensive player of them all; however, that model wont have an HDMI output, so you wont be able to display all-digital 1080p content. The 599 version will have HDMI, at least. Nonetheless, PlayStation 3s impact as a Blu-ray Disc player may not be as far-reaching as some observers might think; I found it curious that at E3 Sony made no mention of what kind of remote control it will offer with the PS3, and Im not fully sold on how well the PS3 will serve as a multipurpose entertainment device. Of course, in this nascent market, one might argue that the early adopters shopping for high-def players wont be dissuaded by a 1000 price tag. But I think that Blu-ray Discs higher cost could hurt it, unless Blu-ray player manufacturers can adequately convey to consumers that their devices deliver enough value to justify being at least twice as much as HD DVD players. Forget that Blu-ray has PlayStation 3 on its side, and that Intel and Microsoft have thrown their collective weight behind HD DVD. Forget that high-definition televisions are still gaining traction, albeit with increasing speed, among consumers. Forget that HD DVD and Blu-ray are both, really, formats in their infancy, both trying to claw their way to dominance to succeed DVD-and to avoid the sad fate of their digital audio format cousins, SACD and DVD-Audio. For now, both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD are hampered by the fact that AACS has yet to finalize its managed copy component, the most critical aspect of the spec that remains unfinished. Without a final AACS spec, living-room high-def recorders cant proceed to market, and neither can devices that are designed to take advantage of legally copying and moving content from one disc to another-or to another device, for that matter. Original estimates put AACSs final spec as coming out in May; were already well into June, and still there are no updates. Until players can be manufactured to take advantage of everything from media servers to copying content, the first high-def video players from either camp should have limited appeal. I have no doubt that these players, be they Blu-ray or HD DVD, will deliver enticing high-def images. If all they do is play back content, however, theyre missing a core part of the innovation that Blu-ray and HD DVD have the potential to deliver. My response to the author. This is a well researched and written article. I myself will own both Blu-Ray and HD DVD. I champion HD DVD though because I believe it offers the best legacy support and meets the needs of consumers and producers alike. One interesting thing about the article.