Sony CEO downplay importance of Blu-ray winning the HD format war

$ony were worried about this before this war started which is why they had the meeting with toshiba...but in there arrogance they just assumed that they would win and tosh would back down, NOW they are worried because its not going according to there plans.....

I'll tell you what, I'm sticking with Jack Daniels! Jim Beam will die any day now! Yeah, all you Jim Beam supporters, your days are numbered . . . and your little Johnny Walker friend, too!

...how about some Black Strap Molasses, yummy!

-Love Hendrix! (The Loverboy)

I'll go with the format that mandated Dolby TrueHD from the very beginning...end of story...say no more...how could anyone not?

::Sigh:: It really does get old, doesn't it?

remminds me of George W. Bush saying mission is akomplished. But now he says mission must go on till done.

Tisk, tisk, tisk!

Sony is the new comical Ali...



[Post edited by Falcon01 on Nov 12, 2007]

I think this whole format thing is out of hand anyway. If the point was to provide consumers with the best possible viewing experience they would have reconciled the two formats at the beginning and everyone would be happy. Instead corporate greed and ego took over, so this war will still go on for a long time. I went ahead and opted for the blu-ray player and think I'll get a lot of use from it before the war is finally over.

[Post edited by patc on Nov 12, 2007]

patc,

Unless the business is purely a hobby, the whole point of any business is to make money. Often, businesses find they can make more money if they have a good product, but not always. Sony and Toshiba each has a good product, but each thought they could make more money individually than together. (There were obviously other complications involving demands from various supporting studios and companies to consider, too, but it all comes down to money.)

John

Exactly! Why can't people understand it? It's a business, a business makes money. Period..