Comments on: writing, meet wall

By: fledgling otaku

fledgling otaku — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:18:12 +0000

yeah, I noticed that (Ars updated their article with the same info). I dont have exact numbers but I assume Wal Mart is one of the largest electronics entry points to American households, so that’s gotta sting.

ah well. See my newest post; I still might buy an HD-DVD unit for cheap for use as an upscaler to an HDTV. You still get a ridiculous number of free movies with it, after all.

By: Bear

Bear — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:55:41 +0000

Checking back in with another link…

Add another nail to HD-DVD’s coffin, Wal-Mart announced they are choosing BlueRay.

http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/5673.aspx

By: Bear

Bear — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:46:20 +0000

Here’s a gratuitous Wikipedia link for the coating material if you haven’t checked…

Durabis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durabis

ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTO, err… WIKIPEDIA!

By: fledgling otaku

fledgling otaku — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:50:58 +0000

ah. I hadn’t heard about that. That definitely makes more sense, agreed. If thats something that HD-DVD doesnt have then Im tempted to declare for Bluray myself.

By: Bear

Bear — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:16:31 +0000

While Netflix stated justification might be their primary motivation, I can see a secondary benefit to them standing behind the blue-ray format… that being Sony’s impressive anti-scratch coating that was developed to make the new disks fit the size expectations.

For a company based on making a business out of shipping plastic platters via the cheapest means possible (aka cardboard sleeves), the anti-scratch coating could give them a much bigger return on their investments since the disks should last longer…