[geeks] HD DVD is dead, long live Blu-Ray!

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org>
" 
" On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:28:01 +0000, mail at catsnest.co.uk wrote:
" > 
" > 
" > Booo down with dirty Sony, am i the only one that can not bare the
" > through of getting a BlueRay player just because (the "evil") Sony
" > are supporting it so much.
" 
" I'm not sure they're worse than the others to be honest. Look at the
" some of the behaviours during the last few years :-
" 
" * Paying huge 'backhanders' to encourage studios to pick one format or
"   another. That would probably be illegal if they were paid to
"   individuals, so why is it any better to pay it to a corporation ?

it isn't.  corps just have better defense [deeper pockets].

if these backhanders are huge, what does that say about expected
profits from disc sales?

" * Buying studios to ensure you have a large library of films to release
"   on one format.

ditto

" * Apparently selling players at below cost.

ditto

" Nobody looks particularly clean in this. I dare say anyone playing
" clean would have lost the battle though.

hey, it's -just-business-...

profits is the -only- yardstick corporations measure performance by.
much as we abhor it, that's the way the game was set up.  'business
ethics' is pretty much an oxymoron at high levels; it doesn't put
dividends in the shareholder's pocket or bonuses in the executive's.
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