🚀 go-pugleaf

Op 20-1-2010 18:30, neppie schreef:
>>>> What makes you think blu-ray will become popular though? I have never
>>>> even seen a blu-ray disk in my entire life. These days you can get a
>>>> HD quality movie on the internet in just a few hours.
>>>
>>> I refuse to purchase Blu-Ray. It will go the way of the BetaMax.
>>
>> BetaMax was defeated by VHS. What's going to make Blu-Ray go the way
>> of the dodo? Blu-Ray already beat out HD-DVD and other formats
>> (Holographic Versatile Disc for one) haven't even made to stores in
>> Europe or the USA. CBHD's reportedly are available in China or other
>> Asian countries.
>
> Something better is going to sweep the market eventually - maybe HVD,
> maybe not? HD-DVD naturally went bye bye because people silly enough to
> buy Blu-Ray DID.

That one fries my brain. There's something illogical about it. The demise of 
HD-DVD was caused by the silly people that bought BR??? Surely it's because of 
the people that bought neither, keeping the market too small.

> People in this economy are sticking with good old DVD players and $5
> movie bins. By the time the market picks up, Blu-Ray will be something
> people will be looking up on wikipedia.

The only problem is that Blu-Ray is in the PS3 and every big movie release is on 
Blu-Ray. Often with added features. So hardcore movie fans will go for Blu-Ray. 
Especially since you get to hold the movie in your hands. A definite plus over 
streaming options.

>>> I never used MacOS, or Apple anything. The closest I came to Apple was
>>> an iPod Nano for my middle child. Screw iPhones too - refuse to get one.
>>> I'm not exactly thrilled with MS, but I'd rather stick with them until
>>> something else mainstream dazzles me enough to bother with it. And I am
>>> still a console gamer. =)
>>
>> Chrome OS or Android anyone? Certainly Android for phones could do
>> some damage to the iPhone. It is much more open, one of the main
>> gripes about the iPhone.
>
> noted!

There's an app for that.

>>>> Why would you want to switch to Windows from Linux? It is insanity!!!!
>>>
>>> My daughter's OS crashed and burned - XP home ed. My (first) ex-husband
>>> put Linux on there to fix it (I thought he was going to put Windows back
>>> - I wasn't home, but *shrug*)....I had to explain to her about Linux and
>>> Windows. It was almost like a birds and the bees chat.
>>
>> When a computer and an OS love each other very much...
>
> Hahaha...more like this works this way and this WON'T work this way.

Now that remark is ripe with innuendo as it is, so I'll pass.

When a computer and an OS love each other very much...
...they make lots of little blue screens/screams.

-- 
Danny.