I love my High Definition television but I’m not into blu ray disc, does this make me crazy? Many would answer the question,” of course” but I don’t know. I still believe that Sony jump out on Blu ray way too quick. Sony’s Blu Ray disc beat Toshiba’s HDDVD but they have absolutely nothing to show for it. Blu ray disc boasts the capacity of 50 gigabytes dual layer and 25 gigabytes single-layer and 2 times more durable. Yet movies on Blu ray is about the same price as movies on DVD. Sony PS3 BR-D games are priced the same as Microsoft 360 and Nintendo Wii games. Even though BR-D has more capacity and is more durable it is basically priced equally. Game quality on the PS3 and 360 are virtually indistinguishable and in some cases Microsoft games have outshined PS3 games. So why tout a brand new format if there are no forseen benefits. This is an old argument that keeps being rehashed over and over again.

Tech geeks I speak with say it is counter- productive to buy a 1080p LCD TV when 720p resolution looks the same on a 32inch television. So the combination of the PS3 and HD television aren’t mutually exclusive, but this an interesting nugget that is left out of tech magazines. The format war is over but there is no spoils of war for Blu Ray. The crowned media format champion has to dumb down itself instead of surpassing it’s so called predecessor. Remember “The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” didn’t the DVD version have more content than the Blu ray version.

High Speed Internet and Dial up are perfect examples of improved technology. Fiber optics is a huge leap above telephone lines, you pay more for high speed internet but you immediately see the difference in latency and compatibility. We suppose to get more content on BR-D but there is no incentive to do more with Blu ray if you will consistently lose money. Sony knew the stakes. Sony was fighting Microsoft’s 360 and the Nintendo Wii in the console wars while battling Toshiba in the High Def war. Sony knew the stakes yet continued bragging about there technology while not expanding on it. And let’s be honest the two formats (Blu-ray and DVD) will most likely co-exist for quite some time until 50 inch HDTVs become more widespread. By the way, has gas prices went down yet.