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In Reply to: Re: No, but I guess that you (and Sony) both do... posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on March 4, 2007 at 11:43:28:
<< At least with SACD the first generation of players were over engineered, underpriced behemoths meant to demonstrate any superiority as clearly as possible, but with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD we had under-engineered, over-priced pieces of junk which were an insult to enthusiasts and a measure of the contempt in which 'we' are held. >>In the case of Sony, this is certainly true. The first Sony DVD player (DVD-7000?) was an excellent piece of gear that set the standard for years (at least until progressive-scan was introduced). And the over-built Sony SCD-1 was clearly a loss-leader for Sony.
And on the software side of SACD, they went overboard to ensure a quality product -- hiring Ed Meitner to design and build the converters to make sure that the product was showing everything that the medium was capable of.
But it is truly baffling that the Blu-ray software releases have been sub-par. It wouldn't have taken much effort to make sure things were done right, but apparently nobody cared. And on the hardware side, the first players won't even play audio CDs! What a mess!
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