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1. Comment - Blu-ray: Early adopters knew what they were getting into

   (Jan 15, 2008 - 7:54 PM)

   "Initial hardware players lacked these capabilities in order to keep costs down." - I find this statement ironic, given that Blu-Ray hardware has been priced almost twice as high as the HD-DVD equivalent (even with lacking features). I'm with folks (including the developers themselves) that are simply sitting this war out until the dust settles.
   
   Additionally, I'm not sure how this news is a surprise to anyone. Money and bottom line aside, Toshiba split from the group for a reason and I have a feeling this is only the first revealing step in a long and bumpy road that will expose what Blu-Ray-backing companies really think of the consumer.
   
   And finally; I realize that folks have continued to remark that there are companies other than Sony involved with Blu-Ray and in fact, that the technology was developed by Panasonic; however, "they knew what they were getting into" sounds remarkably like Sony... as does the pushing of PS3 by Blu-Ray representatives.
   
   As much as I hate to admit it, that's just marketing genius!

2. Comment - Comcast's Offer for Outage: $1.43 a Day

   (Apr 17, 2005 - 11:01 AM)

   "but where'd YOU be without Comcast?"
   
   With Optimum Online, which is LOADS better in speed, service and almost everything else! The only reason I registered to post is because I too experienced this outage and when I call in... I am put on hold for three hours. Call back, still nothing. The automated messages are nill and it's only after I arrive at work TWO days later that they acknowledge a state-wide outage in our area (and I had to go searching the DSL Speed forums for the Comcast online status page).
   
   For those that didn't really care enough to call in, that's fine. But when you call and are placed on hold for three hours (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) and then are told there will be no compensation for those that did not get through... heck man, it just goes to support the jokes that are said about the cable company every day.
   
   It's freaken rediculous! Again, I'm not mad because of the outage, technical problems happen. I'm mad because 1). Comcast refused to acknowledge the problem (in our area) until at least 2 days later, 2). It would seem that the earth swallowed up the Comast reps during this time, 3). Even though they acknowledged the problem 2 days later, it wasn't until yesterday and the day before that they actually started investigating the area and 4). After all the above especially the extremely long hold time and never getting anyone, Comcast is now saying, "sorry, you didn't get through, we won't compensate you.
   
   Compensation is not about the money to me but rather about an, "we are sorry, we realize we may have mishandled this." But, as many users have already stated, that may be asking too much from a company, especially a cable company like Comcast ($$$).