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1. Comment - Xbox Is #2 in Japan -- For a Week

   (Nov 12, 2007 - 12:34 AM)

   The PS3 was released 1 year ago exactly. (November 11, 2006). Saying something has never happened when it has only been possible for a year is being seriously melodramtic. I don't own a PS3 nor do I have any intention of buying one, but think this is some major embarassment to Sony or a sign of anything is idiotic. It took a 500% increase from the previous week (directly attributed to the release of one game) and a slump by the PS3 for the XBox 360 to eke out a 200 console advantage.
   
   Toyota surpassing GM as the #1 automaker in the world was major news as the two have been around for over 75 years, and Toyota has slowly, but steadily been catching GM for years. So there was a visible trend towards a s*** in the industry. This XBox360 "victory" is a complete fluke, that even Stevie Wonder can see will vanish be next week. Flukes aren't newsworthy.

2. Comment - HD DVD Appears to Have Early Edge

   (Oct 12, 2006 - 1:22 PM)

   "It does play blu-ray movies, but thats doesnt mean it going to make people buy it for movie purposes."
   
   That's not the point. Whether or not they actually want the feature, anyone who buys a PS3 will have the ability to play Blu-Ray movies. Once they have that ability, how many of them do you think are then going to go out and buy an HD DVD player? The PS3 will also be the first player in either format that will end up in the hands of the masses rather than exclusively in the systems of home theater enthusiasts.

3. Comment - Western Digital Settles Capacity Suit

   (Jun 29, 2006 - 12:41 PM)

   "Fact is, a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes."
   
   Not true. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. For storage, 1 kilobyte usually equals 1,024 bytes. For data transmissions 1 kilobyte equals 1000 bytes. A 56k modem transmits data at 56,000 bits/second, not 57,344 bits/second. A 100mbps network transfers data at a theoretical 100,000,000 bits/sec, not 104,857,600 bits/sec.
   
   The fact that one is bits and one is bytes is irrelevant. Kb does not always equal 1000 bits, if you describe your hard drive using bits, than it becomes 1024. If you describe your network in bytes, than 1KB becomes 1000 bits.
   
   There are all sorts of caveats and exceptions to the rules when comparing binary to decimal in the computer world. One thing that is for certain is that the hard drive manufacturers did not create this problem (engineers back in the 50's and 60's did) and they certainly didn't adopt it to fool the public unless they had some unbelievable forsight back in the 80's that computers would be everywhere 20 years later with 750GB capacities HD's, back when a 5MB HD was huge and the decimal/binary difference made no difference at all.

4. Comment - Panasonic Unveils $1,300 Blu-ray Player

   (Jun 23, 2006 - 1:29 PM)

   I will, since I don't have to depend on mom and dad to visit me in their basement once a week to drop off my allowance.
   
   I'd explain what that price comment meant, but you're clearly not going to understand anyway, so why waste the time.

5. Comment - Panasonic Unveils $1,300 Blu-ray Player

   (Jun 23, 2006 - 12:41 AM)

   Price is irrelevant. Neither standard is going to win the war in the next 6 months. The people likely to buy one of these first to market players are not likely bargain hunters. The early Blu-Ray players are top of the line models with all the bells and whistles a HT nut would want, while the HD-DVD camp is releasing stripped down low feature players to keep costs down. The Blu-Ray side has it right, show people the best the format has to offer right from the start to give them a reason to want to upgrade in the future. By the time these formats begin entering the mass market, the prices for similarly capable players from both camps are likely to be pretty close to each other.