Ozymandias

Yet Another HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray Article

This one is from a site called CampaignHD , and is obviously a very pro-HD-DVD site working to encourage publishers to support the standard. Just want to be very upfront about that as this article is definitely down on Blu-Ray and quite positive on HD...

Thoughts on PS3 Launch Quantities Being Cut

Few folks wrote to ask what I thought about the news that Sony had cut launch volumes from 4 million units to 2 million, and delayed the European launch until March of 2007. In addition, Sony also announced that they would have just 500k units for launch...

Mark Deloura Comments on Relevance of Blu-ray (Oddly, We're in Violent Agreement)

Saw that Mark Deloura (former head of Sony Developer Relations and an industry friend of mine) had some things to say about my recent Blu-ray disc speed/capacity post. Not a surprise considering his background, but I have to say the most interesting aspect...

Blu-ray Drive Speed More Relevant to Games Than Capacity

Couple of you wrote asking what I thought of the recent announcement by Insomniac that their PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man would use 22 GB of a Blu-ray disc's capacity. I also had someone point me to a recent CNET interview with Kaz Hirai in which...

1080p Meaningless this Generation

There's been a lot of interest in the PS3 due to its stated 1080p output for both games and movies (via Blu-ray). What's interesting is that a lot of folks don't realize how meaningless 1080p actually is in this generation. Let's take games first. The...