I am following the Blu-ray / HD-DVD format war with fascination. It's not a healthy fascination though. It's only early adopters such as myself who give a damn. I cannot believe I've owned a flat-panel LCD for approaching a year and a half but haven't bought a disc player that can utilize its potential. I'm angry as the Blu-ray fanboys seem to be winning the battle although from the get-go the HD-DVD camp had superior functionality. Did you know that most all Blu-ray players manufactured before last fall cannot be upgraded to the current equipment profile? Furthermore, the next Blu-ray version will require Internet connectivity and this will render all presently produced models obsolete. Whereas the specs weren't finalized for Blu-ray, the opposition has been producing players with similar capabilities since day one. Clearly, it's not best product that is winning; it's just Sony has somehow managed to pull the wool over lots of eyes. Shoot, I didn't want to be sucked into commenting about this today.
Instead, I wanted to type in this conversation that goes with the graphic show above:
Jeffrey Hunter: Something mighty fishy about this trail, Uncle Ethan.
John Wayne: Don't call me uncle. I ain't your uncle.
Jeffrey Hunter: Yes sir.
John Wayne: No need to call me sir, either. Nor grandpa. Nor Methuselah. I can whoop you to a frazzle.
Jeffrey Hunter: What do ya want me to call ya?
John Wayne: My name's Ethan. Now, what's so mighty fishy about this trail?