Blu-ray Site Hacked By Enthusiast
I've seen a lot of back-and-forth among fans of both sides in the format war, but this one bit takes things to a whole new level of fervor. Last Friday--just in time for the final pre-holiday shopping crush--the official Blu-ray Disc site was hacked to send visitors to the official Web site of arch-rival format HD DVD.
According to a Blu-ray Disc Association representative, the group's own investigation into the hack reveals that it appears to be the work of a talented enthusiast who's an HD DVD proponent. The BDA says it discovered the hack within an hour after it happened on Friday; within another hour, the site was back up as normal.
This is the latest manifestation of the fervor and vitriol I've seen over the past months among the fanboys and home theater enthusiast-types who post on the many audio-visual boards. While sharing information online is a great resource for active and passive participants alike, I can't help but wonder how this will play out as the format war progresses and, presumably, one side becomes the dominant force. Things have gotten unnecessarily nasty before; is more of that in store before this war is done?
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I'd say that Blu-Ray deserves to be hacked. They are absolutely not ready to be in competition for HD business, especially as those buying currently available products are very likely to find those items unusable in the near future. There is no way that the public should have to put up with this situation when HD DVD is in such a technologically superior condition.
I'd say that Blu-Ray deserves to be hacked. They are absolutely not ready to be in competition for HD business, especially as those buying currently available products are very likely to find those items unusable in the near future. There is no way that the public should have to put up with this situation when HD DVD is in such a technologically superior condition.
The HD-DVD crowd is becoming desperate, they've shown how low they can go by performing such a criminal act like hacking a business/information website. ...also, what format "war"? This is not a war, it is a shame for HD-DVD, in 2007 HD-DVD was unable to sell more than Blu-ray did on a weekly basis, and thats with all their promotions including players that dropped to under $100. Blu-ray sells movies 2:1, and players 3:1, XBOX sales have declined, PS3 sales are going up, Apple has announced they'll be including Blu-ray drives in theirr computer this year, does that look like a war? 2008 will be the year for Blu-ray, may HD-DVD be remembered for their dirty fight for survival which included unethical behavior (confirmed by WSJ) such as million dollar buy outs, and for their low quality Toshiba players.
Blu Ray = Beta
HD DVD = VHS
Lets not see the best technology get overrun by middle american's thirst for cheap junk....AGAIN.
"HD DVD is in such a technologically superior condition." -ChuckEtheridge.
Can you quatify that statement with facts?
Looking at the specs they seem very similar..
I also see that HD-DVD interactivity is programed with scripting lang's (HTML, XML, CSS, SMIL, and ECMAScript (JavaScript))...and Bluray uses BDJ or Java (an actualy programming language)
I also see that the sales figures for bluray are better than HD-DVD according to neilson's weekly.. so vizulefllry.. is it your opinion that bluray is the next Betamax? I don't see how it can if its outselling HD-DVD.
As a consumer, and a techie, I'd be inclined to lean toward Bluray now that I was motivated to look at the 2 specs a little deeper, and look at the sales figures.
I guess I'll wait and see.