Thought Clouds
The Digital Bender

First some background. Qwaider made the following comment on a previous post ..... On a side note, have you seen the reports on games? WII beat everyone for December, followed by Xbox36 then PS2 and finally PS3! Looks like Sony might be losing this one if their 5 year old console STILL beats their flagship console December Console NPDs are as follows: Nintendo DS - 2.47 mil Wii - 1.35 mil Xbox 360 - 1.26 mil PlayStation 2 - 1.1 mil PSP - 1.06 mil PlayStation 3 - 797,600 It is quite obvious that XBOX 360 is giving the Wii a run for it's money. And that Sony is struggling with getting people to embrace their next gen PS3. And there is no reason for that to change except for one tiny thing. Hollywood seems to have dumped HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray, and that is guaranteed to drive up demand for the Blu-ray devices. Of which, PS3 is the most famous and sought after model. People who have been waiting for the format wars to end are now likely to go the PS3 route and get a gaming consol...

I bought the HD-DVD add-on for the XBOX 360 a while back, and got "King Kong" in the box. I also bought the documentary "Planet Earth", which is nothing short of absolutely amazing. And got "Happy Feet" for my and my family's benefit, especially my daughter who likes to skip around like Mumble. This was about 6 months ago, and I have not been able to buy any more, and here is why. There really isn't anything compelling enough about the movie lineup to pay $12 for a hi-def "experience", which is for most movies only marginally better than DVD. I mean, if you see "Anchor Man" in DVD, then you've seen it in HD-DVD because the extra pixels will probably not add any more enjoyment or appreciation. And fan boys. I am not saying that BlueRay lineup is better. It's just that the whole concept of paying $12 extra on the average for a movie that looks nearly as good on DVD is not a very attractive concept. Come to think of it, onl...