Televisions & Video

Is a wireless DVD Blue Ray player better or as good as a regular player?

Feb 05, 2010 by Bob | Posted in Home Theater

I am looking to get a Blue Ray DVD player to connect to my 52" Samsung HD TV. I also want to have the option of playing music with CD's. I understand the CD capability is only one at a time. I want to but 5 speakers for surround sound. Any suggestions

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A Call to End Format Wars, Boost On Demand and Untether Digital Downloads

Want to own the current Holy Grail invention of blue laser but are disappointed that no one format offers movies from all major studios? Want to watch any TV show or movie on demand but can’t find enough content available? Want to buy songs in open mp3 format but can’t find enough songs sold that way? You’re not alone, and the industry should know their customer better.

The music, television, movie and consumer electronics industries (hereafter collectively referred to as the industry) have been struggling with the rapid advance of technology and the new virtuality of content. Here are the top eight things the industry should do to harness the technology and recapture the simple tenet of giving the customer what they want.

1. End format wars.

When a new format is needed to advance the industry to the next level, there should be one and only one format that goes to market and becomes the standard. This applies to both online virtual formats and offline physical formats.

The current example in physical formats is Blu-ray vs. HD DVD. Two formats were necessary at first to spur competition, but the differences between them at this point are so negligible that ultimately one has to win for either to succeed. A standards body needs to exist to allow competition at first and to oversee a limited beta period to ensure customer opinions are factored in, but then to ultimately pick a winner before full-scale market launch. Companies should be required to register candidate formats in the early stages. The standards body should track investment and invention level of each candidate along the way. Then a winner should be chosen with a percentage of the licensing revenue going to all of the candidates commensurate with their investment and invention level. The candidates either agree to these terms from the get-go or they do not participate in determining and profiting from the next generation format.

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