Robin Harris virtually kills Blu-Ray. Amen!

Blogger Robin Harris stirred the pot again yesterday with his post on how the Phoenix of consumer technology: HD-DVD (China Blue) is going to eventually win the battle with Blu-Ray.  

For me, I could probably care less except that I really, really want a cheap low cost, high-capacity sneaker net media for the videos that I make.  YouTube, Vimeo Blip and the rest of the online video services are just OK for sharing videos, but they leave a lot to be desired in terms of video quality, network requirements and privacy.  Regular DVDs are too small.  

If China Blue were available today as cheap drive for my PCs I would definitely want it and encourage everybody to get it.  I think its ridiculous to let Hollywoood dictate a format based mostly on piracy concerns - what about everybody else who wants to make their own videos - are we supposed to subsidize Sony for that? 

FWIW, I use Sony Vegas, Sony Acid and Sony Sound Forge to make my videos and audios and I love those products and I recommend them to anybody who asks my opinion.  I wish there was a better way for me to share the end results of these products than what there is today. 

Comments

[nate]

I got a 150TB BlueArc array you can have if you want, doesn't get much cheaper than that and you get a bonus of being able to heat the neighborhood in the winter.

Just need 6x208V 30A circuits, or lots more 120V, system isn't picky it swings both ways.

[marc farley]

Thanks Nate, but it won't give me the portability that I want. I was hoping for something that my mother could use in her apartment and where I could send HD videos of our vacation escapades.