12 Responses for "On The Ground In Vegas"

1. robs67 January 4th, 2008 at 8:13 pm 1

   Yes indeed, a major award! And now you gave that craving to go to Vegas. Damn your eyes!

2. Mari Silbey January 4th, 2008 at 9:15 pm 2

   You get my vote!

3. Hogues January 4th, 2008 at 11:07 pm 3

   Robo- I have to admit, I still laugh every time I hear the words “major award”. I was looking forward to hear what you had to say about dual disc players, but with the Warner announcement today, I guess it’s pretty much a moot point. Looks like Hd-DVD canceled their press conference as well. I like HD-DVD and have the Xbox 360 add on, but if this ends the format war, that’s fine with me.

4. Dave Zatz January 4th, 2008 at 11:46 pm 4

   Seems like the smart money is on Blu-ray. HD DVD may or may not survive (with enough studios producing content), but Blu-ray surely won’t be going away at this point.

   As far as the dual-disc players, they’re still cost-prohibitive for the mainstream. May as well buy a PS3 and an HD DVD player for the same money. Though, at this point, I don’t think I’d recommend HD DVD to anyone unless they can get in on a $99 deal like I did. Even then, I’d probably say stick with DVD until Blu-ray hardware prices drop (if price is a factor).

   I’ve only had my HD DVD player about a month, but I’m now thinking of ebay-ing it after CES and picking up a PS3.

5. Big John January 5th, 2008 at 2:14 am 5

   Engadget is reporting that HD-DVD canceled their CES presser. If Apple piles on with Blu-Ray support in new Mac Pros and a roadmap for BD support in notebooks, HD-DVD would be on the ropes.

6. john s January 5th, 2008 at 1:02 pm 6

   I’m not sure I agree with u guys (and girl) - my opinion is that with Microsoft and studios pouring support to HD-DVD it may have the edge over BlueRay.
   But we’ll see… I keep thinking Sony - aka - BetaMax…

7. eddy January 5th, 2008 at 7:05 pm 7

   Thanks for the badge photo. Working on making mine up now so I can get into the show for free!

8. Dave Zatz January 5th, 2008 at 8:03 pm 8

   You’ll never know what’s under that Orange bar that I Photoshopped in. FYI My other badge (blogger press) also comes with an RFID chip which is a little unsettling.

9. Todd January 6th, 2008 at 7:22 am 9

   ( Hacked from Dave’s badge RFID emitter )
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   ID#238410
   ZATZ_D
   SLINGMEDIA
   Latitude: 36.1259619995
   Longitude: -115.15345
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10. john s January 6th, 2008 at 2:08 pm 10

    They Track you Dave…. lol

11. john s January 8th, 2008 at 8:13 am 11

    One last thought - Sony also brought us the UMD for PSP… Maybe Sony got it right this time with BR - but I still have my doubts.

12. Dave Zatz January 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm 12

    As it turns out the text on the badge itself doesn’t really matter. It’s the color of and text on the plastic (or nylon) badge holders that grants you access.