Sony Decides Against Blu-Ray Downsampling

Paul Slocum writes "According to Ars Technica, Sony is now saying they will not use the Image Constraint Token and so movies will play on analog HDTV sets at full resolution. If HD-DVD does implement the analog downsampling, it's going to give Blu-ray a nice market advantage." From the article: "Sony's decision to not use the Image Constraint Token for the time being is meant to encourage the adoption of Blu-ray players. Launching a new product that would leave the thousands of analog HDTV owners out in the standard-definition cold could have proven to be a nightmare for Sony and the Blu-ray spec in general. Reports that 'Blu-ray discs don't look right on my HDTV' could result in consumers' switching allegiances to the competing HD DVD standard or postponing purchases of next-generation optical players altogether."

Hey Kids!

[Quirk]

The first taste is always free

Re:Almost there....

[Anonymous Coward]

You obviously never owned an electronic device manufactured by Sony's consumer division!

Re:That's enough for me

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm rooting for Sony

But in Soviet Russia (and elsewhere), Sony roots you!

The evil bit returns

[acomj]

Is that flag just a bit? Is it the "evil bit"?

The honorable rootkit company

[HiThere]

Sony assures us that, at least for now, it won't discriminate against us. So we should trust them and give them our money.

You do as you choose, Sony has yet to prove to me that it's anything better than a script kiddie. One that steals your wallet as well as riffling your computer.

Re:Regions on Blu-Ray plus a roundup of news

[montyzooooma]

New Zealand cares about Australia. You just haven't noticed.