Rich86
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Pursuit of Happyness
This is an excellent example of what I was suggesting concerning Sony.
My wife and I are interested in the "Pursuit of Happyness" dvd, because we like most Will Smith films, and the trailers made the film look good (yeah - it can be misleading when you realize the scenes in the trailers of some movies were the only part of the movie worth watching . . .) and maybe we're a couple of sappy/softhearted folks who like films like this.
But, I refused to buy it when it came out because it surely would have autorun initiated executables on it - and I want no part of any Sony optical media with executables on it because Sony is not to be trusted. I will rent the movie for a few dollars instead, whereas I most likely would have purchased it otherwise.
On the other hand, we are still out there purchasing titles by other studios who seem more willing to put movies with higher bit-rates resulting in better video quality - instead of filling up the disc with phony vts's, unreadable sectors and executables no one needs or wants and extras that I watch only once - if that.
Most people probably couldn't care less about what Sony sticks on the dvd's. They buy no matter what until some damage is done to them.
But is it possible that the nonsense Sony goes through on dvd releases does more damage than good - as far as their sales of dvd's goes? It surely does in my case at least, because I generally avoid Sony dvd releases now unless it is something I am sure I really want to own. Choosing between 2 titles in a store is really easy these days if one of them is a Sony release - the Sony goes back on the shelf!
However - when it comes to televisions - I am unable to ignore Sony products - they are really excellent imho.
This is an excellent example of what I was suggesting concerning Sony.
My wife and I are interested in the "Pursuit of Happyness" dvd, because we like most Will Smith films, and the trailers made the film look good (yeah - it can be misleading when you realize the scenes in the trailers of some movies were the only part of the movie worth watching . . .) and maybe we're a couple of sappy/softhearted folks who like films like this.
But, I refused to buy it when it came out because it surely would have autorun initiated executables on it - and I want no part of any Sony optical media with executables on it because Sony is not to be trusted. I will rent the movie for a few dollars instead, whereas I most likely would have purchased it otherwise.
On the other hand, we are still out there purchasing titles by other studios who seem more willing to put movies with higher bit-rates resulting in better video quality - instead of filling up the disc with phony vts's, unreadable sectors and executables no one needs or wants and extras that I watch only once - if that.
Most people probably couldn't care less about what Sony sticks on the dvd's. They buy no matter what until some damage is done to them.
But is it possible that the nonsense Sony goes through on dvd releases does more damage than good - as far as their sales of dvd's goes? It surely does in my case at least, because I generally avoid Sony dvd releases now unless it is something I am sure I really want to own. Choosing between 2 titles in a store is really easy these days if one of them is a Sony release - the Sony goes back on the shelf!
However - when it comes to televisions - I am unable to ignore Sony products - they are really excellent imho.
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