{"id":1666,"date":"2006-09-19T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T19:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/universal-no-blu-ray\/"},"modified":"2006-09-19T12:39:50","modified_gmt":"2006-09-19T19:39:50","slug":"universal-no-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/universal-no-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal: no blu-ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/ZDM\/story?id=2463703\">Universal <strike>retracts support for<\/strike> retates it is not supporting  blu-ray<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so it begins to tip and slide. People said generally that  Bluray had the upper hand in the beginning of this format war. It certainly is no &#8216;war&#8217;, since nobody cares. But it looks like Blu-Ray&#8217;s chances of getting the market are slimming down quickly. It&#8217;s not at the tipping poing yet. But it might happen quicker than Sony wants.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of press puts even bigger pressure on the PS3. Not that it could deal with the current level. I have not seen an announcement that production has begun. Two months left to launch, and nobody has ever seen a PS3 how it would be sold. Just design mockups and Blu-Ray players.<\/p>\n<p>update 9\/24\/06: it seems that this news item  was kind of a press stunt: Universal never backed Blu-ray in the first place. They just said again they would not do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal retracts support for retates it is not supporting blu-ray And so it begins to tip and slide. People said generally that Bluray had the upper hand in the beginning of this format war. It certainly is no &#8216;war&#8217;, since nobody cares. 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