Comments on: Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 BD Player Peek http://www.hdblog.net/2006/12/19/pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-bd-player-peek/ HDTV Home Theater and Television Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 BD Player Peek by: Henning http://www.hdblog.net/2006/12/19/pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-bd-player-peek/#comment-21468 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:40 +0000 http://www.hdblog.net/2006/12/19/pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-bd-player-peek/#comment-21468 HD DVD's delayed launch wasn't too hot either, but it was a lot better than BD's! So maybe "shot out of the gate like a timid turtoise" ? HD DVD’s delayed launch wasn’t too hot either, but it was a lot better than BD’s! So maybe “shot out of the gate like a timid turtoise” ?

]]> Comment on Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 BD Player Peek by: Steve Keppel-Jones http://www.hdblog.net/2006/12/19/pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-bd-player-peek/#comment-21467 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:36:33 +0000 http://www.hdblog.net/2006/12/19/pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-bd-player-peek/#comment-21467 That's a very nice turn of phrase, there, Henning. I like it a lot: "shot out of the gate like a dead rat." I would be interested in knowing how HD-DVD came out of the gate, as well, with a correspondingly chosen analogy! It will be interesting to see how many people pick up these high-priced BD players when they could just get a PS3 for a half to a third of the price, and then play games on it too! That’s a very nice turn of phrase, there, Henning. I like it a lot: “shot out of the gate like a dead rat.” I would be interested in knowing how HD-DVD came out of the gate, as well, with a correspondingly chosen analogy!

It will be interesting to see how many people pick up these high-priced BD players when they could just get a PS3 for a half to a third of the price, and then play games on it too!

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