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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 1767214" data-attributes="member: 560358"><p>/teh funnay</p><p></p><p><a href="http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx" target="_blank">http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx</a></p><p></p><p><em>UPDATE: Many readers are saying that this story was faked. Well, I'm here to tell you it's far from a lie, and I have more pictures to prove it! In fact, since I enlarged the photo, we noticed that the DVD was actually a DVD+R, not a DVD-R!</em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em>PC Magazine's Lance Ulanoff attended a Sony event and unlocked a secret. Here is his account:</em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em>Sony celebrated a decade of VAIO innovation at the way-out-of-the-way Guest House club in NYC last night. It was your typical self-congratulatory fest, replete with speeches, large posters lauding early product development (of the first purple VAIO and the ultra thin 505 laptop) and even a huge, 70-pound VAIO laptop cake (left). I tried some and the faux magnesium chassis tasted like tin foil—blech.</em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em>There were, of course, some more recent vintage products on display like the Sony VAIO XL2 Digital Living System but the true stars of last night's event were Blu-ray, a new Blu-ray VAIO (the AR) and a near-pocket-sized "Micro PC," the VAIO UX. The gorgeous, 17-inch laptop not only has a Blu-ray player, but the drive can even burn Blu-ray discs—a true first. </em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em><strong>On one table Sony execs proudly displayed two ARs playing early Blu-ray content: The House of Flying Daggers (below).</strong></em><em> They even had the Blu-ray packaging. So exciting...but WAIT! I went ahead and ejected one of the Blu-ray drives to see my first Blu-ray disc. </em><em><strong>Instead, I found a crummy, old school DVD+R, complete with the Sharpie-written, House of Flying Daggers. </strong></em><em>Apparently even Sony can't get its hands on Blu-ray content! </em></p><p></p><p>Not only was it not Blu-Ray, it's a DVD, and it's a copy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 1767214, member: 560358"] /teh funnay [URL="http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx"]http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx[/URL] [I]UPDATE: Many readers are saying that this story was faked. Well, I'm here to tell you it's far from a lie, and I have more pictures to prove it! In fact, since I enlarged the photo, we noticed that the DVD was actually a DVD+R, not a DVD-R![/I] [I] [/I] [I] [/I] [I]PC Magazine's Lance Ulanoff attended a Sony event and unlocked a secret. Here is his account:[/I] [I] [/I] [I]Sony celebrated a decade of VAIO innovation at the way-out-of-the-way Guest House club in NYC last night. It was your typical self-congratulatory fest, replete with speeches, large posters lauding early product development (of the first purple VAIO and the ultra thin 505 laptop) and even a huge, 70-pound VAIO laptop cake (left). I tried some and the faux magnesium chassis tasted like tin foil—blech.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]There were, of course, some more recent vintage products on display like the Sony VAIO XL2 Digital Living System but the true stars of last night's event were Blu-ray, a new Blu-ray VAIO (the AR) and a near-pocket-sized "Micro PC," the VAIO UX. The gorgeous, 17-inch laptop not only has a Blu-ray player, but the drive can even burn Blu-ray discs—a true first. [/I] [I] [/I] [I] [/I] [I][B]On one table Sony execs proudly displayed two ARs playing early Blu-ray content: The House of Flying Daggers (below).[/B][/I][I] They even had the Blu-ray packaging. So exciting...but WAIT! I went ahead and ejected one of the Blu-ray drives to see my first Blu-ray disc. [/I][I][B]Instead, I found a crummy, old school DVD+R, complete with the Sharpie-written, House of Flying Daggers. [/B][/I][I]Apparently even Sony can't get its hands on Blu-ray content! [/I] Not only was it not Blu-Ray, it's a DVD, and it's a copy! [/QUOTE]
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