Sony Fakes Blu-Ray Demonstration?

Supposedly someone at Gearlog, while attending a Sony celebration of the VAIO line of products, opened the drive of a laptop computer which was supposed to be demonstrating Blu-Ray video playback. Inside the CD tray was a plain old DVD+R (it even had “House of Flying Daggers” written on it with a Sharpie marker). If this is true, what does this mean? That even Sony can’t get their hands on Blu-Ray content? Or perhaps they are just too lazy (or cheap) to distribute true Blu-Ray media to their conventions? Is it just me or is it getting a little warm in here?

“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.

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.

On one table Sony execs proudly displayed two ARs playing early Blu-ray content: House of Flying Daggers (below). They even had the Blu-ray packaging. So excitingÂ…but WAIT! I went ahead and ejected one of the Blu-ray drives to see my first Blu-ray disc. Instead, I found a crummy, old school DVD+R, complete with the Sharpie-written, House of Flying Daggers. Apparently even Sony canÂ’t get its hands on Blu-ray content!”

I honestly hope this isn’t true!

  

Supposedly someone at Gearlog, while attending a Sony celebration of the VAIO line of products, opened the drive of a laptop computer which was supposed to be demonstrating Blu-Ray video playback. Inside the CD tray was a plain old DVD+R (it even had “House of Flying Daggers” written on it with a Sharpie marker). If this is true, what does this mean? That even Sony can’t get their hands on Blu-Ray content? Or perhaps they are just too lazy (or cheap) to distribute true Blu-Ray media to their conventions? Is it just me or is it getting a little warm in here?

“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.

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.

On one table Sony execs proudly displayed two ARs playing early Blu-ray content: House of Flying Daggers (below). They even had the Blu-ray packaging. So excitingÂ…but WAIT! I went ahead and ejected one of the Blu-ray drives to see my first Blu-ray disc. Instead, I found a crummy, old school DVD+R, complete with the Sharpie-written, House of Flying Daggers. Apparently even Sony canÂ’t get its hands on Blu-ray content!”

I honestly hope this isn’t true!