With the HD-DVD format falling out of the high-definition disc format battle, Blu-ray is widely expected to eventually replace the DVD platform.
However, it seems very unlikely that South Korea will see the quick adoption of the advanced storage devices as the nation's two top manufacturers ? Samsung Electronics and LG electronics ? don't have immediate plans to accelerate their Blu-ray businesses.
Samsung Electronics said Monday that it doesn't have immediate plans to massively inject fresh capital into its five-year Blu-ray business.
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.
In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.
The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.
Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.
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Man, Well, they are going eventually have to embrace it so I don't think it will be an issue in the long run.
They will make plans eventually. It is something that will take time. It will be a while before blu-ray is the norm. I have stated why DVD will be around for a while"
I'm thinking... It will be a few years befor DVD fades away, some analyst say even longer. For one, most people have standard TVs and even when the upgrade for HDTV becomes mandatory (2008-2009 in the US) most people will pony up and buy a HDTV that has 1080i capability. 1080p TV will still be more expensive. Most people do not care for super high definition. I DO!!! Bit the masses, the verage consumer does not. Most consumers buy a DVD to simply watch a movie, not to get eye splitting visuals and sound. I love it myself, but most do not. Blu-ray is still more expensive than DVD $29 USD to $19 USD for DVD which is still $10 cheaper. Not to include the price of the player. No doubt it has dropped in price and will continue to be cheaper so the price will not be an issue for ever. Remember, that before DVD associates allow DVD to die they will slsh prices. I think that in a few years DVD prices will get to around $15 USD, this will happen before the end of DVD's era. When that time comes (according to this rticle is 2012) around we will have an more options with new technology out the door, one being DD, new disc format, etc.
Most people will ask themselves why do I need a blu-ry player when most movies are still being produced on DVD, I do not need to spend anymore money, etc.
This why I think they are reluctant.
Because they still wanna sell those extremely expensive Blu-ray players also known as "Dual format players" lol. BURNED by their lack of foresight.
We don't need them! Like we didn't need MicroSoft!!! ;-D
Man does the media just NEED something to bash about? First it was "Who Will Win the Format War" which is an understandable story. Blu-ray then went on to win the format war then the media, instead of focusing on the positives, started looking for other coverage related to Blu-ray in the guise of other potential competitors like digital downloads from Apple and Microsoft, and formats like VMD and the like. I, for one, am getting tired of media covering and searching for every little negative needle in the haystack and would like to see some positive coverage for a change.