Sony’s had a huge Friday. It’s made a smart move by growing out of DRM in its music division — at least a little, at least reportedly — and it’s scored a decent victory on the Blu-ray side in getting Warner Bros. to commit to its hi-definition DVD format. All on the Friday before CES. Nicely done. It’s easy enough to be hard on Sony. It slips on a lot of banana peels, and when it does, it tends to make a lot of noise, if only because it’s such a big name. It couldn’t get itself in gear to capitalize on the Walkman name when MP3 began its rise, leaving the field to Apple.
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Sony Gives a Little, Gets a Little
Posted by: Paul Hartsock January 4, 2008 03:44 PMSony’s had a huge Friday. It’s made a smart move by growing out of DRM in its music division — at least a little, at least reportedly — and it’s scored a decent victory on the Blu-ray side in getting Warner Bros. to commit to its hi-definition DVD format. All on the Friday before CES. Nicely done. It’s easy enough to be hard on Sony. It slips on a lot of banana peels, and when it does, it tends to make a lot of noise, if only because it’s such a big name. It couldn’t get itself in gear to capitalize on the Walkman name when MP3 began its rise, leaving the field to Apple.