Sony exec redefines HD, stunning word play

In what could only be described as a virtuoso performance Phil Harrison, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, redefined what HD was proclaiming, "The HD era really only starts when we are on the market." His reasoning is as follows:

• "PlayStation 3 is the only format that has 1080-progressive, which is the true definition of HD." Well, according to Wikipedia 720p and 1080i are both very much in the HD camp.
• "High definition as far as the consumer is concerned means high definition movies, which means Blu-ray disc." There's plenty of people who buy videogame consoles to, well, play videogames on them in which case HD gaming is available now.
• He continues to bend the definition of HD to his singular will insisting, "The true definition of HD is the three elements of the HD value chain - the display, the content and the hardware to play back that content, and PlayStation and Sony is the only organisation that has all three bits of the value chain together." That sure is true, but does that mean we didn't have a 48 hour high-def gaming marathon, cause that was on a Microsoft Xbox and a Panasonic projector playing all sorts of different content?

We all know Sony has a new system coming out, and that it will prove all sorts of things, but let's call a spade a spade: The Xbox 360 is high definition and it's here. Now.