AranhaHunter
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Boon to the PS3? Warner Bros goes Blu-Ray
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BenjaminBirdie
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Dante said:
I'd love to. What were the figures back then?
I think everyone knows where I stand on this, and it's not on some kind of Pro-MS, HD-DVD platform, that's for sure.
urk said:
This is not about Warner going Blu Ray, but a strengthening of the format as a whole. The picture is bigger than this. There are people sitting on the sidelines waiting for the format war to end, and now it looks like we are finally coming to an end. Consumers can now buy Blu Ray movie players with a better piece of mind knowing it is the HD format of the future. On top of this, a trickle down effect will occur with the PS3 as the blu ray disc drive in the system has become more valuable with Blu Ray winning this format battle. How big of an effect, we don't know at the moment. But as HDTV prices continuously drop consumers will look for HD content.
JB1981 said:
they'll still be able to get HD content on HD-DVD in 2008, most consumers are still confused by the two formats and perplexed that they even need to update from DVD, and the end result is a very muddled, limited market that isn't in any position to drive a console's sales. Not to say that there won't be... three... people out there who buy a PS3 thanks to this news, but nothing on the level to actually save the system from its current catastrophic lows.
WickedCobra03
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Actually last round, the DVD was the Super Density Disc if I recall, which was supported by Toshiba and others. The other format was the Multimedia Compact Disc which was mainly the Sony camp...I don't even think that either of them went retail, but after a long while, the best of both were combined leaning more on the Toshiba side, and that is now what we know as the DVD.TTP said:
BD needs to be the only HD disc based format out there as soon as possible. having that will make way for all BD products and development to get cheaper and more accessible at a much faster rate. why is that important for PS3? well, for starters, it will make PS3 cheaper to produce and sell. this format war is stupid, and that is all the more reason for it to end quickly with the better choice being the default choice; BD.
but why I really want to see BD win, aside from having bigger capacity, is not for today, but for tomorrow. with BD being the DVD successor and the continuation of Cell development, I am expecting a very competitively priced PS4 with a huge technical edge over anything else on the market.
but why I really want to see BD win, aside from having bigger capacity, is not for today, but for tomorrow. with BD being the DVD successor and the continuation of Cell development, I am expecting a very competitively priced PS4 with a huge technical edge over anything else on the market.
siamesedreamer said:
DVD was the result of a group effort by Toshiba, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson, JVC, Phjillips and Sony to create one standalone format, to avoid the type of war that occured from Beta vs VHS.
Blu-ray is no different. It was created by nine companies, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung, and Sony.
Currently there are 18 companies on the Blu-ray board of directors.
Apple Inc.
Dell
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi
LG Electronics
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems
TDK Corporation
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group / Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video Inc.
HDDVD is Toshiba's baby.
People like to act like Sony solely created Blu-ray, but that's not the case. They simply included the tech in their PS3 that they were backing at the time.
siamesedreamer
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avaya said:
I see...I figured it was more than just Sony.
EDIT: ^^^ Thanks.
Amir0x said:
Shelf space is already being pulled on HD DVD. Before this announcment, Best Buy stores have been going to a 2:1 to 3:1 blu ray configuration for hi def movies. Best Buy is the biggest retailer for hi def movies.
HD DVD will have some presence in the online space, but don't be surprised if most HD DVD movies get pulled from valuable retail space in 2008 leaving Blu Ray alone in the hi def aisle.
The biggest concern for Blu Ray isn't HD DVD anymore, it is driving people to upgrade from their DVD to hi def. Now there is finally a real opportunity for growth in the HD movie market. But we don't know what kind of capitalization will occur.
Mrbob said:
Eh, I agree with that, but it's still not going to affect mass market in the short term. HD formats are still getting their ass absolutely kicked by DVD. That's not going to change any time soon. The consumers you have left to tap into are gamers and videophiles and most of them aren't waiting out the format war.
just checked :MechDX said:
Ten companies founded the dvd organization:
Hitachi, Ltd.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Pioneer Electronic Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
Sony Corporation
Thomson
Time Warner Inc.
Toshiba Corporation
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC)
Not sure who got the most patent..
http://kotaku.com/340842/warner-bros-goes-blu+ray-only-format-war-lingers-on
It's okay everyone! According to kotaku, this doesn't change anything!
It's okay everyone! According to kotaku, this doesn't change anything!
Deputy Moonman
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Wasn't VHS a more expensive format also? When the DVD format took over, DVD's weren't 2-3 times as expensive as VHS. But going from the DVD format to HD is not something that the average consumer is going to jump all over because HD is so expensive. I still do not have an HD player and I don't plan on getting one for quite a while. And the DVD's that are in the low price bin are not exactly new releases, nor blockbuster hits.mysticstylez said:
BenjaminBirdie
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Dante said:
The difference between HD and Last Gen games is WILDLY more massive than the difference between HD and SD movies, by the very nature of the platforms delivering them.
360 and PS3 games are more advanced only because they're at a higher res or, in one instance, have more storage space? That's not what you're positing, is it?
Metalmurphy
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Zophar said:
:lol
Don't ever change Kotaku.
Chiggs
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urk said:
Define "soon." I'm not trying to be a snot here, but I keep seeing this come up. I would figure that once HDTV penetration grows and grows, and it is, sales will pick up. The BRDA now needs to concentrate on giants like Comcast, Dish and DirecTV. That's the real competition, in my opinion.
Why did people want HD-DVD to win in the first place? It has less storage capacity which has led to lower quality audio and extra features being in standard definition due to space limitations. I don't even own a PS3 and I'm glad this is happening because there was no benefit to an inferior format winning out.
Eteric Rice
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steve said:
I seriously doubt that. There aren't enough tech freaks out there to change things that fast.
MWS Natural
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CES 2008 MS announces that all digital downloads for the Xbox 360 will become DRM free and they will release 320GB as well as a 500GB HD in the next coming months. Blu-ray/HD-DVD nullified.
why cant they just do the proper thing and make a 99$ HD player and put the Tvs at normal prices? thats what people want. the technology isnt special. ts not like its costing much more than DVD technology now. I refuse to spend money on a tiny marginal improvement. and Ive seen enough of HD to say this.
GhettoGamer
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I see a boon to standalone BR
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