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Boon to the PS3? Warner Bros goes Blu-Ray
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Truespeed
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DrGAKMAN said:
He makes some valid points. I just wonder how the Toshiba board of directors took the news when they they found out that their intention was to never win the HD format war, but to invest Billions in R&D and manufacturing plants just to delay it.
Note: I am using the MAGIC word of the day.
Guy LeDouche
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Herm will tell you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk5sMHj58IDrGAKMAN said:
Pai Pai Master said:
Eh, you'd be surprised. This news, over the next couple months, really really narrows down the options for HD players. Random dude wlaks into BB and needs something to show off his HDTV with, you think the sales reps are going to push him to get a HDDVD player or something at this point? Probably not, the option is PS3 or some stand alone blu ray player, and PS3 is obviously a better value.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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nib95 said:
Reading all the facts and rumors, i am still in silence inside my head even though i might be speaking alot. Whatever the outcome would be, i swear it will be beautiful.
Paramount/Dreamworks.Rody said:
They signed as exclusivity agreement with HD-DVD for (I think) 18 months.
But, reportedly, the payout from the HD-DVD camp was only about $100 million. Which is nothing compared to the potential payout from a next-gen home video format taking off.
Pai Pai Master
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g35twinturbo said:
If you have a Fry's Electronics nearby, you'll find them even cheaper at times.
topsyturvy
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maybe because i actually believe that warner supporting bluray exclusively won't sell ps3s???AltogetherAndrews said:
Oh and, please stop while you're ahead. you sound like an annoying psychiatrist thats obviously wrong.
People need to see that the inclusion of blu-ray was a good move even if they don't watch movies or even HD movies. That is why the system needs to have blu-ray win the format war as soon as possible. The more standard BD is, the more standard PS3 is.Mojovonio said:
I bet the rest of the blu-ray movie studios are happy about this.
topsyturvy
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this right here is what i'm stating, as long as hd-dvd is around. I can't see bluray launching the ps3 where its suppose to be.kay said:
Pai Pai Master
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scoobs said:
Because they don't want either format to win, particularly not Blu-ray Disc.
neojubei said:
Microsoft has stated that if blu-ray is chosen, they will release a blu-ray addon if needed
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142137.html
if Universal jumps ship, then i'm jumping in and picking up a blu-ray player
i didn't want to pick up either just in case - warner really set the groundwork for a blu-ray victory however it's not over yet... but it's close
AltogetherAndrews
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llTll said:
They really should have known better though
Guy LeDouche said:
Hate to quote myself again...
same thread said:
It was clear to anyone with foreknowledge that BR was eventually gonna "win" and that even before the formats were launched Toshiba didn't have an agenda of creating a successful next-gen HD format...they instead had an agenda to compete (thus confuse, cripple & delay) with BRD (as the format was called then). Even when Paramount went over the outlook was still bleak for HD-DVD. Toshiba's efforts all along really seem futile...and beg the question why? Because they wanted to prolong DVD as the dominant format so as to make money on it for as long as they could.
Look at the original BRD specs too...recordable, encased, totally different manufacturing processes that would've destroyed the laxed comfort Toshiba made itself with the DVD format...if BRD would've went unchallenged it would've hurt DVD, thusToshiba and probably the rest of the industry as well.
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topsyturvy said:
Actually you do come off pretty one sided. Intentional or not.
Being GAF that's not out of the norm mind you, but if you dislike Sony its not hurtful for your reputation to simply say something like "I dislike them winning".
DopeyFish said:
My thoughts are that Microsoft "jumped in" to the HD-DVD camp because the PS3 had blu-ray. Microsoft never seriously supported HD-DVD as they did with their TV show/Movie download service on LIVE. Microsoft will not release a blu-ray player. They might cut whatever losses on HD-DVD when paramount and other studios jump ship, and support the LIVE video download service as an alternative to blu-ray.
Like I said before, there will be a ton of restructuring of strategies because of Warner's announcement.
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Doubledex said:
no, it wasn't.
sales of discs don't matter for shit at this time. it's all about the standalones. As long as there is more people with units, they know that their movies will sell. (i don't travel into BRD/HD DVD threads simply because half the people don't understand this concept, which sane studios like Paramount/Universal/Warner use)
HD-DVD was DOMINATING until november/december when a couple bad months really fucked them over (warner's deciding point).
it was basically a tie up until warner going "bwahahahaha suckers"
radioheadrule83
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UntoldDreams said:
If HD-DVD camp has no response to this and the war is truly over (ie. if it means I can one day get things like Battlestar Galactica on BluRay for example) then yeah, it's very positive for Sony in the long run...
but in the short term topsyturvys not saying anything thats too far out there really. When all this hopefulness and ken kutaragi picture posting dies down, when will this announcement be reflected in NPD?
AltogetherAndrews
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harSon said:
There will still be competition among BR player manufacturers. And with the "war" coming to an end, more companies will bring more models to the market. It will regulate itself, as the CE business always does.
DopeyFish said:
Dominating what? tie? On what? Have you been to the HD-DVD/Blu-ray forum in the OT?
There was a week blu-ray sold more than HD-DVD and there wasn't anything new released for blu-ray only hd-dvd. (I should note it was at the same time blu-ray had the B1G1 free sale)
harSon said:
No, it actually increases the chances
since if Blu-ray is finally chosen, a lot more people are going to jump over... more demand = more sales, more sales = more manufactured which in turn means cheaper parts and higher yields which will mean cheapness
if blu-ray is chosen within the next couple months, by the end of the year you might have Blu-ray player that were even cheaper than HD-DVD drives depending on how well it takes off
neojubei said:
I browsed it, just to bask in the insanity
A ton of incorrect assumption and circle jerking
Movie studios are looking at HD media for ACCEPTANCE of the platform, not the velocity and longevity of their movie sales. Like DVD, they'll just look at those sales as quality of their product
Truespeed
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DrGAKMAN said:
That's an interesting point you've made. Toshiba is one of the primary inventors of the DVD format and they get a lot of their revenue from the royalties from the sale of anything related to DVD's be it media, players, recorders, etc. By delaying it they've sabotaged the adoption of HD video and clouded the market, thus, ensuring they'll be collecting DVD royalties for some time.
AltogetherAndrews
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radioheadrule83 said:
Topsyturvy has been arguing everything between that it won't have any effect at all to that it won't sell millions, and any mix you will find in between those extremes. And given that few people have argued that it will lift the PS3 to the skies, well the persistence seems odd to say the least. A dead certainty shouldn't need to have goalposts moved like this, nor should it need the amount of repetition it has received. Seems more like he's nervously projecting personal hopes and dreams, but hey.
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DrGAKMAN said:
Not as much as we hate reading you quote yourself again, I'll bet.
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