The Take Out Bandit
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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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GTFO!
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Turn in your melanin and ghetto pass, you're no longer allowed to be black peoples.
VictimOfGrief
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FYI, I just bought 26 new HD DVD movies in the past 3 days. Keeping up the good fight!!
Its a shame this Blu-ray BOGO sale at Amazon didn't come a week earlier. I got the Harry Potter films on HD-DVD from Amazon's other BOGO sale... :lol Oh well, even though I would rather have all them on Blu, I am very happy that I at least have them all on one format, rather than them split across the two (I got the 5th one on HD-DVD too).
As for the rest, I got the Die Hards and Rescue Dawn as part of a BOGO on Amazon right before Christmas and own several of the others featured. Shame to pass up a sale like this...
As for the rest, I got the Die Hards and Rescue Dawn as part of a BOGO on Amazon right before Christmas and own several of the others featured. Shame to pass up a sale like this...
DarthWaiter
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seems to happen atleast once a month, which is why i hope this format war goes on for along time
The Main Event
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Snah said:
It would make you happy for sure :lol
The Main Event said:
And you sad. :lol
OatmealMu said:So, uh, how often do these BOGO deals happen? Waiting for me 80GB PS3 and suddenly I give a damn about this thread.
They're really random. They're probably just here for the holiday season (I think this is like the 3rd one they've had since October...which was the first). I really don't expect anymore of these for quite some time.
That's why I load up on Blu-Rays whenever these deals come out.
VanMardigan
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Too bad you can't mix up the BOGO with titles from both formats. Children of Men plus Castaway for $27.95 would've been sweet. I tried.
uhh, BD BOGOs have been pretty consistent since mid October.
uhh, BD BOGOs have been pretty consistent since mid October.
VanMardigan said:Too bad you can't mix up the BOGO with titles from both formats. Children of Men plus Castaway for $27.95 would've been sweet. I tried.
uhh, BD BOGOs have been pretty consistent since mid October.
Err...which is what I consider to be the start of the holiday season.
Guys get the Dave Mattews and Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City Blu Ray. Holy crap is this amazing.
Awesome PQ, one of the best AQ ever for a concert, or any release (TrueHD 96/24 5.1) and it is a magical performance.
Nice and tight, none of the random drawn out band jam sessions...two acoustic guitars. Brilliant.
Awesome PQ, one of the best AQ ever for a concert, or any release (TrueHD 96/24 5.1) and it is a magical performance.
Nice and tight, none of the random drawn out band jam sessions...two acoustic guitars. Brilliant.
The Take Out Bandit
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kaching said:
HP will sell more copies?
Or I'd like to think it's because Transporter fans are dumbasses who deserve to be fleeced.
polyh3dron
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That's something HD DVD could NEVER EVER EVER EVER do.Ptaaty said:
The Take Out Bandit
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polyh3dron said:
Looks like they fudged the sound part. :lol
:lol But seriously folks, pay money for Dave Mathews? *barf!*
polyh3dron
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It's not only that, but it's the fact that quite a small percentage of HD DVDs have lossless audio compared to a high percentage of BDs. Paramount also LOVES to put TrueHD tracks on movies that don't deserve it (A Mighty Heart, The Heartbreak Kid) and then leave TrueHD tracks off of the titles that SCREAM for it (Transformers, Stardust). It's ridiculous.The Take Out Bandit said:"Look And Sound Of Perfect"
Looks like they fudged the sound part. :lol
Naked Snake
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Ptaaty said:
I need to upgrade my sound system before I can take advantage of "HD audio"
Greatness Gone
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Shouldn't it say the look and sound of perfection, anyway?The Take Out Bandit said:
Looks like they fudged the sound part. :lol
But seriously folks, pay money for Dave Mathews? *barf!*
Chittagong
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Awesome deal. Just got Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket and Shining on Blu-Ray for a total of 19.95USD. Hard to beat that.
polyh3dron
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No, it SHOULD say "compromise".Greatness Gone said:
VanMardigan
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Snah said:
Really? Mid October? I thought we had to get to Thanksgiving at least, but you start your seasons early. :lol
Chittagong
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Two HD basics questions:
1. What is the actual resolution of movie content in the wider original aspect ratios where HD movies seem to be presented in - is a third or nearly half of the 1080 vertical resolution used for black pixels?
2. I've understood that HD-DVD = no region coding enforced and Blu-Ray = region coding enforced. Is this the case?
1. What is the actual resolution of movie content in the wider original aspect ratios where HD movies seem to be presented in - is a third or nearly half of the 1080 vertical resolution used for black pixels?
2. I've understood that HD-DVD = no region coding enforced and Blu-Ray = region coding enforced. Is this the case?
VanMardigan
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Chittagong said:
No region coding for HD DVD, and I think its not always enforced on Blu Ray.
Forsete
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Regarding CES.. Was this posted?
http://www.variety.com/VR1117977725.html
Interesting bullish comment from Mike Dunn (president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment).
Tied to this, perhaps?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...p+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives
http://www.variety.com/VR1117977725.html
Interesting bullish comment from Mike Dunn (president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment).
Tied to this, perhaps?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...p+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives
michaeld said:
Opposing Blu-ray points if you want them.
Steve Nickerson, head of WHV stepped down (removed)
-Nickerson was forced to go neutral by Richard Parsons CEO of Time-Warner after Jeff Bewkes thought that Blu-ray had a better chance at becoming the format.
-Nickerson worked with Toshiba closely on DVD, made "gentelman's agreement" with HD-DVD PRG on Batman Begins, Matrix, Constantine and other "exclusives" according to BD Insiders Penton-Man and Maxpower.
-Nickerson promoted TotalHD.
Everything listed above probably culminated in his removal.
Sales
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Jeff Bewkes to become Time-Warner CEO Today
Well....not counting any chickens (after all Katzenberg was bought off to the disgust of Spielberg)
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Michael Burns VP Lionsgate Hints at Warner
Confirmed by multiple insider sources. Penton-Man suggests Warner has been courted for a very long time by the BDA.
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Conference length
It takes longer for a HD-DVD conference because they have to explain the intricate forumla they use which will somehow show that they have outsold Blu-ray. In this dimension. In this planet over. This past Earth year. Mr Kornblau of Universal Home Video will present.
Caveat: We don't know shit. No one knows what's going to happen, except for Time-Warner themselves.
VanMardigan
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forsete, yeah, that's pretty old.
We should do a pre-CES vote to see how we each feel about Warner at CES.
My take: Warner makes no exclusivity announcements.
We should do a pre-CES vote to see how we each feel about Warner at CES.
My take: Warner makes no exclusivity announcements.
Opus Angelorum
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VanMardigan said:
Well if what Warner says is true (they were waiting to see the hardware sales over the holiday period) they are more likely to switch to HD-DVD. With that said, I think they will remain neutral.
Ignatz Mouse
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I am not even going to guess. They might, they might not.
polyh3dron
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avaya said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol You took the words right out of my mouth.. I actually posted something to that same effect over at HDD.
The spin/damage control that will take place in that conference is destined to be epic.
My vote however: Warner doesn't pick a side at CES. They'll do some surprise thing around Feb ala Paramount.
Speaking of Paramount, the HD DVD PRG has them by the balls and thus I am expecting some big ticket catalog titles to be announced, like Chinatown and The Godfather Trilogy. No Indy though because of the Spielberg clause :lol .
VanMardigan
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Ignatz Mouse said:
Boooooo!!! Vote, mousey.
Ignatz Mouse
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VanMardigan said:
For the sake of being contrary, I'll guess that they do announce (although I think evidence is slightly against it).
Forsete
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polyh3dron said:
Here we have.. ahh, the unit sales. As you can see HD-DVD is far suprior (not counting the most popular BD player, of course)
Here is the attatch rate, HD DVD clearly superior! (counting the most popular BD player)
HD DVD is clearly a force to be reckoned with!
All in good fun.
my vote, no they won't. I'm siding with The Digital Bits and saying that Warner WILL announce exclusivity likely in Q1, but not at CES. The only thing I think will be possible at CES is that you might get a clearer picture of which way they are going. However, it is MORE likely that you won't get any clearer indication at CES. Anything they announce for the eventually dropped format will just be canceled when they do make the announcement.
as for which way they'll go, my guess is it depends on who ponies up the bigger bucks. However if that decision has already been made, it's not looking good for BRD IMHO. I agree that all of the Warner BRD BOGOs could be a very good sign of what's coming, not to mention all of the HD-DVD exclusives they STILL have with no BRD announcements for any of them.
edit - Although I am frankly still a believer that it doesn't matter to have two formats, as long as we soon get affordable HDi/1.1 players on the market. I mean if you think about it, all of the video and audio decoders between the two formats are almost identical.. all you really need to double up on is the disc reading logic and the format decryption and the rest is just butter. Sure early adopters with single format machines will be screwed by this, but as an early HDTV adopter with no 720p or digital video input, allow me to play the world's smallest violin for those folks.
as for which way they'll go, my guess is it depends on who ponies up the bigger bucks. However if that decision has already been made, it's not looking good for BRD IMHO. I agree that all of the Warner BRD BOGOs could be a very good sign of what's coming, not to mention all of the HD-DVD exclusives they STILL have with no BRD announcements for any of them.
edit - Although I am frankly still a believer that it doesn't matter to have two formats, as long as we soon get affordable HDi/1.1 players on the market. I mean if you think about it, all of the video and audio decoders between the two formats are almost identical.. all you really need to double up on is the disc reading logic and the format decryption and the rest is just butter. Sure early adopters with single format machines will be screwed by this, but as an early HDTV adopter with no 720p or digital video input, allow me to play the world's smallest violin for those folks.
Forsete said:Regarding CES.. Was this posted?
http://www.variety.com/VR1117977725.html
Interesting bullish comment from Mike Dunn (president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment).
Tied to this, perhaps?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...p+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives
lets be completely fair, the BRD group has been saying that this war is over since before it began.
VanMardigan
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Ignatz Mouse said:
Yes, but to WHICH side? C'mon, the suspense is killing me.
You too, forsete, list the side if you think they'll announce exclusivity.
Warner probably won't announce any exclusivity deals while having to spend several days at conferences sitting at the same table as the side they're going to drop.
Executives are sneaky little bastards who for the most part, don't have a pair of balls, so you can expect Warner to make the announcement from the comfy confines of their own PR department sometime after CES is over.
Executives are sneaky little bastards who for the most part, don't have a pair of balls, so you can expect Warner to make the announcement from the comfy confines of their own PR department sometime after CES is over.
Ignatz Mouse
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Ditto, I think they'll side with Blu-ray when they eventaully announce, and it might as well be at CES.
I guess, at an unconscious level, I didn't even think it was a question of which side they'd pick.
I guess, at an unconscious level, I didn't even think it was a question of which side they'd pick.
VanMardigan
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True. Until that meeting with MS/Toshiba/Warner, there really was nothing recent indicating a Warner move to HD DVD.
bill0527 said:
this is a very good point. Why announce it at CES where you get the press hounding you for the next 4-5 days when you can wait announce it without press everywhere.
Although, they are going to get hounded anyway about the rumors... and if money was involved (likely) the person paying may want some bang for their buck.
The Take Out Bandit
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omg rite said:
I'm not into Bro-Rape soundtracks, duder. :\
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