Opus Angelorum
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In all honesty despite the divisions, each 'side' wanted High Definition to be the victor.
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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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Zombie James
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chubigans said:
Eat it while watching Blu-ray movies.
DVD is digital versatile disc I think.
No one says BD IRL, people say Blu-Ray. DVD is still loner to say than Blu-Ray so it works out well.
DVD was marketed as "D-V-D", Blu-Ray was marketed as "Blu-Ray" and that's they way it will stay.
HD-DVD is a fitting, but not as marketable.
Why are we talking about this? Because it's GAF and everyone here has their strange nitpicks.
No one says BD IRL, people say Blu-Ray. DVD is still loner to say than Blu-Ray so it works out well.
DVD was marketed as "D-V-D", Blu-Ray was marketed as "Blu-Ray" and that's they way it will stay.
HD-DVD is a fitting, but not as marketable.
Why are we talking about this? Because it's GAF and everyone here has their strange nitpicks.
VanMardigan
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neptunes said:
This is my biggest problem right now. I really wish that a BD CE would just manufacture a 720p/1080i player (1.1 at least) and sell it for $199. I want to continue building my collection (on Blu now), but I really need another player for my 1080i CRT set.
Opus Angelorum said:
Yeah, this is the most important part.
Some of us wanted it to be Blu-ray, some of us wanted it to be HD-DVD. Thus, some of us are happy today, some aren't so much. The bigger point, though, is that with this move, we finally have hope that the format war won't drag on and on like it might have, and we can now hopefully have one format that can be strong and make real progression instead of two fighting over scraps.
rollingstart
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YYZ said:
I thought it was Doovide.
Opus Angelorum
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VanMardigan said:
Would it be unfair to suggest that Sony may wish to keep standalone players at a higher price initially to aid the marketing of the PS3 ?
VanMardigan
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jmdajr said:
Well, they were outbid. I don't think I can blame them considering that this is really Toshiba's baby. MS' 360 add-on did a lot for HD DVD, but I think the inability of MS and Toshiba to settle on terms for an internal HD DVD solution for Xbox 360 was the deciding factor in this format war.
NullPointer
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So when is the Xbox 360 Bluray attachment coming out? I *just* got my HDMI and 1080p setup going.
DarkJediKnight
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OokieSpookie said:
:lol :lol :lol
Holy crap ... its finally over! I love that Warner specifically stated that the rational behind it is that two formats would likely kill HDM ... just as many of us have stated (and been yelled at for).
I'm scared to even got o AVS, ext. right now. Must be a frigging bloodbath.
Dark Octave
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This war is wrapped up like a carne asada burrito. Speaking of which, sounds great while watching Pirates on Blu-Ray. :lol
xS1TH L0RDx
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VanMardigan said:
i have 18 red warner films.
i didn't know new line was owned by warner, some of my favorites (boogie nights, seven, magnolia, LOTR) are going to be blu exclusive. i think i'm going to go trade them in for cash.
the only one that's going to be a pain in the ass to wait for the blu version of is Batman begins; i watch that movie far too much. Although iirc there was a poster in this thread that said a few days ago that the blu version was getting a "special encode" or something like that, so it should look better on blu than hd-dvd.
i put so much money down on red, i'm not going to front it definitely sucks, but at the same time it IS good to see the war finally coming to an end. plus with blu being the victor, it looks like it isn't going to be too hard to talk my girlfriend into us getting a 1080p set, the perfect solution to my little problem.
irriducibile87
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Flek said:
Simply perfect
Christoff Yurievich
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hey, you got a tag!Sir Fragula said:
so what you're saying is that instead of buying a CD you've been taping all your music off a radio since 1985? and ever since digital downloads became a reality that's the way you've been procuring your music?
AgentOtaku
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HOLY FUCK I WAKE UP AND THIS IS THE NEWS I READ! :lol :lol :lol
.....I love it!
.....I love it!
SRG01 said:
The sooner the better. Lot's of people have gift cards from stores, etc. laying around. Waiting to announce just prolongs this splintering.
(or it leaked lol)
zesty said:
Based on the Warner presentation video someone posted a little while back, by the time CES is over it would seem.
Mmmkay said:
I wouldn't be surprised if the negative publicity Paramount received was at least in their minds.
Regardless, Warner did previously hint that they wanted to see how Christmas-period HW/SW sales were ... and that they may make a decision based on that info. Obviously, they just received that info recently ... and it is likely that in the time leading up to it, they were still working on HD-DVD releases.
Probably felt there was no reason to just chuck them out. Might at well release the stuff that's in progress.
Opus Angelorum
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DoctorWho said:
Removed.
JonathanEx
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So, it's safe for me to actually get a player now...?
krypt0nian
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DoctorWho said:
You too? I'm ALL IN now!
So now WB where is my Batman Begins?
soul creator
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Yeah, noticed that... thought the linked post was fairly reasonable.bune duggy said:
Taping? No. I used to listen to a lot of [BBC] Radio 2. Owning music wasn't really a priority for me. I wasn't - and indeed I'm still not - really into the music industry all much. I've got a 10gb collection and half of that's stuff I never listen to.
Opus Angelorum
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It will be interesting to see the sales spike off the back of this news and the forthcoming CES announcements (Mac shipping with Blu-Ray).
Absinthe (Permed)
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I tend to agree with this guy from another board:
I agree. I'm glad that an apparent victor is emerging, but they handled this in a completely shitty way. There were many, many HD DVD adopters that probably picked one up before Christmas and they just got toasted. They should have just announced this earlier and maximized Blu-Ray profits and sales.
I agree. I'm glad that an apparent victor is emerging, but they handled this in a completely shitty way. There were many, many HD DVD adopters that probably picked one up before Christmas and they just got toasted. They should have just announced this earlier and maximized Blu-Ray profits and sales.
Chiggs
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If someone wants to read some retarded comments (i.e; people downplaying the news, DD future, etc, etc), then look no further:
http://www.dailytech.com/Warner+Bros+to+Become+Bluray+Exclusive/article10233.htm
From what I've gathered, the Dailytech folks hates Sony quite a bit. No huge meltdowns, but the bitterness is there.
http://www.dailytech.com/Warner+Bros+to+Become+Bluray+Exclusive/article10233.htm
From what I've gathered, the Dailytech folks hates Sony quite a bit. No huge meltdowns, but the bitterness is there.
xS1TH L0RDx
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Chiggs said:
how could you downlplay the importance of one of, if not THE best studio EVAR going blu-exclusives.
Man I am so relieved. I was taking a gamble on Blu just based on industry reports and GAF chatter, really. Since I was going to get a PS3 anyway, and that's the only HD player I ever bought, my investment in HD movies has resulted in no squandering on impatient/impulsive spending. I feel really bad for people taking a hit on HD-DVD, man. Y'all's only crime was loving movies. Hope your holiday purchases aren't too full of regret. Awful timing.
I think Warner is being very clairvoyant in their prediction that a prolonged format war would negatively impact overall sales (in all three major formats) in the long term. Since going Blu was really the only way to kill it (as red would just result in a stalemate), I think they've done the industry a huge favor.
You can count my parents as one of the weird instances where Blu-Ray was a trojan horse for PS3. It's going to be very interesting to see how this all develops.
Hope your holiday purchases aren't too full of regret. Awful timing. I think Warner is being very clairvoyant in their prediction that a prolonged format war would negatively impact overall sales (in all three major formats) in the long term. Since going Blu was really the only way to kill it (as red would just result in a stalemate), I think they've done the industry a huge favor.
You can count my parents as one of the weird instances where Blu-Ray was a trojan horse for PS3. It's going to be very interesting to see how this all develops.
Absinthe said:
I agree as well. In fact, that very reasoning is why I felt that Warner would stay neutral and not pick a side. That said, it's hard to complain. Most of us who bought into HD discs in the last year knew what a clusterfuck it was and were fully aware that we could get burned by it.
Of course, fiscally, Warner did the smart thing. They'd already printed the media, so better to sit on the news and blow through as much of it as you can for as little of a loss as possible. Or, perhaps this news all came together very rapidly as they tallied up their November and December numbers... Who knows.
Opus Angelorum
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Madman said:
WHAT!
Are you serious?
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I just read the story, removed the hosted image.
For shame, Don.
Christoff Yurievich
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indeed.Sir Fragula said:
huh.
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