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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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OokieSpookie
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captive said:
I love it. Hopefully after the fall out from this is over we can all start talking about what matters and that is the movies.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
What the hell at the title change. I couldn't find the thread and was worried it was locked or something. :lol
Gary Whitta
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So how long do you think it will now be before HD-DVD is completely dead? And by that I mean no more hardware or software being manufactured/on shelves.
Synth_floyd
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It's ironic that people are making fun of HD DVD/Blu-ray fanboys on a videogame forum.
Gary Whitta said:
My feeling is it will happen pretty fast.
Retail is all over this right now. The guys at BB seem pretty aware, anyway. And I imagine it'd be pretty hard to recommend an HD DVD player to anyone about now. So I think retailers will bail out of the red discs and players almost immediately, and that'll be that.
[edit: Also, we'll start seeing more and more "caveat emptor" warnings against HD DVD in the press and in tech guides (like this one: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6463_7-6462511-1.html ), so I can't imagine HD DVD lasting for long.]
I've also read some interesting rumors to the effect that MS may be about to close out the HD DVD add-on, that Paramount may be freed of its exclusivity contract, and that Toshiba may halt production of its players within the fairly immediate future.
There's a lot of heresay and speculation at this point, but my feeling is it will happen pretty fast.
Edit: Unless Toshiba turns around and announces a low-cost dual-format player, and moneyhats Universal and Paramount some more, lol. Gah, who knows. One thing's for sure, I'm still glad to own both red and blue discs and players... I'm still ready for anything, lol.
VictimOfGrief
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You know what just occurred to me.....
Fuck the hype, fuck the war, fuck the politics of all of this.....
The only savior.... and I truly mean the ONLY savior to HD DVD is..... LucasFilm.
If Star Wars.... is ONLY released on HD DVD, then truly the war will tipped back in HD DVD's favor of which Blu-Ray can't stop the inevitable.
That said, if they go with Blu-Ray, I'll eat the last bite of crow and request a tag change.
Fuck the hype, fuck the war, fuck the politics of all of this.....
The only savior.... and I truly mean the ONLY savior to HD DVD is..... LucasFilm.
If Star Wars.... is ONLY released on HD DVD, then truly the war will tipped back in HD DVD's favor of which Blu-Ray can't stop the inevitable.
That said, if they go with Blu-Ray, I'll eat the last bite of crow and request a tag change.
Christoff Yurievich
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you can subscribe to threads so that when you click "User CP" all of the active threads you're subscribed to are in one neat list. Either go to thread tools or you can make it so that you subscribe to every thread you post in - useful for when you make a post and you want to see if anyone replies to it.VanMardigan said:
OokieSpookie
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VictimOfGrief said:
There are no words....
bigmakstudios
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That's great... now the only question that remains is...
why the **** would they choose HD-DVD over Blu-ray?
VictimOfGrief
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Because George Lucas is a fucking GOD. If he wanted to create his own format past Blu-Ray he probably could. I'm not saying he will, but it would be interesting if they did.pel1300 said:
WickedAngel
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haunts said:
You know it in your heart to be true.
DarkJediKnight
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VictimOfGrief said:
He hasn't made billions by being an idiot. Great director he isn't, but neither is he "forever dumb".
Xisiqomelir
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BD vs DVD takeover watch is going to be great.
I wonder when we'll start seeing leaked data and weeklies.
I wonder when we'll start seeing leaked data and weeklies.
xS1TH L0RDx
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I'm thinking about just saying "fuck it" and getting rid of my paramount & uni reds AND my 360 add-on and just picking up some blu shit.
I might as well while the trade in value is decent.
Edit: did anyone ever find out Michael Bay's response to this news? :lol
I might as well while the trade in value is decent.
Edit: did anyone ever find out Michael Bay's response to this news? :lol
Xisiqomelir
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xS1TH L0RDx said:
Posted several times:
Well another studio down. Maybe I was right? Blu ray is just better. HD will die a slow death. It's what I predicted a year ago. Now with Warner's down for the count with Blu Ray. That makes it easier for Wal-Mart to push Blu Ray. And whatever Wal-Mart pushes - wins. Hd better start giving out those $120 million dollars checks to stay alive. Maybe they can give me some so I can give it to my Make-A-Wish charity, just to shut me up. Have faith people Transformers will come out in Blu-ray one day!
Bay
Pristine_Condition
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Ponn01 said:
You are assuming the Paramedics got to his house in time to cut him down from his rafters, I guess...
DarkJediKnight
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Stinkles said:
Because people are comfortable with Sony tech and will pay more. If they didn't pay more for Sony, then the prices will go down. In a big box store, Sony is always top dog, and sell more tvs than anyone.
For example, my dad had a Sony tv since 1985. He bought an XBR in 2001 and will probably get another soon.
xS1TH L0RDx
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B-Ri said:
oh shit, 4 realz? or does "blv" mean "believe"? i'd like transformers on blu.
Kabuki Waq
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VictimOfGrief said:
wow absolutely pathetic :lol
Spielbergo and Lucas are buds for some reason and since Spielbergo is backing the Blu i think Lucas probably will to. Also his movies sort of suck i dont know how much more he can milk the crazy fanboys into buying the movies over again.
polyh3dron
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It's even more ironic that the more rational discussion is taking place in the videogame forum.Synth_floyd said:
Zombie James
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Meier said:
If anything, Blu-ray winning will definitely help ease consumer confusion, or help those that were worried about buying a system (and movies) for a format that could die off.
ZeroTolerance
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Meier said:
Wait...you did not think so before ? The PS3's first years sales are already catching up to the 360. And with no Halo game coming up ( Not counting Halo Wars), it would be hard for 360 to maintain its lead over PS3.
The Bookerman
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Totobeni said:
Ok, so how about not Being able to find Shoot 'em up(in blu ray) ANYWHERE in canada when it was supposed to be available last tuesday.
Wtf is up with that new line?
Opus Angelorum
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ZeroTolerance said:
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Pristine_Condition
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Snah said:
I doubt it, unless one of the cable business channels thinks it is important enough to televise, I doubt we'll see anything like that.
You will start to get early impressions of the "Blu-ray CES 2008 Best Booth of All Time" shortly after their sneak preview event from 8-10AM on Monday from the usual websites and blogs though, I'd expect. There will be a number of Senior Execs of BDA companies on hand, so we'll probably have some juicy quotes circulating around here after that event as well.
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