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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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Christoff Yurievich
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they're always in the wrong places guys, this isn't a new thing. :lol
Compare to original one-sheet:
"Hey guys, this is too plain.....we'll never be able to sell our critically acclaimed Oscar winner if it looks like this. We can't have a box that doesn't feature a headshot of every single major character! And that guy running with the gun and the suitcase....how are people supposed to know he's got a suitcase full of money? Someone please photoshop in a bunch of money flying out of the suitcase. And what's he even running from? We're gonna need to make sure everyone know's he's running from a big pickup truck, because that's way more exciting than a dude just running."
"Ahhhhhh, much better!"
"Hey guys, this is too plain.....we'll never be able to sell our critically acclaimed Oscar winner if it looks like this. We can't have a box that doesn't feature a headshot of every single major character! And that guy running with the gun and the suitcase....how are people supposed to know he's got a suitcase full of money? Someone please photoshop in a bunch of money flying out of the suitcase. And what's he even running from? We're gonna need to make sure everyone know's he's running from a big pickup truck, because that's way more exciting than a dude just running."
"Ahhhhhh, much better!"
Xisiqomelir
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border said:
You've pretty much nailed the focus-group driven, useless marketing hack thought processes.
KZObsessed
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The numbers are:
83:17 (Blu-ray: HD-DVD)
Ytd: 76:24
SI: 64:36
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom012708/index.php
83:17 (Blu-ray: HD-DVD)
Ytd: 76:24
SI: 64:36
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom012708/index.php
KZObsessed
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KZObsessed
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Jim said:
:lol :lol That's awesome! I hope he pops up in future numbers!
KZObsessed
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jjasper said:
hmm, it's either a miss print or maybe a load of people returned their HD-DVD version?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Jim said:
I'm at a FOUR at a time plan, and still can't get some movies. No distros anywhere near me, though. I have almost 60 on my queue, though, since I cleared it out after realizing that it was a lot of my "meh" movies in the queue that were getting shipped.
I really think it would be best if I put them as dvd, but that would pretty much defeat the purpose of owning HD DVD and Blu Ray.
OokieSpookie
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Argyle said:Those are fake, right? Oh - just saw the name of the image file now that I quoted it
Yeah, they are bootleg dvds in blu ray cases.
VanMardigan said:
I was on the 3 at a time plan through the summer and it was no better towards the end. Someone earlier in the thread mentioned he had better luck at the 1 at a time, but trying it both ways, it never made a difference for me.
Even with all the shipping centers near me, I think there's just a higher concentration of HDM owning people in the area or something. I wouldn't mind the occasional cross-country shipping as long as I get something in my damn top 10.
Also, the wait that NF displays is not YOUR wait for that particular movie, it's the general wait, right?
Oh, and the ads for the completely crappy movie releases in Home Media Magazine are so awesome. I need a subscription.
KZObsessed
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They even say DVD at the bottom corner! :lol
At first glance tho, you could definitely be mistaken.
At first glance tho, you could definitely be mistaken.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Jim said:
I'm not sure, but I can tell you that Ocean's 13 is short wait, and Stardust is long wait for me.
What I do sometimes is save the page on Firefox when they get a movie in, then after they ship, see what the spot on my queue it was on and what it said in regards to availability.
For example, they're shipping Balls of Fury HD DVD today, and it was #11 on my queue when it shipped, and had "short wait" as its status.
Ignatz Mouse
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Numbers not as lopsided as I expected.
VanMardigan said:
Pretty much any time I get a popular movie, it still usually said "Very Long Wait" the morning of and maybe even the hour before it was moved to" Processing" or whatever. So there's unfortunately never a way to actually know where in the overall queue you actually are. That's what really sucks, but I think it would be next to impossible to accurately determine individual waits taking into account so many factors... their system/db would grind to a halt.
mckmas8808
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Ignatz Mouse said:
83 to 17? WTF were you expecting? 95 to 5%?
Broadbandito
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I am still neutral in this war. There are some HD-DVD exclusives that are coming like american gangster and most likely cloverfield that could sell quite well.
Toshiba just finally pulled their heads out of their asses and decided to finally advertise. Advertising, low price, super bowl (could =) a pretty big boost.
Toshiba just finally pulled their heads out of their asses and decided to finally advertise. Advertising, low price, super bowl (could =) a pretty big boost.
Ignatz Mouse
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mckmas8808 said:
I expected them to be more lopsided than last week. I guessed 90:10.
Make no mistake, I don't think those numbers are good for HD-DVD!
Ignatz Mouse
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Broadbandito said:
That ship has sailed, my friend.
I think the media was pretty much poisoned the well for HD-DVD. If that Warner announcement had come anytime before or after CES they might have a chance at recovering from the negative PR just because not a lot of people would have noticed and the mainstream press would not have reported much on it.Broadbandito said:
But CES got major mainstream coverage, and half the stories out of it were about how Warner just killed HD-DVD or how Toshiba had to cancel their press conference. Now even the HD-DVD's beloved J6P has some sense that the format is in serious trouble.
user friendly
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2 points off with my prediction. Another blowout.
Ignatz Mouse
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satori said:
Here I thought a 60/40 was bad...
Did I say those numbers weren't lopsided?
Reading comprehension.... a good thing.
I expected a further slide and for Blu to anhilliate, as opposed to merely crushing. :lol
Ignatz Mouse
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AstroLad said:
Jesus, did my screenname get changed to Nicodimas or something? I'm one of the biggest pro-Blu guys on this thread!
I just expected something bigger than last week. I can't wait for HD-DVD to be dead, dead dead and I htought the numbers would be worse for HD-DVD this week.
I was all set to order flowers for the funeral, too. But the terminal patient actually stirs when I expected him to drop into a coma!
OokieSpookie
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Ignatz Mouse said:
You have to remember, these numbers are from the week that Hd made their big "we're not dead" release.
Not to mention that this was also the week where players hit clearance type prices.
There are always suckers and shills until the very end.
The fact that this was as good as they could muster shows exactly how over it really is.
Ignatz Mouse
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Ook, I agree. Plus, I imagine we'll see random little fluctuations as the numbers slide into worse territory, especially on weeks with no big releases.
I was just jumping the gun a little with my prediction of 90:10.
I was just jumping the gun a little with my prediction of 90:10.
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