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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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polyh3dron
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OK Toshiba, it's time to throw in the fucking towel already and release Uni and Para from whatever obligations holding them back from going blu.
TOP SHOTTA
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HD-DVD owner checking in.
As of today - for me it is over. For me it was a cheap barrier to entry as I received the HD-DVD add on for the 360 for Christmas. But I'll admit - it is over. I give up. It was a battle I didn't even want to enter but I really like HD movies and well, I lose.
Saddest thing is that apart from planning to switch from Netflix to Blockbuster for the next 6 months till THEY TOO stop buying new HD DVD's, I guess I am still hanging on. In other words I am not running out tomorrow to get a PS3 (which is the only BR player I will consider) because at least in the short term there is no emergency.
When does the emergency really happen? If Blockbuster is smart they'll capitalize on this and help out some lowly HD-DVD hold outs.
As of today - for me it is over. For me it was a cheap barrier to entry as I received the HD-DVD add on for the 360 for Christmas. But I'll admit - it is over. I give up. It was a battle I didn't even want to enter but I really like HD movies and well, I lose.
Saddest thing is that apart from planning to switch from Netflix to Blockbuster for the next 6 months till THEY TOO stop buying new HD DVD's, I guess I am still hanging on. In other words I am not running out tomorrow to get a PS3 (which is the only BR player I will consider) because at least in the short term there is no emergency.
When does the emergency really happen? If Blockbuster is smart they'll capitalize on this and help out some lowly HD-DVD hold outs.
jjasper said:
Press Release said:
Seems like BB is trying to not piss off too many people, too quickly - some of who may have just bought a player from them, or intended to buy some new releases - by "officially" ramping it down slowly instead of all at once.
Then comes the second step.
rc213 said:
They're going to do a brand new 1080p transfer supervised by Michael Mann.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=937
OokieSpookie
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I need to clear my ignore list, this should be classic.
I bet the online petition sites will be packed tonight :lol
I bet the online petition sites will be packed tonight :lol
OokieSpookie
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Jim said:
Exactly.
Best Buy still sells Toshiba laptops and tvs so they do not want to be burning bridges.
The Main Event
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VanMardigan said:
I don't get that part.
Marty Chinn
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The Main Event said:
Maybe they've budgeted a certain amount towards HD movies and instead of allocating some of that towards HD DVD, it can all be dedicated towards BR which in turn gives them a wider selection as well as more copies of popular titles meaning better availability.
djtortilla
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i think netflix didn't like the format war either.
They can now use the money to buy more copies of bluray movies instead of having to split the money with both formats.
They can now use the money to buy more copies of bluray movies instead of having to split the money with both formats.
user friendly
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user friendly
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I knew itavaya said:
Christopher
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wow now that is some big news :lol at Van emailing them, like they give a shit.
One step closer to a Blu Future.
So who will break first Universal or Paramount?
One step closer to a Blu Future.
So who will break first Universal or Paramount?
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ParamountChristopher said:
OokieSpookie
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ntb825 said:
No, it will cause an upturn.
No longer will studios have to split their r&d between two formats and no longer will they have to take into account the lowest denominator.
ntb825 said:
Sorry if you didn't get the support you were looking for. This argument has been used in the past by HD-DVD supporters and people that want the "war" to continue and I thought it was dumb then and I think its dumb now.
These are movies, not interactive entertainment. If it means enhanced chat room and downloading ringtones over my set top HD disc player at the expense of drawn out unneeded format war with studios holding back movies afraid to commit and the inability to catch on because consumers don't want to commit one or the other and are confuse, then screw it, I really never wanted that ringtone to begin with. Commentaries, behind the scenes interviews and a few trailers is the extent of what I want in a movie. The rest is fluff at a cost.
Jim said:
I think that Best Buy have probably gotten rid of enough of their HD DVD stock that they don't feel exposed if they push on Blu Ray. The rest of the stock can be used to satisfy any remaining demand.
I think it is worth pointing out too that the 5 HD DVD deal ends Feb 28. After that point, who is going to pay $150 for one of these players? To me the end of February looks like a very real cutoff for the format. Nothing has been said of course, but maybe the reason they're flogging boxes right now is because they're trying to clear their stock while there is still a chance to.
OokieSpookie said:
An example would be the video encoding. I doubt Warner bothers to produce a separate video encoding for HD DVD and Blu Ray. They probably slap the same VC-1 encode on both and are therefore limited by the space of HD DVD (or single layer BD).
With a single format they can utilise the full space it offers meaning better quality movies, more features or whatever.
Insane Metal
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Ponn01 said:
Seconded.
awesomeapproved said:
No emergency?
The Warner announcement was the final nail in the coffin to such a large extent that you are now seeing all of these subsequent announcements from Best Buy, NetFlix, et. al.
HD-DVD cannot recover from the Warner announcement. It's done.
What exactly are you holding on to?
VanMardigan said:
There are no rationalizations here. I simply cannot justify spending $900+ to play a handful of movies on a dead format. That is obviously a hell of a lot more than I'm paying to import some titles.
BTW - are you going to answer how the video is gimped in the BD rev of Children of Men? Do you have some information you'd like to share, or was that simply FUD to 'prove' the superiority of being purple?
speculawyer
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So where can I sign up to be alerted about the eventual big HD-DVD clearance sales?
OokieSpookie
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Snah said:
Now Snah, have you forgotten the imminent defection of Disney to hd-dvd?
DarkJediKnight
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speculawyer said:
Umm, it's been ongoing for about 2 weeks now.
BoboBrazil
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Really, how long will Toshiba keep this thing going? They need to just cut their losses and start making blu-ray players. End the confusion among consumers. Make there be 1 choice for high def movies!
DarkJediKnight
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MOAR
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
BoboBrazil said:
If this really does continue for much longer, there will be some management changes after everything is over.
If it lasts even longer, there will be management changes before everything is over :lol
It's getting to the point where it makes no financial sense, in any way possible, to continue.
The Main Event
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Juno will be mine.
Terminator Salvation?! What the hell is that?
Edit: Oh, the 4th installment...director: McG :/
Terminator Salvation?! What the hell is that?
Edit: Oh, the 4th installment...director: McG :/
Cosmic Bus
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Snah said:
Well, maybe he isn't all that excited by the current library of Blu-ray titles and is waiting for either a better selection (and the reinstatement of the 5 free mail-in promotion, if that ever happens) or a price drop on the PS3.
I bought a PS3 over the weekend because of the inevitability of the purchase and right now I'm not entirely sure what I want to do. It was a decent deal (better than the standard $399) but I'd really have preferred to pay around $100 less all told; also, there aren't a whole lot of current releases that grab me -- I got Sunshine and Apocalypto with the system and Volver is on the way -- and there are a few upcoming movies I'll buy, but beyond these...? I guess I'm just waiting on Warner to start putting out some BR-exclusive catalog titles.
OokieSpookie
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DJK the Boondock Saints one is a low blow, and I feel the need to kick you in the junk now :lol
Cosmic Bus said:
I'm with you on the relative weakness of the Blu-ray catalog. BD seems to skew more blockbuster explosiony while HD-DVD has those great Universal and Paramount back catalogs.
Congrats on your PS3 purchase, though. It won't be too long before BD catches up in the non-action department.
Mifune said:
Many of the studios are holding their back catalog releases because of 2k and 4k restorations being in progress.
While its nice that Universal and Paramount have opened up more of their back catalogs a bit more, the average quality has been ... average
. There hasn't been a huge incentive to double-dip a lot of them.Onix said:Many of the studios are holding their back catalog releases because of 2k and 4k restorations being in progress.
While its nice that Universal and Paramount have opened up more of their back catalogs a bit more, the average quality has been ... average
Yeah, this is true too. I always forget that a lot of the HD-DVD transfers on these older movies are subpar, since I don't own a HD-DVD player. I just stare at them in stores with great envy.
Eventually there will be a great BD back catalog, I'm sure.
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