DarkJediKnight said:I think you'll find out it'll be much closer.
yeah, this.DeathNote said:or it could be the official blu-ray thread in general where we discuss releases, prices, digitial downloadssdlkjfslk, dvd?
Tideas said:actually, can we just copy and pasted what people said about HD-DVD this date 1 year ago?
I think it's funny to look back and see what all the predictions were
Costanza said:yeah, this.
A new thread would eventually get that way too.Armitage said:This thread is like 600 pages, archive it and start fresh so new people don't feel like they have to run a gauntlet to join the discussion.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136356&page=19Tideas said:actually, can we just copy and pasted what people said about HD-DVD this date 1 year ago?
I think it's funny to look back and see what all the predictions were
Costanza said:
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MickeyKnox said:
i agree he should go down with the hd-dvd ship like those musicians on the titanic.Christopher said:The way it should end is Nico should go down with HD DVD - poetic justice.
Kittonwy said:That guy with the glasses from Diggnation is such a retard.
Dude YOU BOUGHT A ZUNE.MaX_PL said:whys he a retard? youre the one who posts rawr all the time as if retarded.
anyway, lmfao at not having anything to talk about since everything is over so you post youtube clips of diggnation.
ps3 fanboys never quit even after theyve won.
miyamotofreak said:Oh and on the latest episode of The Totally Rad Show, Alex said Uncharted had bad graphics :lol. That's a fanboy if I ever saw one. I so wish for Jonathan London to replace him on TRS.
MaX_PL said:whys he a retard? youre the one who posts rawr all the time as if retarded.
anyway, lmfao at not having anything to talk about since everything is over so you post youtube clips of diggnation.
ps3 fanboys never quit even after theyve won.
MaX_PL said:hur hur hur I are BR-DVD defense force even after its won.
lol have these guys said anything recently about this? Because WOW.MickeyKnox said:
Are these guys for real?miyamotofreak said:
Forceatowulf said:Are these guys for real?
border said:Ask European XBL users about their choices for downloadable content.
BoboBrazil said:Tesco Blu-Ray exclusive...
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article3380900.ece
THE worlds top retailers are moving to end the confusing battle over the next generation of DVD players. On Friday Wal-Mart, the worlds biggest retailer, finally backed the Blu-Ray DVD format developed by Sony. Tesco, Britains top retailer, is considering a similar move. Sonys Blu-Ray has been gathering momentum over rival HD DVD format in recent months after a long confusing battle that manufacturers and retailers have blamed for slow sales of the new generation of high-definition DVD format.
BoboBrazil said:Pressing plants dropping hd-dvd lines....
Spokane, WA (PRWEB) February 18, 2008 -- The only indie multi-format high definition disc pressing plant, Blue Ray Technologies, will drop its HD-DVD lines without waiting for the widely-reported and anticipated announcement of Toshiba's retreat from HD-DVD.
"This is a victory for the consumers, who can now move in to the stunning high def disc world and build collections with confidence," said industry expert Erick Hansen, a DVD pioneer and chairman of Blue Ray Technologies. "Toshiba can take heart in that there is no shame: it was a battle well-fought and that they have several adaptable technologies and backup plans."
In fact, no orders had come in to the full-service disc manufacturer for HD-DVDs, even partial orders along with Blu-ray clients looking to service both markets, since November. The indie film companies that BRT serves had seen the death of the HD-DVD format long before last week's announcement that Walmart, Blockbuster and Netflix were dropping the format - and even before Warner Bros. announced in January at the CES show they were going Blu-ray only.
"This week we will dismantle our HD-DVD lines and will be adding new equipment to bolster our Blue-ray manufacturing," said Hansen explaining, "Despite our name and preference, we always offered HD-DVDs as a service to our customers. Now we will reconfigure part of that equipment to make DVDs and CDs," said Hansen. "The indie film companies moved quicker than the studios and gradually stopped mixed orders in favor of Blu-ray late last year."
Hansen explained "They preferred the larger capacity and full 1080p quality of the Blu-ray discs going forward. We saw this but since I have been saying HD-DVD was DOA for four years, we still had to wait for the industry to catch up to the inevitable. HD-DVD is dead, all that is left is the burial."
He said "We are waiting this week for the other shoes to drop from Universal and Paramount/DreamWorks, the last studios to support HD-DVD over Blu-ray -- and word from Microsoft, who used the now-obsolete format as an add-on to their Xbox game console."
BoboBrazil said:The only indie multi-format high definition disc pressing plant, Blue Ray Technologies, will drop its HD-DVD lines
The media reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD-DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this. Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no decision has been made at this moment.
miyamotofreak said:
Forceatowulf said:lol have these guys said anything recently about this? Because WOW.
Are these guys for real?
This Phalanx o' Lulz is to you sir...Lestat said:Either look at http://eproductwars.com/dvd/ or the graphs here on highdegdigest.com and one will see that Blu discs sales are either flat or declining despite there being 10.5 million PS3s out there and despite all the biased press in their favor!
It is clear consumers don't want Blu and I applaud them.
Do not support DRM restricted, slow, inefficient, overpriced, incomplete technologies like Blu-ray.
Support upscaled DVD. It is cheap, it loads instantly, it's copyable, there are tens of thousands of DVDs out there, it is fully integrated with PCs.
If I was Toshiba, during their meeting tomorrow, I would raise player prices to make a normal profit and maintain the technology. They worked very hard on this wonderful HD DVD technology and giving up like this is not appropriate.
Refocus on what makes money i.e., DVD, then slowly build HD DVD with combo discs and promoting the new players as upscalers first, HD 2nd. Also develop HD DVD burners as PC storage.
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Don't be all depressed and blue; The future is not Blu, it's the Internet.
New Sony slogan: "The Future is Blu. And remember, shit floats"
Totobeni said:Motorstom is an N64 level game ?
:lol :lol
yeah see here
Diggnation - HD DVD Wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePcCPtryCfU
PjotrStroganov said:The newest TWIT podcast begins with the death of HD-DVD. Someone is kind of bitter.
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/TWiT0132H.mp3