Thread: HD Format War "News"

Originally Posted by tm1221

This would be true if the world populace was dominated by techno-geeks, but it's not so who's dreaming now?

This argument of who will win the war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is as relevant as who's prettier Ruth Buzzy or Phylis Diller. Don't get me wrong supporters of Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, the quality of both is superior to any other type of physical or downloadable media. You give society too much credit. Just look at what passes for entertainment and I'll leave it at that.

Well, it will take many years, but people will eventually come around. Remember, HDTV is still in its young stages. As it develops, people will see the difference between good and bad HD and will adapt.

The whole rental idea will be the biggest downfall in current download models. People still like physical media. The problem is that the people who own the content don't want a buy-and-own type download system - the want a pay-as-you-play kind of model. I just don't think people are going to adopt that very quickly.

Here's some interesting news. "300" sold twice as many Blu-ray discs as HD DVD last week despite the fact that the HD DVD version has more features on it.

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/..._by_2_to_1/848

Also, the head of Universal needs a reality check. Unfiltered, maybe you can shed some more light.

http://news.filefront.com/universal-...ar-continuing/

Did anyone mention that Target has elected to go only w/ Blu-Ray?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2163316,00.asp

Originally Posted by SirJW

Did anyone mention that Target has elected to go only w/ Blu-Ray?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2163316,00.asp

Check post #104 in this thread.

Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

Also, the head of Universal needs a reality check. Unfiltered, maybe you can shed some more light.

http://news.filefront.com/universal-...ar-continuing/

He's a douche. Everyone in Home Video knows better. He also made it known this week that Uni is receiving monetary incentives from Toshiba to continue it's HD-DVD exclusivity. (This is what a lot of us had suggested.)

Originally Posted by Unfiltered

He's a douche. Everyone in Home Video knows better. He also made it known this week that Uni is receiving monetary incentives from Toshiba to continue it's HD-DVD exclusivity. (This is what a lot of us had suggested.)

It almost sounds to me like he is running out of ways to convince people that HD DVD is doing better or will do better in the long run, so now he's forced to say that the war is a good thing. Whatever Toshiba is paying, it's got to get to a point where that amount doesn't make up for the amount they're losing from not putting their movies out on BD. I'm really hoping the holidays put a nail in the coffin for HD.

Wow, this sucks and completely unexpected. Why the hell are they doing this now?

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...3-19015486.htm

It's early enough in the war when cash can speak volumes. $50 million for Paramount, and $100 for Dreamworks - that's what Toshiba/Microsoft had to pony up.

What did they accomplish? Evening the field, and making the potential for high-def media to become nothing more than the next laser-disc even more likely.

Uh-oh bluray fans....

Sub $200 HD-DVD players this Christmas?!?

Toshiba A2 is already in the $230s at Amazon.

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