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Warner Bros goes blu-ray exclusive in 5 months!
Xtromass
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I know this is old news, since I saw this myself few days ago, but couldn't find a topic about it, so here's the link
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/04/warner-goes-blu-ray-exclusive/
and if that is not enough proof for you, scroll down to the comments, someone linked a link to WB's site where they said this.
So what is your opinion on this? Is it good or bad? And may this change your opinion in getting a ps3 after all? (if you don't already got one)
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Personally, I'm glad for several reasons.
1) It may hopefully put an end to this drawn-out format war.
2) I have a PS3 and not an HD-DVD player.
3) Blu-Ray has more potential for the future as it has higher storage capacity.
4) Maybe now Microsoft won't release the supposed new "XBOX 360 Ultimate" with the built-in HD-DVD drive, screwing over early 360 adopters such as myself yet again
BTW, for the official press release... http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1700383,00.html
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HD-DVD can, and has, matched Blu-Rays storage capacity so that is irrelevant.
And as a side note, two failing companies comming together is heartwarming. You know what they say, two failures makes half an ass.
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It's upsetting and quite frankly this whole Blu Ray V. HD DVD war is childish. No, I will not buy a crappy PS3 just so I can play Blu Ray, heck I don't even have an HD DVD. Quite frankly I don't get what the whole hooplah is about. I've been able to see movies just fine on my DVD player, now they're going to try and force me to buy eithere a console (ps3) or a player that I don't even want to begin with?
Frankly, if I HAD to choose one, I'd rather go with the HD DVD anyway, Why? because I can still play my DVD's and I won't have to buy all new movies. If this is seriously WB's stance on this then I say they can stick it! They can't force me to buy something I don't want anyway. I already have many DVD movies anyway, so I have plenty to entertain me. If that doesn't work, there's always cable, movies and Google Video.
Oh and also... HD DVD is CHEAPER so WB can just s**k on that!
I dunno DVD's are good enough quality for me.... not going to upgrade until HD becomes as cheap as a DVD player cause i don't see the picture difference as worth it for me.
HD DVD was the best format for the next format for movies for a number of reasons:
1. It builds off the DVD format. Combo discs were perfect for consumers as they had an HD version of the movie (complete with interactive features) on one side for the HD DVD player, and then a DVD side for the kids rooms or spare DVD player or even portable/car DVD players.
2. HD DVD has no "profiles" regarding their players. Everybody, except for PS3 owners, who bought a stand alone Blu-ray player before October will now have to buy a new one if they want to explore everything that is on the Blu-ray disc. Sounds great doesn't it? What's better is that despite players coming oout that meet the required 1.1 spec, by the end of THIS year everybody will have to buy NEW players again to use the web eneabled features in the 2.0 spec.
3. Not once, ever was it proven that the 20 gbs of extra storage made a Blu-ray better over it's HD DVD counterpart. In fact, many times the HD DVD still looked better than the Blu-ray, PLUS almost every single HD DVD has tons of cool interactive features that include web enabled goodies that all of the Blu-ray counterparts are missing.
4. Does nobody care about player price? Sure you can buy a profile 1.0 Blu-ray player for about $299 on Amazon. Pretty good price right? except that you will only be able to watch the movies, and get none of the extras. Let's also take into account that you can get a decent HD DVD player for minus $150 now that CAN do all that stuff. Also take into account that 1.1 spec Blu-ray players (other than the PS3, $399) costs a whole lot more than you even want to imagine.
5.Disc sales mean nothing. Constantly Sony was touting a 2:1 sales lead over HD DVD. OVER WHAT? The Blu-ray version of 300 sold 300,000, the HD DVD version of 300 sold 150,000, and the DVD version sold over 7 million. Disc sales mean nothing right now. . .
6. The Blu-ray attachment rate was ABYSMAL. Each Blu-ray player (PS3s included) had an attachment rate of .8 movies per. That's means there are more players than movies. HD DVD, however, had a MUCH better and much more stable attachment rate of 4 movies per player, with over a million players out now.
Bottom line is that Sony's disc is more crap thats being forced down our throats. Instead of building on existing technology and working with DVD, theya re trying to make it obsolete so we all have to buy new players and movies for our entire home. I'm sorry but I still have quite a few DVDs, and I wish to keep them for quite a while longer. Because of this I will never buy into the Blu-ray crap.
Now give me some f-ing games so my PS3 will stop gathering dust.
/end rant
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HD-DVD will win over bluray for the very same reason that VHS won over Beta. Porn has picked HD-DVD as its primary hd format.
At least I hope so cause I sure get nervous when I go to Best Buy or Walmart and see 30 Bluray movies and only 5 HD DVD movies. Yes I bought HD-DVD
I think porn is done more online now
I believe some porn companies have committed to Blu-Ray. I think Vivid Entertainment is one of them (or they are doing both, but I know they are doing at least Blu-Ray)
Also, this is untrue. Blu-Ray Players are backwards compatible.
Well, they obviously wants you to download the stuff illegally it's not like I can afford to get anything that can play a blu-ray.
Honestly, fuck 'em both. I've got multiple seasons/series on DVD, I hope nobody thinks I'm gonna go out and buy 'em again just so they look prettier. I don't even really notice the difference, really.
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I don't care. Blue-Ray / HD-DVD doesn't look that much better to me.
And by the time these 2 lame companies are done fighting each other, because this is just about $, internet will be fast enough to download in HD.
I've seen virtually no differance in picture quality. I personally think that what's really winning people over is surround sound, since the logic is I'm spending so much already might as well go all the way. sound makes a bigger differance than an extra pixel here and there.
television is overrated anyways.
what I watch:
a movie or two a month, a few series Heros, stargate and journeyman.
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
Porn is on bluray as well, your arguement is outdated.
Gawd all this for a slightly better picture quality? Personally I watch the movie for the entertainment. I am not sitting there nitpicking that this or that colour isn't perfect quality and so therefor the movie is worthless! No picture will show me the quality my own eyes can see when I walk outside.
The problem with both Blu-ray and HDDVD is that, niether of them are in fact the "wave of the future". They have all the weaknesses of standard DvDs and few actual advantages.
Just wait and see, not 5 years from now both systems will be outdated, most likely replaced by cartridges similar in function to our current flash drives and HiDef downloads. In the meantime, I won't be wasting my money.
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I don't really care which side wins in terms of movies.
I want Blu-Ray to win because then the computers will come with Blu-Ray burners, which means more space on a disc.
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If both are determined to be equal on other things, then the storage capacity wins the draw for me too.
Can you imagine a game that takes up 3 Blu-Ray Discs of data? Woowee!!! I can't wait for that kind of experience.
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If both are determined to be equal on other things, then the storage capacity wins the draw for me too.
Can you imagine a game that takes up 3 Blu-Ray Discs of data? Woowee!!! I can't wait for that kind of experience.
They already have Terrabyte discs which are going into production for large storage capacity for PCs. Blu-ray is already obsolete in that area.
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Blu-ray burners have been available for a while now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106037
Blu-Ray is also pulling away on the storage side. 100GB Blu-Ray is right around the corner and several companies are already working on 200GB Blu-Ray disks. HD-DVD seems stuck at 30GB.
New Line Cinemas is following Warner into Blu-Ray exclusivity. Was Warner Brothers Sister Company so not that surprising.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pocketli/20080106/ttc-new-line-follows-warner-goes-blu-ray-57dbc65_1.html
But I found Blue-ray is much more popular than HD-DVD in Asian countries nowadays.
So because the asians like it, immediately we'll have to as well? typical sony. No wonder Maddox (google: best page in the universe) completely rips them a new one. Ugh, it almost makes me want to build my own american company with american only products so Sony can stick it. Unfortunately I'm studyiing film making, not business management lol
A non-mechanical system, as in no moving parts, will by all probability be available in the not so distant future, and be far superior both in terms of longevity and reliability.
I have 4x500Gb drives in my computer, all but the c: disc is set to 15 minute power down on non-access because when they all wind up my entire apartment start to shake, well almost.
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