Re: Press Relase: Warner Bros. to release on Blu-ray only

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So, Tim, marched any for lower oil prices or alternative fuel funding?

Yes, actually I have. How about you?

damn u warner!!! sony will stab u in the back once its done with yah.

Microsoft!!!! Please buy Warner Bros!!!

Blu Ray supporters make all the immature statements you need to make. Just remember SONY has your future dollars and HD-DVD supporters will have to make do with what we will have available.
Studios are all money driven and we are talking billions of revenue from all of us supporters.
I plan on waiting to see whats going to be released as far as my favorite movies.
We have to face the facts LOTR/Star Wars/Indiana Jones/ these type of movies that look and sound great in High Def is what I'll make my decision on from now on.
Blade Runner kicks ass on HD-DVD
Lets not kick anyone while they are down because that makes us worse then the greedy studios.
Sony/Toshiba just agreed on a wireless format for something......... together so YES there is some reason Warner has made this decision.
Lets see what the price war will be next,Sony come down to a lower price in players and software ?
Not likely............
All Buisiness my friends all money minded corporations and Sony is one of the biggest.
We only count to them when they estimate what we will spend on a product regardless of the glithes and troubled issues.
BUT I believe Toshiba had the consumer in mind before they spent.

the blu format still has a bunch of issues and is inferior. with or without warner. That shows studio support makes your crappy format win.

Yes, Tim, in fact I have. But by saying that, you have my respect since you actually HAVE spent your time fighting something more productive. You go and preach for your format, you!

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Not because I support HD DVD but because I support HD in general and see this as a general blow.

How could it be a "general blow" to HD media? Nearly every industry analyst on earth thought the confusion and consumer anxiety caused by two competing formats in the marketplace were slowing the adoption of HD media. You believe the war was beneficial in HD adoption? Why?

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How could it be a "general blow" to HD media? Nearly every industry analyst on earth thought the confusion and consumer anxiety caused by two competing formats in the marketplace were slowing the adoption of HD media. You believe the war was beneficial in HD adoption? Why?

Congratulations Skyhawk, once again you don't read the post and are just trying to put words in my mouth. I have come to expect this childish behaviour from you.

I NEVER said the format was was good. I said this made things WORSE. It's going to scare consumers even more than the format war did. You can explain to a consumer all you want that the war is over and just suck it up and buy Bluray, but all they will see is the hundreds of thousands of people who got screwed by Warner.

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[Post edited by the_dvd_chef on Jan 4, 2008]

the_dvd_chef, how can having now one format scare consumers even more? I don't understand your logic? And how is a few hundred thousand consumers relevant to the big picture of future HD media adoption, when even Beta was in the 10's of millions before its death? It certainly didn't spell the end of video tape media at the time. The fact is that those who will adopt the format in the future don't own either! And many don't because the prospect of having to choose a format that might go the way of the Betamax. Now that barrier is gone. This is a good thing for future growth of the HD media market.

And come on, enough of the fanboyish name calling. Soon this site will be normal and we can just argue about movies again.

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[Post edited by Skyhawk on Jan 4, 2008]

It's funny how Blu-ray has all of these disc playback problems that originate on the internet.

My Blade Runner 5th disc is correct.
My Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End plays without issues.
My Rented Terminator 3 played in 1080p

Why don't you HD DVD guys stop making isolated issues look like a major problem. Historically Standard DVD's have the biggest disc callbacks, playback issues, missing discs, audio issues etc.

Meanwhile Amazon HD DVD's customers say they can't playback rental discs because of scratches and can't play discs at all without an immediate firmware update.

The war is over can't we all just get along.

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[Post edited by sumlikeitnot on Jan 4, 2008]

Well even with a unified format the adoption of High Def media is not a given. The average consumer still cannot see a significant difference between DVD and either of the HD Formats. Frankly the differences aren't as large as VHS was to DVD. So we probably won't see widespread adoption until the movie companies slowly phase out DVD's like they did with VHS tapes.