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Published Jan 4, 2008 Warner Bros. drops support of HD DVD. Could this be the end for HD DVD.

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sumlikeitnot

Jan 4, 2008 - CST 8:44 PM

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drewj,

Toshiba HD DVD players outsell the higher priced Blu-ray players because they are giving them away like dried cow turds at a country flea market.

I'm sure Toshiba will file chapter 11 before long.

Kezia

Jan 4, 2008 - CST 8:58 PM

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If Blu-Ray wins the loser is the consumer. You can look forward to overpriced players playing overpriced disks with less features and flexibility. I went with HD for the dual format disks, the quality, the features and the reliability. If Blu-Ray wins my HD DVD player does such a great job upconverting regular DVDs that I'll switch back to DVDs. It's HD DVD or nothing for me.

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Jan 4, 2008 - CST 9:39 PM

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The final headline for 2008 may well be:

"Blu-Ray wins the Battle, and Nobody Gives a Damn."

Nobody except for the minuscule percentage of consumers who bought either format, a number not even large enough to count either format as a niche product.

My fervent hope is that either Blu-Ray or HD "wins" and people finally stop talking about this nonsense.

An no matter what, SD is still the "winner" and no-holds-barred champeen for years to come.

drewj

Jan 4, 2008 - CST 10:21 PM

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Wow..that's a really good argument...hmmm..let me know when you have information that tells me why Blu-Ray is better, other than the fact that you just think Sony is cool. Let me know why a consumer should go with a disc that doesn't offer any flexibility, only a disc that let's Sony finally have their exclusive rights to the market...

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Jan 4, 2008 - CST 10:34 PM

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Like I said in the other thread, "Money talks and bullshit runs the marathon" Ummm has anyone seen Billy Gates anywhere????? What a shame, what a shame.

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Jan 4, 2008 - CST 11:09 PM

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this is awful news for movie fans.
fony have convinced warner to change there mind about not betting a format on a game console, and have obviously greased a few palms ala paramount.

i have lost a lot of respect for warner now following this decision, im not as immature as say your avegare blu ray fan boy who wont buy sd from them as i will be, but hell will freeze over first before i buy a blu ray disc or player.
they have chosen to ignore the ground that hd dvd has gained on bd, not to mention that standalone players have left bd players in the dust

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Jan 4, 2008 - CST 11:15 PM

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This is so interesting ! Few months ago Paramount dropped its BD support. Now Warner supports BD and everyone rants about it. I don't blame people for this but it is a fair game. Like Jason said, the timing is very questionable and we will see more hate because of new HD-DVD adopters. Warner should have dropped HD-DVD support before thanksgiving giving consumers fair chance to pick sides.

There will be no legal ramifications for WB on this. WB decision was simple - support format that sold more copies and BD has been beating HD in software sales for quite some time now.

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Jan 4, 2008 - CST 11:24 PM

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Quote:
The final headline for 2008 may well be:

"Blu-Ray wins the Battle, and Nobody Gives a Damn."

Nobody except for the minuscule percentage of consumers who bought either format, a number not even large enough to count either format as a niche product.

My fervent hope is that either Blu-Ray or HD "wins" and people finally stop talking about this nonsense.

An no matter what, SD is still the "winner" and no-holds-barred champeen for years to come.

100% agree!

sumlikeitnot

Jan 4, 2008 - CST 11:54 PM

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drewj,

I'll tell you why the Blu-ray Disc is better since you asked so politely.

1. Uncompressed audio
2. 50GB on a dual-layer disc space
3. Scratch Resistant Discs
4. Rewritable Discs
5. Faster Data transfer rate (video/audio)
6. Faster Bit rate

Hardware:
1. Wifi (PS3)
2. Bluetooth 2.0 (PS3)
3. Remote Start from any WiFi spot (PS3)
4. Upgradable Harddrive (PS3)
5. PIP (New)
6. Movie Web-Enabled Capability (Coming 2008)
7. DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW playback (HD DVD only plays back DVD-R, DVD-RW)
8. Seamless Branching

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Kezia

Jan 5, 2008 - CST 5:32 AM

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Once again those in the Blu Ray camp are telling lies to try to make an inferior product look like it's the better choice. My HD DVD player plays DVD+R no problem, it has played everything I have thrown in it with out a glitch. PIP already on HD DVD, Web Enabled is already on HD DVD, if a movie fits on a 15 gb disk why do you need 50? Plus HD DVD is working on 51 GB disk anyway. Faster transfer rates, than why does HD DVD win in picture quality? Also all the other features there bragging about are on the PS3 not on the stand alone players. I did not fall for the overpriced hype and waste money on a PS3 I bought a Wii. That's the problem with Sony they try to force you to buy what they want not what the consumer wants. Unlike in the gaming world were people have seen the light and Wii is kicking Sony's butt the movie buffs have fallen for the BS. It's a sad day if Blu Ray wins.

[Post edited by Kezia on Jan 5, 2008 - CST 5:38 AM]

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