Re: Post-Gazette.com: Fox and Warner took money to stay Blu

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Published Jan 16, 2008 According to a new article on Post-Gazette.com, Fox and Warner Bros. were very close to going HD DVD only.

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Falcon01

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 2:00 PM

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How is HD DVD faulty?

Maybe you need to read this thread...

Early Blu-ray problems makes main-stream news

http://www.dvdtown.com/messageboard/topic/5713/6/0

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jan 16, 2008 - CST 2:01 PM]

kucoloco

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 2:20 PM

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tony, you take this MS TOshiba partnership too seriously. so toshiba said, MS please kill the paystation for me? so my Highdef media can win?.. lol

Kris

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 2:29 PM

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Fox and WB didn’t take any money. This is an honest business where both companies have been playing fair from the get go. Including the innocent Paramount. (sarcasm) I suppose the most crooked format is going to win this one, and when they do, damn that Hi Def format for giving money to production companies and disconcerting the “poor” consumer.

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tony1569

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 2:56 PM

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Hey Kucoloco,

Actually, this is my own little conspiracy theory, the TOSHIBA CEO was hiding in the closet at Warner Bro. when SONY and Warner had their meeting. When it was over Tadashi Okamura(TOSHIBA CEO) came out of the closet and said to Barry Meyer (Warner CEO).

Tadashi Okamura: Man, I thought that meeting would never end, thanks for the info about FOX, but let's get down to business. You hold out for 500 million and then go exclusive. I'll begin to dump players by droping prices therefore prolonging the war . You tell the BDA that we are going to fight this to the end therefore it would be in the best intrest of the BDA to make an offer to us. If not then WB will renig on their agreement. I will tell the BDA that no less than 2.2 bilion will be excepted (covering for losses from the $99 dollar sale and then later dumping players) and incentives. If SONY wants their format to win than it going to cost them some change.

Barry Meyer: Ok, but what about all those early adaptors that believed in TOSHIBA?

Tadashi Okamura:They are........(pause)...............Casualties of war.

Who needs The Writers Guild

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Jesterrace

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 3:42 PM

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@the person who said that Blu-Ray would be the only HD format for the next 10 years. . . GUESS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! HD-VMD was launched just recently and although the selection has a long way to go it doesn't have the studios split up all over the place the way HD-DVD and Blu-Ray do. At just $210MSRP for their high end model and a cost of $17.49 per disc regardless of title (no not from BOGOs) they definitely have the potential to do some damage to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. If they market it properly they can do quite well.

tony1569

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By the time they get real studio support Blu ray will be well adapted. Everyone will have HD audio capable recievers which HD-VMD will never support. Plus it has 6 regions.

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JPSofCA

Jan 16, 2008 - CST 7:00 PM

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I say let's stick it to Sony!

Everyone keep buying HD DVDs and players, so that way Sony's bribery will turn around to bite them in the ass.

Sony can get all the studios behind them and I still wouldn't buy movies on that format. I've got my PS3, I like it, I rent movies to watch on it, but I have no intentions of ever investing in the discs...they just aren't worth it.

I still love my HD DVDs. Even my worst HD DVD (transfer wise: Willy Wonka) is more captivating than the best Blu-ray Discs. I feel Blu-ray is better than standard definition DVDs, but that's as far as it goes.