Spielberg HD DVDs on display in Japan

The Force is strong with this one (HD DVD). Since we're talking about HD Movies, I think it's appropriate that we describe the scenerio in movie terms. A picture says a thousand words, a movie says a million.

#1 "Nobody puts blu-ray in a corner" - Dirty Dancing. In the movie a poor dance instructor saves the rich doctors daughter from the rich doctor. In reality Sony the rich doctor put blu-ray in the corner and is hoping a poor guy (you and I) will pony up and pay for all the development fees for bluray and take bluray out of the corner (the red). Not going to happen.

#2 "You think you can do these things, but you just can't!" - Finding Nemo. In the movie, Nemo does finally prove that he can acheive by freeing the fish in the net (issues with bluray technology). In reality bluray has promised PIP, interactives and equal picture quality to HD DVD and no bugs. Again "You think you can do these thinks, but you just can't"

#3 "Iceburg Ahead!" - Titanic. This one is based on reality, so no need to interprit. When first conceived, it was haled as the largest luxery ship (largest capacity, largest price). It was also state of the art (new technology) and unsinkable (elite backers:Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Disney, etc) So confident (Sony) sailed off to America (us). First the warning signs start to appear (poor PS3 sales, high cost, poor picture quality (mpeg 2 initially). Then a report they were ahead of schedule (Blockbuster exclusive support). No stopping Titanic now, so they speed ahead even though there are warning signs. Aha! A Paramount iceburg lays ahead! Titanic hits the Iceburg (Paramount/Dreamworks HDDVD support), still even after this blow, the Titanic still has a chance as long as the water doesn't pass a certain amount of departments. The Titanic continues, but oh Samsung plans for a combo HD/Bluray player (more water enters), Forrester Group forecast HDDVD as eventual winner with current course (more water enters), Issues with the ships iron work (Bugs with Fantastic Four and Day after WON'T play in almost all players). More water enters. Then this: Japan goes Speilberg...............Down goes Titanic, to meet the other Sony wrecks already there (UMD, PS3, Betamax, Superaudio, Minidisk and so on).

If this Japan story holds true, then most certainly this will be the outcome. Final parting thought: "Army (backers) or not, you must know....YOU ARE DOOMED!" Grievous to Obi.

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[Post edited by MovieGuy on Oct 6, 2007]

sounds good. haha

looks like school works, intro... 3 body paragraphs and conclution.

The biggest factor that is kepping blu-ray in the lead is exclusive studio support. And maybe the ps3 helps as well. I really believe though that if more studios went format neutral blu-ray's lead would disappear. Paramount's decision was a big move and the sales numbers are already starting to reflect this. Blu-ray's lead is much less than 2 to 1 and increases closer to a 1:1 ratio every month. Now we will see what will happen as the older hd players are discounted even more for Christmas (sub $200 prices are coming for sure now) and the ps3 gamers get tired of buying movies as they look longingly toward their xbox 360 counterparts enjoying Halo 3.

chemteam,

While I agree that certainly studio support has been a big factor for many people buying into Blu-ray, I think Blu-ray's current lead in software sales is due largely to the PS3. Even though the PS3 sold fewer units than Sony hoped, it sold enough to outnumber HD DVD players in homes by a four-to-one margin. I believe when and if the number of HD DVD players in homes reaches a comparable level to BD, we'll see a tighter race. And if the HD DVD camp can keep the prices of their players dropping and we see more HD DVD players in homes than BD players (including PS3s), we will see a corresponding HD DVD advantage in software sales. On the other hand, if HD DVD cannot sell enough players, the format war will continue in Blu-ray's favor.

I said two years ago before this war started that, given equal audio-video quality from both formats, the war would be won by the company that produced the cheapest product--the cheapest player, the cheapest discs, and the cheapest products to manufacture (and, thus, the greatest profit to studios and player manufacturers). We'll see.

John

Spielberg Camp Shuts Down Latest HD DVD Rumors
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Steven_Spielberg/Spielberg_Camp_Shuts_Down_Latest_HD_DVD_Rumors/1046

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MovieGuy
"(UMD, PS3, Betamax, Superaudio, Minidisk and so on)"

Nonsense. It is logic of anti Sony. Logical failure. Sony is one company of BDA. Blu-ray Disc is a format of BDA. HD DVD is a format of Toshiba to continue the profit to Toshiba that
obtains it from DVD. If Microsoft did not obstruct it, Blu-ray and HD DVD might have been united. The criminal is Microsoft.

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I said two years ago before this war started that, given equal audio-video quality from both formats, the war would be won by the company that produced the cheapest product--the cheapest player, the cheapest discs, and the cheapest products to manufacture (and, thus, the greatest profit to studios and player manufacturers). We'll see.

Sales of PS3 and the HD DVD player do not obtain an advantage. The HD DVD player is not game hardware though PS3 is game hardware. It is a barren price competition. It is a deficit.