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My being shocked by people preferring altered versions of classic films is just my opinion, which you seem to be treating with disdain (I'm even more shocked by that and have had to have a lie down to recover). Do you wish to deny my views on what people say about altering classic films? Do...

I'm with you too! It's a real mystery to me why people tolerate - or shockingly prefer - the changes made to the original Star Wars trilogy when they would be marching with torches and pitchforks if , for example, Ray Harryhausen's magnificent skeleton battle from 'Jason And The Argonauts' was...

Blu-ray officially launched in June 2006 and did not become the sole HD disc format until 2008, so not quite as bad as 10 years! But otherwise, yes I would love to see more Blu-ray classic musicals (all the Busby Berkely musicals for a start - assuming decent elements are still around - and...

I find it hard to believe that Toshiba will be the only major CE manufacturer without a Blu-ray device on (at least) the Japanese home entertainment market. Look for a Toshiba Blu-ray player/recorder by Q4 2008 (IMO).

Well said. it's obviously great news for Blu-ray. But it's also great news for supporters of high definition on disc. The industry and enthusiasts can finally unite behind a single high definition optical format and take it to the next level, which includes wider consumer adoption and...

TV's digital switchover has a downside - USATODAY.com There will be a lot of new TV purchasing going on in the coming year.

Warner backs Blu-ray exclusively - 1/4/2008 - Video Business Strange. According to you he can't have seen the NPD data. But he says he had seen the NPD data. Furthermore he raises the matter of sales of set-top players unprompted indicating he feels it is significant. I agree it can be...

The change in market share is very dramatic. The charts from NPD illustrate what happened in December (which seems to have been a contributing factor in the WB decision) and then what happened following the Warner announcement: The first set shows whole of December 2007 (left) and first 2...

Funai have confirmed the launch (Q1 of 2008) of their Blu-ray player which will retail at under $300. Chances are this will have an in-store price below $250. http://www.funai.us/BDPrelease010208.pdf I also believe there will be at least one Chinese Blu-ray player announced at CES...

OK Cees, I don't believe you. Which means the message is from Toshiba and they're wrong! :D Of course you shouldn't believe what I wrote either, in which case....oh, forget it.

And the studios are in full agreement with you which is why they don't waste money putting full colour artwork on their discs. Hey, wait a minute, they do! I didn't ask for it (although I like the artwork and I think it adds value to the product). I know you didn't ask for it. So, why do they...

Fair enough. I must say that I think that the discussion of sales levels is relevant to the THD announcement. First of all, I think that THD is an absolutely atrocious idea. Not just bad, put a decision on the scale of 'New Coke' or the Ford Edsel. Forcing HD DVD customers to buy Blu-ray...

I really don't follow your reasoning on this one. I can read what you are writing, I simply disagree with your analysis and claims about future HD DVD performance. However, I do agree that HD DVD have provided very poor support to their customer base in the past few months. I really don't...

And on the subject of THD. Here's an imaginary comparison of a single format LOTR HD set Vs. the THD version. Spot the difference?

Source: http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6422898.html You can keep up to date on the latest stats at the link below (updated at the end of each week when the latest issue is published): http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...hp?startpage=2

When you say "over the life of the format!" you make it sound like the PS3 is the old man of the console market! Impressive piece of spin, I tip my hat to you. PS3 has been in the marketplace a little over 3 months - well, Ok, 15 weeks. In those weeks Blu-ray sales have completely reversed a 2:1...

I am correct. Unless my grammar is disastrously off the term "presently Blu-ray is outselling" means what is happening now, not what has happened in the past or what the total volumes are. Just to clarify so that I am no longer disastrously off. Nielsen Videoscan report the following...

I agree, a large number of PS3 owners will be renting. However, a substantial number of PS3 owners are also buying discs. There is no other way to explain the present 2:1 sales lead for Blu-ray. Another interesting example of the potential buying power of Blu-ray can be seen in this latest...

Source: videobusiness 22% of 1 million is 220,000. Add that to the 100,000 Blu-ray standalones and it's only 70,000 more than HD DVD. Which would make Blu-ray owners more enthusiastic movie buyers. 1.5% of 1 million is only 15,000 which would mean that there were fewer than half 'active'...

$700 does seem quite a lot for one film - but it was a very good one. Look on the bright side - it may not be too long before the other Bond's are released on Blu-ray and you can start to average down your per-title cost. :)

I think you may be wrong on that. The original reorganisation story is from 2-weeks ago. Bill Hunt uses the present tense "right now". I'm fairly sure Bill would have been aware of earlier events and to tack an old story onto a new announcement makes no sense - even if he did want to upset a few...

I think you are right in so far as I do not think they are saying we prefer Blu-ray because it's better than HD DVD (that's another debate). What, I think, the neutrals do want is to be able to deal with one format. This makes promotion of Hi Def material less confusing for the consumer and...

These HiDef Mutant Discs are great for sharing between friends using different formats. Blu-ray friend buys title and watches it. Loans it to HD DVD friend who watches it (no sale for WB). Stick it on eBay - it has no collectable value after all - to sell on (no sale for WB) and so on...

Sony & Universal are commercial companies who have responsibilities to investors and shareholders. If a time comes (and I'm sure it will) where, globally, Blu-ray is outselling HD DVD by 5:1 (or greater) Universal's owners (80% GE & 20% Vivendi Universal) will start to wonder why they aren't...

So, a few titles are affected because of incompetence (or penny-pinching) at the transfer stage? In any event you are right that these errors would be carried over to both the HD DVD and Blu-ray editions - unless SC did corrected transfers for Blu-ray releases. It is correct that new...

I believe all HD content (both formats) is encoded at 24 fps (23.97 to be exact). No speed-up to worry about with HD.

Exactly. That's all that Universal need to do - a simple link on a menu. Fox have one, Disney have one, Warner have one (a little harder to spot on the bottom menu) and Sony have one. All these sites link to a mini-site promoting HD product (although I'm not keen on the 'Flash' obsession)...

If you bother to look? Yes, HD DVD movies can be found if you dig around but the question is why are Universal playing hide-and-seek with their HD DVD titles? Unless there has been some silly mistake in updating the website can we reasonably speculate that the webmaster has been instructed to...