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Re: *** Official HTF HD Formats Industry/Retailer/Studio Support Thread
Come on Dave!?
We've heard these points beaten to bloody death by you. BD's so-called superiority in tech specs (which I don't necessarily agree with since it is BD who is behind on IME and interconnectivity) and studio support. None of these things will be instrumental in the outcome of this war. My mother doesn't know the difference between uncompressed PCM and Dolby True HD, nor do she and a majority of consumers care! They will however care about the price of software and players.
Paramount/Dreamworks IS exclusive to HD-DVD now. Deal with it. No amount of spin can cloud this simple reality.
I have made it clear that I feel it's wrong for Paramount to flat out drop BD, but this is the REALITY. I also at the time thought that Blockbuster's decision to only carry BD with such as small HD market was short-sighted. So now you won't be able to go into Blockbuster and rent Transformers, Shrek 3, Bourne Ultimatum, Heroes S1, BSG S1, St: TOS S1, and many other big "exclusives." In the end Blockbuster will only hurt themselves, as people turn to Netflix and other stores to rent their HD-DVD titles. Gosh..I would think that expensive box sets like Heroes, Tos and BSG would be perfect for renting as many consumers may not want to invest that much coin in a season set.
Oh well.........
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Re: *** Official HTF HD Formats Industry/Retailer/Studio Support Thread
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HD DVD can't win without Disney, Fox, and MGM. And they aren't about to be swayed by pay-offs: their backing of BD is deep-rooted and lies with issues like BD-J, BD+, and the bandwidth of BD. These are things HD DVD can't ever do.
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Again I'm not totally convinced that this is the case. If a significant number of HD DVD players are sold then anything could happen. In the long run it is after all about making money.
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Re: *** Official HTF HD Formats Industry/Retailer/Studio Support Thread
As someone who literally invested in Blu-Ray a little over a week ago, it just sucks to find this out. I don't say this because I think Blu-Ray has to be the end all be all winner, but like many, one of the primary I chose Blu-Ray was for the increased studio support and now for these major studios to just pull out when they had been supporting both, and with no anticipation really stinks, it's different than a studio being exclusive from the start, you know that going in. If an exculsive goes format neutral, fine. Even though it keeps a format war going longer, no one who has already invested gets hurt.
Man what shitty timing
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No. If that is the reasoning, they are losing money on their HD DVD releases which sell less numbers.
All this payoff is(to me) is a hedge for Paramount and whatnot to absorb the amount they would have made on their BR releases.
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They sell in less numbers but apparently are much cheaper to produce. There is NO evidence that there was a pay off to Paramount.
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Brian,
At times, format neutral is a nice place to be. It allows you to step back from the "war" and enjoy the movies.
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That's my position too. This announcment today has very little overall effect on me personally as it pertains to my collection.
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It's not all about price for early-adoptors. Only for "average consumers". Are average consumers going to risk even $200 when there's a "format war" going on? Is an average consumer going to be swayed to invest in HD media and hardware on a $150 console if Disney isn't onboard with that format?
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The average consumer doesn't know anything about the format war. All they will see is an HD player that is in their price range and they will buy it. They might be replacing an old DVD player and think that for just a few more dollars they can get into HD as well.
And I think you over estimate Disney beyond the family (ie kid video) market. It's big....but its not THAT big. Its not like the 800 pound gorilla that Warner is.
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