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Originally Posted by Mick Wright
So you'd feel the same way if your Blu-Ray player was about to become a door stop?
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Yes, I would, nobody made me jump into this format war except Robert Crawford.
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Originally Posted by Dalton
Not trying to sound like a wiseass here but if i don't play video games, why would i want a PS3 for the extra $100?
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Besides what's been said already, if it helps any, go get a Sony Visa Card asap while their $100-back deal (plus 12-month interest free) is still in effect. You can do the instant approval and purchase thing at their Sony Style online store and pick up a PS3/40GB for net cost of ~$300 + tax. I did this (w/ purchase at the local Sony store) just a couple weeks ago myself. It doesn't come w/ a real remote though, so if you need one, it'll cost a little extra. I'm thinking of picking up a cheap, 3rd party USB-to-IR remote off Amazon myself as a bridge to my universal remote.
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
The Panasonic unit is the DMP-BD30 which I have and it's the best BR player for me on the market.
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Thanks, Robert.
Disney/Buena Vista/Miramax: Please put Beautiful Girls on Blu-ray with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer in 1080p, and an anamorphic re-release with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer day-and-date on DVD. Thanks!
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Re: BREAKING NEWS!! Warner Brothers is now Blu-ray Exclusive
So the winner is... the one with the most draconian DRM. Somewhere, hackers are licking their lips and rubbing their sweaty li'l palms together, relishing the challenge.
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
You have at least 75% of the video market exclusive to BR. It's only a matter of time now.
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I hope so. Even though I just bought a Toshiba HD-A3 a few weeks ago (first player for either format), I didn't care which side won, as long as it ended soon. I'll still be able to play my existing HD discs and have a great upconverting player. It does suck to probably be on the losing side, but it's a small price to pay for one format.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
Forget Fox and Disney. Warner is the 800 pound gorilla when it comes to film libraries. And they have almost, not quite, but almost been single handedly propping up both formats.
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Doug, I agree. I even stated that. If Warner had gone HD only instead of Paramount, I'd have picked HD to win then. Warner just has too much major stuff, both catalog and recent. They are easily #1 in terms of content. But I'd argue Fox and Disney might be #2 and #3
I do feel bad for the HD only folks. But this is no more a betrayal than when Paramount went HD only. It's a business decision, and it's a BIG one. Glad I got HP1-5 and Blade Runner on Blu for Christmas.
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I'll bet Bill Hunt has to change his shorts with this news.
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Judging from the latest post @ the Bits, I'd say it was from waxing orgasmic:
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Originally Posted by Phil Menard
I'm format neutral, but we all have our preferences, don't we? I was very much hoping for a region-free world, and I was expecting HD DVD to do that for us.
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Yep. I'm going to be pretty annoyed at having to buy a new player come May if I want the advanced features on Warner discs. I've been format-neutral for the past year but favoring HD-DVD because I like the region-free discs, less DRM, combos, and players being fully functional since day one.
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Doug, I agree. I even stated that. If Warner had gone HD only instead of Paramount, I'd have picked HD to win then. Warner just has too much major stuff, both catalog and recent. They are easily #1 in terms of content. But I'd argue Fox and Disney might be #2 and #3
I do feel bad for the HD only folks. But this is no more a betrayal than when Paramount went HD only. It's a business decision, and it's a BIG one. Glad I got HP1-5 and Blade Runner on Blu for Christmas. |
Fox has a very nice library, but their support for blu-ray has been iffy at best. Disney also has a nice library, but it is pretty limited to family films particularly when you get back before the creation of Touchstone.
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Oh and its not the same as Paramount. Why? Cause Warner prolonged it, announcing much later. Plus they own a bigger market share. Plus they have released way more titles than Paramount before announcing this change.
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But what would you have them do? Stay neutral regardless of what it might mean to the chances of success for
a HD format? Yeah, I know some folks feel both formats could've continued to compete and succeed, but I'm very skeptical of that belief myself.
If your only beef is w/ the exact timing of their decision and announcement, then we're really just quibbling over small, virtually insignificant details in the grand scheme of things IMHO.
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Jan 4 will now be known as Black Friday.
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Don't you mean
Blu Friday?
Let's hope that this brings Criterion into the HD fold ASAP.
My A2 will never be a doorstop -- the $98 split over the cost of all my HD discs is only a few extra bucks per disc, and it'll make a nice upconverting player someday once I get an HD set for the bedroom.
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This is excellent, but it won't be truly super-dooper excellent until Universal follows along. I needs me my Battlestar Galactica in Blu.
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In my case, you'll have to wait until the disc prices come down about 25%-30%, and until some decent titles (pre 1960) are released.
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I'm not sure they are going to come down much more than $19.95 for most discs. That's what I've been paying anyway, for all but Fox titles.
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I was very much hoping for a region-free world, and I was expecting HD DVD to do that for us.
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Studios don't have to use the region coding. Warner has yet to bother with it on Blu-ray, and I highly doubt they ever will.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS!! Warner Brothers is now Blu-ray Exclusive
Well, isn't this something? One day before CES. This must be a huge bummer for the hd-dvd group, I think the end of the format war is very near! Unfortunately for Paramount they are stuck by contract for a full year.
I have said in my other posts that I believe Warner as well as the other studios wants this format war to end quickly or else there may be no chance for mass-adoption of either format. This decision will effectively make that happen much faster for had Warner gone hd-dvd, we would have a lingering war.
I have been searching madly for a Samsung bd-up5000 combi player, a few of which have been released to market. I have not been able to find one, and so I think I will stop looking and spend that 700.00 on a really good stand-alone with all the perks and move my ps3 to my other hd-equipped room.
I don't think that those who purchased a hd-dvd player were ripped off. They still have a player for their movies and an upconverting player and will continue, for a time, to get new product, I just feel bad for those who can't afford to buy player after player who may have saved up only to buy a format that now looks to be in deep trouble.
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I know this is the wrong place for this but I'll ask anyway. Does anyone know if the new Samsung dual format player will piller box 4x3 SD DVDs when up converting them to 1080p? My BD-P1000 doesn't. If the new one does I think that will be the player for me.
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Well, isn't this something? One day before CES. This must be a huge bummer for the hd-dvd group, I think the end of the format war is very near! Unfortunately for Paramount they are stuck by contract for a full year.
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Who says Paramount is stuck. I don't think anyone has any information that would indicate that Paramount HAS to be exclusive for a particular period of time. The only thing the 18 months referred to was the period of time that Toshiba would promote Paramount films. Paramount may very well be able to walk away from that at any time.
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