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Austan,
That's not necessarily true.
We pretty much got our information first-hand and summed up
what happened in a previous post.
To be honest, both parties were very guilty on all counts. Nobody
was looking out for the consumer. This was all about who could
walk away with the biggest paycheck. Best to just leave it at that!
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Keith,
You can say that again.
You can say that again.
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Exactly. Who still pays for porn?  |
Porn has a very little - if nothing, to do with this "format war". And since both formats has porn anyway..
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Is Microsoft's long-term agenda finally becoming clear???
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Looks pretty clear to me, since the Billy-boy himself spilled the beans.
Btw. Some "news" from New Line:
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...o_Blu-ray/1351
"..a company rep tells us that New Line's move will go into immediate effect, with all of the studio's planned HD DVD releases now cancelled (including the HD DVD versions of current Blu-ray releases 'Hairspray' and 'Rush Hour 3,' which had previously been planned for HD DVD release sometime in early 2008).
As for 'Pan's Labyrinth,' which hit stores late last year as the first (and only) New Line HD DVD release, the studio says that once current retail supplies are depleted, the title will be discontinued -- making it an instant collector's item."
At least New Line will cancel most of their (well, 2 out of 3) planned HD DVD-releases.
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Rumors rumors..
The Digital Bits - Celebrating Film in the Digital Age
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"Well... we've had SOME confirmation this morning of the details of the Financial Times story from last night. While the studio isn't yet commenting, reliable industry sources are telling us that Paramount is indeed preparing to end their HD-DVD support and announce a return to the Blu-ray fold. Details are currently being finalized, and an announcement is expected as soon as they're complete.
Meanwhile, sources are telling us that Universal has also been talking with the BDA, and is looking to follow Paramount and Warner's lead as soon as possible."
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Of course totally unoffical (like most of these type of sites and blogs), but we could be close to end the war..
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One thing that strikes me as funny is if Toshiba really felt they had the superior format. Why would the have to pay Universal 10 million dollars a month to buy a exclusive studio? I am willing to bet that the share holders are going to get tired of Toshiba paying for Universal's loyalty. I have to agree with a interview I saw recently where it was said, and I am paraphasing "that toshiba was coming from a place of weakness not of strengh when they paid Universal $150 million dollars".
I can not wait to see how Toshiba handles this setback. But it is becoming obvious IMHO that the war is over and Toshiba should bow out. I also beleive that because Toshiba chooses to push this war beyond reasonable efforts to win the war. That this may damage there working relationship with other companies, especially ones that where on the Blu-ray side. Toshiba is walking a fine line by stretching this war well beyond the point where they should be ending it. How much money is Toshiba willing to spend even though it apears that victory is not obtainable at this point. How much damage to HDM is Toshiba willing to inflict before they conceed? It is not a matter of format anymore its a matter of content and revenue. Toshiba is blinded by the fact that they want that revenue stream so bad they are willing to spend as much as it takes to get it.
We will all know what Toshiba is going to do once they have had a chance to figure out where they really stand. I am sure they are going to have some lengthy talks with all of there partners and Toshiba will ether choose to drag this war out as long as they possible can or they will choose a deadline and kill HD-DVD if things have not drastically improved.
I just hope that WB will release Lethal Weapon 3 & 4 on Blu-ray, and I hope they reissue both LW 1 & 2 with lossless audio. I currently own LW 1 & 2 but I would buy a quadrilogy set set if it offered DTS-HD MA, Dolby True HD or uncompressed pcm. I just really want to have a 4 films in HD and it would be nice if WB would make this title a priority since they have allready released LW 1 & 2.
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One thing that strikes me as funny is if Toshiba really felt they had the superior format. Why would the have to pay Universal 10 million dollars a month to buy a exclusive studio? I am willing to bet that the share holders are going to get tired of Toshiba paying for Universal's loyalty. I have to agree with a interview I saw recently where it was said, and I am paraphasing "that toshiba was coming from a place of weakness not of strengh when they paid Universal $150 million dollars".
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Anyone remember the good old days when Japanese business managers read Sun Tzu and conducted business like it was war? This whole format war looked more like two emo kids having a slap fight on YouTube than a hard fought business war.
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Yikes! 
Assuming those pics were taken at appropriate and comparable times (i.e. HD-DVD wasn't taken while the place was closed or just opened at 8AM, and BD was taken at 1PM in the middle of a "Special Event" they were hosting) those photos speak volumes. |
That's what EXIF data is for! :-) All those pics were taken on 1/7...
HD DVD pics: 3:42 PM, 3:43 PM
Blu-Ray pic: 11:06 AM
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Ummm... you don't it has anything to do with the millions and millions of movies people are downloading through file-sharing?
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No I think it has to do with the millions of camcorders and camera phones that record in the format.
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Next week at MacWorld Expo, expect Apple to announce agreements with most studios (possibly including Warner) for movie downloads through iTunes store (both purchases and rentals). I've heard that this was a rub for Microsoft.... that Apple was going to best them once again.
Three cheers for Apple! (I'm no Microsoft fan!)
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Great, more DRM media from Apple. Thats all we need.
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I would not be surprised if MS ends up buying a movie studio in the near future. The truth is that MS is not satisfied being the primary platform that people use for games, they are not satisfied having the majority of the OS market, and the money they make offering software to other companies like Ford, Nokia, LG, Samsung and many others for cell phones and other devices is not enough for MS. Now they would love to push downloads and not only control movie distribution but to make alot of money off of the revenue stream that they would most likely control as well. This is based on what MS is trying to accomplish every day, its not a MS is evil thing. MS is a company that does a good job at taking over other companies and taking over as much of the market as they possible can. They are a very monopolistic company and they always have been!
I am very interested in what Blu-ray titles WB will be releasing this year. IMHO it was a smart move and they helped bring the end of the format war one step closer to ending. I have nothing against movie downloads and it does have its place. But it is worthless as far as collectors go, downloads will not be worth any value as a collectable. Only a physical format can hold value as a collectable IMHO. I would be interested in HD downloads in situations where I was uncertain if I wanted a title, I could rent the download and buy it on a physical media if I liked it. I could also see renting a download for titles I do not want bad enough but will rent it if I have guests over that want to see a particular title.
To WB I just want to say, thank you for taking the step to go Blu-ray and to help bring the format war to an end. 
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I doubt seriously they would buy a Movie studio. Movies are a notoriously unreliable business, as every major corporation to buy into movies found out very quickly. You notice that companies like Coke, Segrams, Gulf+Western and other have gotten themselves out of the movie business.
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Correct. I'd like to upgrade my TV to HDTV, but the switch to digital isn't going to force my hand or anyone else's. Most will just get a converter box from the cable company.
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According to a CTAM Pulse survey released in December 2007, 60% of households that are planning to buy a new TV in the next 6 months are planning to buy an HDTV.
At this point 17% or almost 19 million homes have TVs that are not connected to any service such as cable. And 21% of home have at least one TV that is not connected a service and use over the air broadcasts only.
Thats a lot of TVs that people are going to want to upgrade in the next few years.
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Reading posts backward. Mark, this is incorrect. The initial LG offering was actually an HD-DVD player that had BD 'spliced' onto it relatively late in the development process. The intial units used to demo TotalHD (the BD/HDDVD combo format) didn't fully support the BD side. It was all fixed by the time the player hit the market, but the unit was originally an HD-DVD only player.
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If it was an HD DVD player originally, why didn't it fully support HD DVD?
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You do realize that Divx has become the format of choice for people who are sharing home movies on line right? It produces much higher quality at lower bit rates than quicktime or WMV. Most camera phones that record movies use Divx, as to many of the point and shoot still cameras that also record movies. For many people their point and shoot camera IS their home movie camera. Thats one of the reasons that many DVD players now have slots for CF and SD memory cards. People take the card right out of the camera and put it in the player.
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