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06-06-2007, 07:23 PM
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Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
I remember warner talking about their new disk, but i thought it was supposed to be out by now. Is it gone?
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06-06-2007, 07:29 PM
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Thomas Eisenmann
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
I have seen no word from Warner on this in a long time.
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06-06-2007, 07:55 PM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
Shhhh. If they've forgotten, please don't remind them.  |
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06-06-2007, 08:00 PM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
It is hopefully dead.Maybe it didn't work
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06-06-2007, 09:07 PM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
Don't count on Total HD being dead yet. The first releases weren't supposed to show up until August, if memory serves.
\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
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06-06-2007, 09:25 PM
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Thomas Eisenmann
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
I wouldn't either. But Warner has been very quite on the subject.
Thomas Eisenmann
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06-06-2007, 11:47 PM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
I was wondering the same thing just the other day. I would expect that if the August time frame is still valid we should have an announcement for the first releases by the end of June.
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06-07-2007, 12:37 AM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
there was a nasty rumor a few days ago of titles like Batman Begins on Total HD...
I will just continue to pray they are false.
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06-07-2007, 04:12 AM
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Re: Just out of curiousity, is total HD dead?
The last I heard regarding "TotalHD" was that Warner was trying to see how feasible dual-layer on each side was going to be. (The initial August releases were supposed to be up to dual layer on the HD-DVD side, but just single layer on the BD side.)
And the "single layer on both side" releases *were* supposed to start in June. So those discs are already late based on that timetable.
Here's the most recent article I can find regarding "TotalHD":
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/03/16...etails-emerge/
I still think the concept is poor ... unless either Disney or Fox jumps in. If that were to happen then I could see TotalHD discs actually having a chance to "save the bacon" for all the Studios and Hardware Manufacturers currently engaged in the war; and could even give HD optical disc a decent "window" before HD-VOD takes over. But I bet the odds of either Disney or Fox (or even Universal) embracing TotalHD within the next 18 months are less than 1% - and that's even if the tech problems with dual layer for both formats on each side can be overcome. (And I bet they can't - at least not if decent yields are needed.)
Ya' know, what would have been really neat is if there had been only one HD format released initially. Then nobody would even be considering trying to develop a tech nightmare like "TotalHD".
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06-07-2007, 12:36 PM
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