[Sam Posten]

BTW I dont know why but it seems I'm being censored at the Bluray forum, I've posted that second part twice and it keeps getting deleted. Could be a technical error but if so its not my doing, it's theirs.

[DaViD Boulet]

Sam,

second part to what?

[Chris S]

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Originally Posted by ReggieW

If Mr. Hettick really wanted to be fair and objective, he could've simply have published his FULL interview with Kornblau so WE could've decided what was said in its proper context, rather than spinning Kornblau's positions with selective quotes bolstered by infammatory format war rhetoric.

Hell, what else should we expect from a propaganda site financed by the interviewee's opposition!?!

True, we should be careful not to read too deeply without the full context of the discussion but we should also be just as careful not to read too far in the opposite direction and say the comments are being spun. Neither position is provable without Mr. Kornblau's rebuttal or averment. I would very much expect Mr Kornblau to make a rebuttal if the comments were taken out of context. I simply find it odd that he, or anyone from the HD DVD PR team, has yet to do so. If this war has shown anything it's that there's a very strong tit-for-tat mentality between these two groups.

My own personal standpoint is that I completely believe that Mr Hennrick's post takes liberties with the current state of the war simply to bolster his viewpoint/agenda (some of which are mentioned in Scott Buettner's blog). But at the same time I would not be surprised if Universal did indeed want the format war to continue simply so they could double dip later with Blu-ray releases. It's a smart business move for them ...heck it's what I would do.

[ReggieW]

That's a rather diplomatic way of looking at it Chris, considering what we now know of this sites origins. Frankly, I don't need Mr. Kornblau or anyone elses averment to tell me what obviously should be common sense in this situtation. I would definitely take your approach if it wasn't a BD propaganda site which was initially established under a consumer friendly banner until it's cover was blown.

Fool me once, fool me twice the saying goes....

Btw, maybe Kornblau just doesn't spend his time pre-occupied with the format war, and may simply be unaware of Hettrick's "article" on his interview. His blog/article was published just last week so we'll have to see if anyone at Universal sees fit to respond.

[Jari K]

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Originally Posted by ReggieW

It's not a matter of "belief." Universal has made it clear NUMEROUS times that they won't be releasing on BD. You certainly are allowed to dream/wish or whatever you want to call it.

Like I said, IMO Universal goes neutral *at some point*. But of course, this is purely my own opinion. I didn´t say that it´s a "fact" or anything like that. And I didn´t say that the article is somehow "proving" that. And: IF it happens, it can happen e.g. in 2009. If Universal clearly make this type of announcement, I probably buy a HD DVD-player. In the end; Movies are more important than the format war. Now Universal has some interesting titles, but for me their selection is still lacking. This is also one reason that has kept me waiting.

But Paul has a fair point; **"Let's face it, any exclusive studio, Universal or otherwise, will say they won't be releasing on the competing format right up until the day they announce their neutrality. That is why hope springs eternal on both sides of the fence."**

IF Universal goes "neutral", the announcement will be made only if they´re 100% ready and their "new game plan" set. Not after that. So it´s true that we can pretty much speculate all day long, but that doesn´t really bring any "facts" to the table.

[Sam Posten]

The second quoted section in my post above. If you go to the bluray forum and check out that thread, my first quote remains but my second quoted post has been removed, twice. I thought I made a mistake the first time so I reposted it, and that got removed too.

[Cees Alons]

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Let's face it, any exclusive studio, Universal or otherwise, will say they won't be releasing on the competing format right up until the day they announce their neutrality.

Most probably, yes.
But one thing we can be certain of: if Disney, Fox, Pixar or even Sony would decide to go neutral, those announcements would be "out of the blue" indeed!


Cees

[Paul.S]

, Cees.

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Btw, maybe Kornblau just doesn't spend his time pre-occupied with the format war, and may simply be unaware of Hettrick's "article" on his interview. His blog/article was published just last week so we'll have to see if anyone at Universal sees fit to respond.

At least according to Hettrick in a comment he posted at Shane B.'s blog in response to his criticism (link in Chris' post #63 above), Kornblau called Hettrick to thank him after the blog post went up.

[Chris S]

I saw that too and found it very interesting. It did bring a smile to my face as I imagined how that follow-up conversation might have gone.

H: "Hello?"
K: "Hey Scott it's Mr. Kornblau."
H: "Hi, how are you?"
K: "Well... I saw your post today."
H: "O'yea? Pretty good, huh? What did you think?"
K: "Thanks a lot, Scott!!!" *click!*