lol, I remember you. You were the one claiming that block buster chose blu-ray because of its space. When i told you it was because the consumer demanded it you pretty much called me crazy.

That one was a good one. I still get a chuckle out of it.

Any who,
Universal is a much much stronger player than Paramounts block buster wont be wounded by not carrying 4 HD-DVD movies from paramount on their store. Its even possible they could carry transformer on HD-DVD in their stores since it was a major hit.

I would like to hear how your respond. You amused me before and I'm looking fordward to being entertained. Don't disappoint me.

as I expect that the exclusivity deal was probably paid for by the Blu ray group and therefore BB benefited and did not loose.
As I understand it they would not have that much Blu ray product as the market remains very small as there has not been mass adoption. The whole point of the exclusive deal was to sttempt to convince the consumer that the that Blu-ray was the dominant format and have consumers jump onboard. The reality is that both formats are marginal and their market is the early adopters.

and anubis he was right, you mean people went into block buster and demanded they not carry hd dvd? lol thats funny.

Let alone you only say 4 titles yet what about all the other hd dvd titles Of which currently released are only slightly below released blu ray titles, The Block buster/sony deal happend a bit after the hd dvd, blu ray trial run, so why is it that all of a sudden they just decided to go blu ray only, cause they we're paid off, Just like in you cows minds microsoft paid off so much to be sales leader, paramount...ect sony has paid there way at block buster and target and we all know it.

Block buster as it is now is losing money from its stores, this is FACT with netflix to deal with and their own total access program instore rentals aren't nearly as big of a money maker for them any more, If they refuse to carry hd dvd they will lose money.

Specially once the super cheap hd dvd drives come out this xmas, and the 3-4 different multiformat players are released.

P.S: and space isn't a problem either, Most blockbusters I go to still have an area where 5 year old+ movies can be rented, they could easily ratchet back such an area to only 4-5 years and have room for hd dvd, cause trust me at my local 2 block busters blu ray has a inanely small area it takes up.

and demanded they quit stocking HD-DVD.

Thats a pretty crazy comment.

Where is your link? If you read the articles you would see that it was for a real different reason. And they are starting to rethink those decisions.

Dont get so worked up over this, its only movies, most people here care more for games.

No! No! No! you failed to mause me now try again!

Btw i never said people demanded not to carry HD-DVD they simply demamded more blu-ray titles. Its on the block buster press release. They are not carrying HD-DVD because there's little demand for the titles.

Site News - Blockbuster Press Release: Rent-tailer To Roll Blu-ray (not HD DVD) Out To All Stores

DALLAS, June 18, 2007 – In response to the growing demand for high-definition DVDs, Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) today announced that it is rolling out an expanded Blu-ray disc inventory for rental to 1,700 corporate-owned BLOCKBUSTER® stores by mid-July. The Company will continue to offer both Blu-ray and HD DVD titles through its online rental service, www.blockbuster.com, and will continue to offer both formats at its initial 250 stores that currently carry both high-definition formats.

"We intend to meet the demands of our customers and based on the trends we're seeing, we're expanding our Blu-ray inventory to ensure our stores reflect the right level of products," said Matthew Smith, SVP Merchandising for Blockbuster. "While it is still too early to say which high-definition format will become the industry standard, we will continue to closely monitor customer rental patterns both at our stores and online, so we can adjust our inventory mix accordingly and ensure that Blockbuster is offering customers the most convenient access to the movies they want, in the format they want."

When Blu-ray and HD DVD were introduced to the marketplace in 2006, Blockbuster began offering the high-definition formats on all titles in which it was available through blockbuster.com. The Company also introduced both formats on select titles in 250 stores in November of 2006. With Blu-ray rentals significantly outpacing HD DVD rentals at its BLOCKBUSTER stores, the Company made the decision to expand the number of stores offering the Blu-ray format.

With the expansion in July, the 1,700 stores will be carrying more than 170 titles in Blu-ray and will continue to add titles in the format as they are released from the studios.

"We are excited to be able to make more high-definition titles available to our customers in those stores where our research indicates there will be the most demand," said Smith. "Obviously, when customers are ready we can expand the Blu-ray offering into more stores and add HD DVD to more locations if that's what customers tell us they want. We'll continue to work with the movie studios to ensure we have the right assortment of products."

Blu-ray formatted titles are available from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, FOX Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, and Paramount Home Entertainment and can be played on Blu-ray dedicated players, Sony PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) or a Blu-ray compatible computer drive.

About Blockbuster
Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global provider of in-home movie and game entertainment, with more than 8,000 stores throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

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I didn't wanted to show you what they said because you would have seen what I was telling you. There was more demand for blu-ray which the people wanted and that's why the went blu-ray over HD-DVD.Now that I've shown you this I demand that you amuse me!

Thanks for the link.

You should have my name.

So you're one of those Conspiracy Theorists! Blockbuster's poor HD-DVD sales during the 8-month trial period didn't really happen, right? =P

and your the conspiracy....Microsoft paid of rob smith to give warhawk lair bad review/microsoft paid off paramoint/microsoft paid off people not to buy ps3...theorist.

*you've supported them all*

dude blades of glory was pretty funny but shrek 3 SUCKED. it was like a sitcom episode but so much longer and boring. the ending was predictable and it was just crap

agreed. it seemed like this guy writing a commentary, not reporting anything coming from someone at blockbuster.

It's AI slop because it ignores the artists intent and changes the details ESPECIALLY when it comes to character faces. The scariest part of it is introducing it as the next stage of DLSS, a feature where the current iteration already has controversy surrounding it and for quite a lot of games cannot be fully disabled. So reasonably the precident is already set for what path this could take, and it's not good

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost and so on. Many of the lighting deletes shadow, including shadow on the face like eyes even chin.

Why stop at art when it comes to human input - why not just have AI play the game for us, remove human input altogether

And what about when you can't? Cause there's plenty of games where you cannot fully disable dlss already, i mean we're well into an era where it's a major crutch for developers to cover up their cut corners, why would this be any different?

You are playing with people's money and allow Nvidia to scam you.

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost. This is all lie to raise the cost of the graphic card.

Something consumers can do to a product after they have purchased it, entirely optional and can always be undone with a fresh install

VS

The leading gaming hardware manufacturer making this the next iteration of the main AA/Upscaling technique that is heavily relied upod by modern devs and is not optional in most games.

Not at all the same but nice try

It's all about choice in the end. But, I would say that calling it 'more realistic' is quite a stretch. It looks like AI art, and that's rarely realistic.

I had the same exact thought the first time this was brought up in a separate article about a week ago. Took me straight back to the conversations surrounding “horse armor.” Just don’t buy it they said. Years later, many IPs I previously enjoyed are so infected with monetization schemes that I don’t even consider purchasing them anymore.

DLSS 5 and the like are the same thing wrapped in a different package. History rhymes but many of us never learn from it.