look at the facts with an unbiased view... HDM (high def movies) make a blip of profit in overall movie sales regardless of where you are. HD DVD has made a big stride in US only and very little in europe and asia (all soon to change)
i'm neutral but will state it'll be years before either camp wins. also note, anything a USA resident preaches about euro or asia should note most films made in those regions don't mean squat since BD is region coded and hence can only play USA ti...
preach on fella... keep thinking that
i don't believe you one bit... on the owning BD movies
when BD1.1 is due to go 'live'.
shame on you Sony
shame on you BDA
way to half ass a format and then try to force expensive players that can't be upgraded and are doomed to have missing main features that BD1.1 is to include.
to below, because it's been stated already all current players on the market can't be upgraded and new ones due out soon are lacking the hardware (memory) for BD2.0, i'm not sure of BD1.1.
so in the end...
the quarter that hd dvd takes back what was once theirs
;)
i hope to hear BDA's big announcements within the next week. if not, then BDA continues to drop the ball
how's about FINALIZING your format?
damn dog, you couldn't reveal how much of a BD fanboy your are bro. at least you brought some interesting arguments, although in my book very very biased.
attachment rate is massive for studios. it shows them exactly what people are using it for. if it were solely BD players vs HD DVD players and they showed BD players to have 4-5 times more attachments per player then it's easy to understand that BD has momentum going forward and growing. the fact that it has under 1 proves th...
they announced they went neutral, not exclusive elsewhere probably because hd dvd in europe is taking some time to get going. wouldn't matter for you BD fans since your sh*t is region coded and hence you can't import titles overseas and play them on your ps3
but we know it's not. and quite frankly even if these numbers are true it just reassures all other numbers that BD isn't doing as well as many think it is. HD DVD is making strides (amazon alone has #1 electronics being the hd-a2 and it recently sold out, 10 hd dvd movies in top 50 sales, etc) the para/DW announcement only strengthened itself. many believed (including myself) with the ps3 that BD would decimate HD DVD but it hasn't and i think it never will. i think BD will become UMD2. i mea...
learn to read from more than 1 reputable site and you won't be distracted by the bastardized internet we use today
as far as marketing goes, first they copied HD DVD with their 5 free movies promo, now they copy them with the 3 free movie deals through certain stores (i.e. amazon) while still having the 5 free movies deal
INCLUDING all ps3s, which accounts for about 90% of all BD players, it makes BD players 'dominant' in sales by a margin from 6:1 to 10:1. even with THAT many players, BD only sells 1.5:1 over HD DVD. your pirates is so precious? then why at launch did it only sell 25k copies? if you think people will pick up spidey 3 guess what, the movie sucked. Paramount was once HD DVD, they went neutral in fear that sony's politics of the PS3 would sweep sales from HD DVD and that didn't happen. also cost...
especially when they preach that the hd dvd is dead. fellas, wake up call for you... hd dvd is far from dead, in fact it has stayed alive growing each day unlike many of you wished it not to be. you can blame that on BD player pricing, higher BD manufacturing costs, unfinished BD specs (where's 1.1 compliant players? oh yeah... they all got postponed until next year, and 2.0 hasn't even started let alone BD-J). want to mention the 150mil that paramount supposedly got?! look back at everything...
it's toshiba is only doing what sony HAS done and will continue to do so. a lot of misleading information here but this war isn't going to end any time soon, if ever. there will be a stalemate. both formats are selling well but studios shortsited view of the ps3 being the trojan horse resulted in horrificly low attachment rates which studios car about (ps3 = less than 1 where all HD DVD players are 4.5). instead of trojan horse it's more like a cute fuzzy bunny rabbit. i see all studios going...
I don't think that will happen but I do think since i'm format neutral and think there will be a stalemate that movies 'exclusive' will be timed exclusives like games are now
Warner will either stay neutral or go HD DVD. They do NOT like paying millions in licensing fees to one of their leading competitors (sony).
We're due for some big news on Warner so we'll either find out today or right before/during CEDIA. Something tells me that HD DVD is going to look real good after the next 2 weeks.
EDIT: aaaawwwwwwe I must have struck a nerve with the sony trolls on this site cuz look at my disagrees. Ain't that cute?! I'll go more into why I th...
do like me, support dual formats. no one's winning the war. and if a winner were to prevail it'll be when the NEXT format comes out and is unified, cost effective, upgradeable, cheap for the consumer, and have all studios supported.
well HD DVD already does all that but the last one... BR has dropped the ball and continues to do so with their STILL yet unreleased 1.1 profile (and they have 2.0 on the back burner!) which means every stand alone BR player will be obsolete. ps3's...
4million ps3s vs 400k hd dvd players
that's 10:1 more players
but these quotes sales is 2:1 in favor of BR...
expect changes to be made, the promised dominance of the ps3 for BR to sell movies isn't happening.
no one will win this war, a stalemate is inevitable
my opinion is that this war will end in a stalemate
i won't get into it cuz i'll see countless disagrees from the BR side. there won't be a winner aside from DVD. factor in that less than a quarter of homes own an HDTV set that's been out for almost 10 years, the masses aren't ready and the war is only confusing the crap out of them to stick to $5 DVDs
there is more news to come from the HD DVD camp so stay tuned
i mean it IS blu that is under investigation in europe for shady dealings to get the current studio support. i applaud HD DVD and paramount for this news and it's cool they are allowing current BD movies to sell out. it's an obvious choice if you aren't a sony fanboy that what is better for the consumer is HD DVD for the following reasons
1. bluray still have not finalized their specs yet.
2. stand alone sales are negligible compared to ps3 which seems to be the player o...
going from VHS to DVD was a huge step. all you really needed was a DVD player and it'll play fine on your inexpensive 19" tv. for HDMs, you require an HDM player, HDTV at least with 720p/1080i, go larger and you need 1080p. thats a ton of $ right off that bat. that's only for video! for audio, you need a good (not crappy home theater in the box) receiever and speakers to enjoy the advantages that HDM brings
realistically, very few homes have the space, money or knowledge t...