Topic: Blockbuster's Blu-ray Endorsement Having Major Impact on HD DVD Sales (Read 434 times)

mc_365 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:25:00 PM »

My question is why would any company besides Sony affiliate, exclusively support BR?

Sony charges an arm for licensing of any of it's propriatary tech.

The PS3 is a flop.

Production Cost are Higher for Disk and Players.

Early adopters seem to aggree HD-DVD has a slight edge in P.Q.

The name is familiar.

From the beggining all players supported Enhanced interactive programming.

Is there some kind of contract that has been signed?
Can an exclusive supporter never support any competing format?

Samy`D · « **Reply #31 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:43:00 PM »

Boourns to blu ray. every hd movie ive compared on both formats, hd-dvd looks better. plus i agree with that dude who said all of sonys attempts monopolizing the industry suck. on that note, memory sticks piss me off.

moogster66 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:17:00 PM »

Which format will we be able to backup first? I crown thee thy winner!

xcalixxryderx · « **Reply #33 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:23:00 PM »

QUOTE(moogster66 @ Jun 19 2007, 06:53 PM)

Which format will we be able to backup first? I crown thee thy winner!

Bolth formats can aready be backed up only prob is with hd-dvd finding media a burners

PatchBokov · « **Reply #34 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:29:00 PM »

Blu-ray all the way. Right now HD-DVD movies looks slightly better than BR but, I doubt that Sony won't do something about it. Blu-ray offer much more space and if right now it may seams useless, time will show that the bigger.. the better. Data storage, HD Games etc..

dime · « **Reply #35 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:15:00 PM »

This does not sound like a very reliable source. A "tipster" passing on anecdotal evidence from a single retail location?

QUOTE(Ranger72 @ Jun 19 2007, 05:49 PM)

Sony Pictures (along with Columbia and MGM), Disney, 20th Century Fox, anb Lions Gate have exclusively backed Blu-ray.

Universal is the only studio that has exclusively backed HD-DVD.

Content is King.

HDDVD had no chance to win this war.

QUOTE(Antdog24 @ Jun 19 2007, 05:53 PM)

In addition to Universal you left out New line cinema, Warner Brothers, Paramount and HBO. But don't let me get in the way of your agenda...

Actually you are both wrong. Weinstein and Universal are both exclusive to HD DVD. Weinstein Co. is new and very small but owns movies like Scary Movie, Scream, Sin City, GrindHouse

The 8 major movie studios are:

Universal (HD)
Weinstein (HD)
Warner (both, but leaning HD)
Paramount (both)
Sony (BD)
Disney (BD)
Fox (BD)
Lions Gate (BD)

New Line and HBO releases are owned by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has released a lot of exclusive movies for HD DVD because they like the interactivity features of the format and are waiting for Blu-ray camp to work out their standards and get the interactivity features working. This is why movies like Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, and The Matrix are currently exclusive to HD DVD and Harry Potter in the UK.

This post has been edited by dime: Jun 20 2007, 03:26 AM

mlmadmax · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(eldritch2k4 @ Jun 19 2007, 04:40 PM)

LG has already released a dual format player. It costs about $1100.

Show me a good review and where i can actually buy it an i would appruciate it.

edit never mind i found it, this is a very limited release at best and is not avalable in major retail stores yet. When a couple lower priced players hit the mass market i hope it will end the war.

This post has been edited by mlmadmax: Jun 20 2007, 03:32 AM

dime · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:35:00 PM »

QUOTE(mlmadmax @ Jun 19 2007, 09:28 PM)

Show me a good review and where i can actually buy it an i would appruciate it.

THe LG dual format player has been heavily criticized because it does not properly support HD DVD menus and interactivity. There is a Samsung dual format player scheduled for the end of the year which is supposed to fully support both formats without the issues of the LG player. It will most likely be very expensive like the LG player.

Also Warner Bros. has announced a "Total HD" or THD disc format that has the Blu-ray copy of a movie on one side and a HD DVD copy of the movie on the other. This Total HD format is supposed to be released by the end of the year and will be playable on all HD DVD and Blu-ray players.

WildMonkeys · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:37:00 PM »

hahaha I just bought a HD DVD drive for my 360!

I hope this shit doesn't flop

and when is Battlestar Galactica coming to HD DVD? If NBC backs it...?

komodothesly · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:56:00 PM »

dont forget bout walmart making a deal with that chinese manufacture to make so many of hd-dvd players for like 100.00 bucks

Ranger72 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:35:00 PM »

QUOTE(komodothesly @ Jun 20 2007, 03:56 AM)

dont forget bout walmart making a deal with that chinese manufacture to make so many of hd-dvd players for like 100.00 bucks

Go to Wal-Mart and look at the HD DVD and Blu-Ray displays. You will clearly see Wal-Mart is backing Blu-Ray.

Rodimus04 · « **Reply #41 on:** June 19, 2007, 09:16:00 PM »

Blockbuster is increasing the blu-Ray to stores because that is what their customers have asked. It is real simple think about it a PS3 owner goes to Blockbuster to rent a game and asks about Blu-Ray because they have a PS3 and their are not game to rent

Ok, Porn is on Blu-Ray. Vivd is releasing porn on Blu-Ray.

Universal and Weinstein are the only 2 major studios that are HD-DVD exclusive the others are neutral or Blu-Ray exclusive.

I don't care which wins I have a PS3 but I'm using Netflix to rent Blu-Rays.

They are both using the same video and audio codecs so the picture and sounds can be the same.

Someone for me name 2 manufactures of stand alone HD-DVD players that isn't Toshiba(dual-format players excluded).

Wal-Mart is not making a cheep HD-DVD player they spoke out to correct this rumor saying they are waiting to see who is going to win first.

This post has been edited by Rodimus04: Jun 20 2007, 04:18 AM

NoMention · « **Reply #42 on:** June 19, 2007, 09:18:00 PM »

Yeah but did you know that NoMention Industries is going to be supporting HD-DVD? That should totally kill Blu-Ray. We have engineered a 85 layer disc that holds 64TB of data at a resolution of 4320p. In fact, it doesn't even use a TV to display. It is a complete 3D hologram that is so lifelike, you would think it was really happening.

Give it up people. Right now, neither Blu-Ray nor HD-DVD is winning. Regular DVD is still kicking the crap out of both. You want to know why? Because average Joe Schmoe can only afford the $45 APEX player from Wal-Mart. Not the $500 HD player. And he shuffles through the $5 DVD rack, not the $25 Blu-Ray section. The vast majority of the population is still on SDTV, not HDTV. These people do not have HDTV nor do they have BR/HDDVD. They can barely pay the child support on their 6 illegitimate children.

So please, do the needed research before you embarrass yourself...

colt45joe · « **Reply #43 on:** June 19, 2007, 09:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(ravage73 @ Jun 20 2007, 12:04 AM)

you do know the porn industry has chosen hd-dvd.

so?

a lot of people get porn online. Porn choosing hd-dvd means nothing. it meant something back in the day when the only way to watch porn privately was with vhs.

Foolscrow · « **Reply #44 on:** June 19, 2007, 11:13:00 PM »

Here's what I'm reading about this story:

"A tipster at an unnamed retailer..." Vague upon vague. This sounds like an 18 yr old kid, who's been rubbing one out over his PS3, jumping on the 'HD DVD suxorz" bandwagon. "...they've had more HD DVD player orders canceled over the last few days than they've seen over the entire life cycle. The kicker? All of them were canceled because of the Blockbuster announcement." Given the fact that neither of the formats are exactly flying out the door, 2 cancelations could be more than they've seen.

I've tried to dig up a verifible story, making the same claims as this one, and have yet to do so. I've seen a lot of speculation on what this means, I've found a lot of references back to this unnamed tipster at an unnamed store, but I've yet to see any kind of real data to support the story, as posted.

Blockbuster has only decided to go Blu-ray in their stores atm. If you go to their online site, you'll find quite a selection of HD DVD available. The stores have been floundering since Netflix opened up, and (at least at the stores in my area) their parking lot is usually, fairly empty.

I own both formats, and IMO HD DVD looks better, in a side by side comparison. The features are implemented better, the blacks (which are a telling point of quality in HD) are deeper, and the colors are slightly more vibrant...without looking over-saturated. (I did the comparison, sheerly out of curiosity, with the same movie in both formats, on the same tv, using the same cables and an A/B switch, to keep the settings the same).

To blu-ray's credit, they do have more studio support (meaning a larger library), and are doing a better job at getting their name out there ("Coming Tues. on DVD and Blu-ray"). Unfortunately, the biggest downfall to their players is that a large portion of them will lose functionality when they upgrade their Java menus, in October. These players lack the capacity to do a firmware update, and everything accessible thru the menu won't be when the new releases start using the upgraded Java.

I hope HD DVD wins, honestly, because they don't have quite as many restrictions on back-ups (Fox, especially, pushed for stricter copy protections), their format is finalized (no obsolete Java), and the most important detail of all...THEY'RE LESS EXPENSIVE. You will see a set-top model for HD at around the $200 price point by christmas, and that alone will put a serious knot in Sony's shorts.

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