By Christmas not only that HD DVD will be in every home with HDTV, we will most likely see twin discs, triple 51gb discs, Disney and most likely Lionsgate publish on HD DVD as well.
HD DVD returning with a bang and enjoys STRONG retailer support despite the numerous Project Hydra attempts to lie to consumers.
andyj, I understand your horrible denial. The mainstream consumers are voting with their wallets and your fairy tale is slowly but surely again being shaken up by reality.
ALL MAJOR retailers are strongly supporting HD DVD because that's what CONSUMER wants.
Not only that, but media is waking up and warning consumers what garbage Blu-Ray really is.
I'll believe it when I see it, just as I felt about the Warner rumors, the Paramount rumor, the incessant "Universal going Blu at CES" rumors and everything else.
I'll believe it when I see it, just as I felt about the Warner rumors, the Paramount rumor, the incessant "Universal going Blu at CES" rumors and everything else.
why the hostility, some of the facts are true... Blu-ray advertises features that do not work on about 90% of there players. there are +/- about both systems if you was to take the movie studios out of the picture (i know you cant) HD-DVD is a great buy at the price and it does everything you can do on the future blu-ray profile 2.0 now (for themost part) the difference between this war VHS/Beta was back then the consumer made the choice. This time the Studios that took the most money made the choice for us.
If Disney/Warner/parmount/Dreamworks made movies for both formats who out there would belive that blu-ray would have won. be honest dont talk about bitrate and diskspace. the people that buy at best buy and target dont give an rats ass about that. they care about the movie the features and most of all the cost. Lets say warner took a 500 million check i am sure if for some strange reason HD-DVD took off they would for sure go back I would bet there is a clause in there contract with sony and of course if they did not take the money ? well then they can go back tommorow .. so the war is not over untill one company decides not to sell there product.
What a cheerleader. Screaming "HD-DVD! HD-DVD!" at the top of your lungs won't change the fact that your format is dying.
For all the complaints you make about lack of facts, you provide none yourself; that link only talks about the differences between the different Blu-ray profiles, it doesn't say anything about the media "waking up." And it doesn't say anything about how Blu-ray is garbage. That's just your opinion.
I'll just remind everyone that new Blu-ray discs that come out will be perfectly playable on even the earliest Blu-ray player. You'll be able to watch your movie and special features just fine. Only the BD-live internet content and Picture-in-Picture features won't work. The majority of people aren't going to care about those features since the majority of people haven't even purchased a high definition player yet; it's still very early to be in the next-gen DVD game. If you really want to stay safe, you can get a PS3 so you can download profile updates as they come out rather than buying a new Blu-ray player.
You may think Blu-ray's decision to introduce hardware requirements in phases is a bad idea, and that's perfectly fine. Arguing that, and providing reasons supporting that position, would have made your post very interesting to read and discuss.
But you didn't do that at all. In fact, all you did was smack-talk Blu-ray.
Don't take your rival format's success so personally. The world won't end because you didn't get your way. Ranting and raving about the "evils" of Blu-ray just makes it easier to dismiss you as another HD-DVD fanboy tilting at windmills.
and how exactly are you determining that consumers want hddvd and not bluray? i mean according to sales charts i think it's pretty obvious that around 85% of the market has forgotten about hddvd and the only ones that haven't are idiots like you or people that were told by salesman which to get and don't keep up with all this news. get a life
You're right about 12 million people have voted for Blu-ray. Even if you want to talk just stand alones like Toshiba loves to do, Blu-ray still has the larger share of the market, Toshiba's own CES graph showed that. So how is HD-DVD coming out on top of this?
“That iconic Klipsch sound is here in full force, with crisp highs, delicate mids (which can easily have a bit more meat added with an EQ tweak) and tight, booming bass.”
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Ah the smell of Blu denial.
By Christmas not only that HD DVD will be in every home with HDTV, we will most likely see twin discs, triple 51gb discs, Disney and most likely Lionsgate publish on HD DVD as well.
HD DVD returning with a bang and enjoys STRONG retailer support despite the numerous Project Hydra attempts to lie to consumers.
Get a life dude - and stop living in denial.
Your "format" is dead - deal with it.
andyj, I understand your horrible denial. The mainstream consumers are voting with their wallets and your fairy tale is slowly but surely again being shaken up by reality.
ALL MAJOR retailers are strongly supporting HD DVD because that's what CONSUMER wants.
Not only that, but media is waking up and warning consumers what garbage Blu-Ray really is.
http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6528146
LOL - you are truly insane.
HD DVD only has 2 of the 7 major studios supporting them.
It's over ... really over. Have fun supporting your obsolete format - it worked wonders for Beta.
Nfinity, you're an idiot.
I'll believe it when I see it, just as I felt about the Warner rumors, the Paramount rumor, the incessant "Universal going Blu at CES" rumors and everything else.
I'll believe it when I see it, just as I felt about the Warner rumors, the Paramount rumor, the incessant "Universal going Blu at CES" rumors and everything else.
why the hostility, some of the facts are true... Blu-ray advertises features that do not work on about 90% of there players. there are +/- about both systems if you was to take the movie studios out of the picture (i know you cant) HD-DVD is a great buy at the price and it does everything you can do on the future blu-ray profile 2.0 now (for themost part) the difference between this war VHS/Beta was back then the consumer made the choice. This time the Studios that took the most money made the choice for us.
If Disney/Warner/parmount/Dreamworks made movies for both formats who out there would belive that blu-ray would have won. be honest dont talk about bitrate and diskspace. the people that buy at best buy and target dont give an rats ass about that. they care about the movie the features and most of all the cost.
Lets say warner took a 500 million check i am sure if for some strange reason HD-DVD took off they would for sure go back I would bet there is a clause in there contract with sony and of course if they did not take the money ? well then they can go back tommorow .. so the war is not over untill one company decides not to sell there product.
What a cheerleader. Screaming "HD-DVD! HD-DVD!" at the top of your lungs won't change the fact that your format is dying.
For all the complaints you make about lack of facts, you provide none yourself; that link only talks about the differences between the different Blu-ray profiles, it doesn't say anything about the media "waking up." And it doesn't say anything about how Blu-ray is garbage. That's just your opinion.
I'll just remind everyone that new Blu-ray discs that come out will be perfectly playable on even the earliest Blu-ray player. You'll be able to watch your movie and special features just fine. Only the BD-live internet content and Picture-in-Picture features won't work. The majority of people aren't going to care about those features since the majority of people haven't even purchased a high definition player yet; it's still very early to be in the next-gen DVD game. If you really want to stay safe, you can get a PS3 so you can download profile updates as they come out rather than buying a new Blu-ray player.
You may think Blu-ray's decision to introduce hardware requirements in phases is a bad idea, and that's perfectly fine. Arguing that, and providing reasons supporting that position, would have made your post very interesting to read and discuss.
But you didn't do that at all. In fact, all you did was smack-talk Blu-ray.
Don't take your rival format's success so personally. The world won't end because you didn't get your way. Ranting and raving about the "evils" of Blu-ray just makes it easier to dismiss you as another HD-DVD fanboy tilting at windmills.
The brutal truth is that HD DVD now only has 2 of the 7 major studios supporting it ... no format can last long on such meager offerings.
and how exactly are you determining that consumers want hddvd and not bluray? i mean according to sales charts i think it's pretty obvious that around 85% of the market has forgotten about hddvd and the only ones that haven't are idiots like you or people that were told by salesman which to get and don't keep up with all this news. get a life
@ andyj, having every studio supportting ANY format is not what the consumers want, meaning the studios are not the consumers.
Jeff ... are you clueless? The reason why the studios went Blu is BECAUSE the consumers chose it over the rival. That and it's a superior format.
You gotta stop holding on to your religion and just let go.
You're right about 12 million people have voted for Blu-ray. Even if you want to talk just stand alones like Toshiba loves to do, Blu-ray still has the larger share of the market, Toshiba's own CES graph showed that. So how is HD-DVD coming out on top of this?
Hey, nfinity. I've posted this before, but you've always managed to IGNORE it.
If you are so confident about your "insider information" and your "guaranteed information"... then put your money where your mouth is, or S*T*F*U
Your latest *LIE* (sorry, "made-up 'fact'") is that "Disney and most likely Lionsgate publish on HD DVD as well".
Back that up. I'll bet you $1000 that you're wrong -- Universal or Parmount/Dreamworks will release on Blu before Disney/Lionsgate do.
Put your money where your mouth is or S*T*F*U.