Warm Machine said:Who knows what is actually written into their contracts. Best case scenario is that it is clean and allows for an immediate switch. I would assume however that Universal and Paramount would have to approach the BR group and get an agreement written up to start producing movies over there which will hopefully happen fast if it hasn't happened already.
Don't assume though that one light goes off and the other one comes on immediately.
drohne said:i didn't think i'd see toshiba cave before paramount and universal -- though it's to their credit that they didn't drag things out needlessly. now gimme bd versions of the bourne movies and children of men
Amir0x said:i dont know, the mighty Blu-Ray player I finally decide to buy (I have to start doing some substantial research now that the war is over) is obviously not going to be cheap. I make a good salary, but it's still not "throw money down the drain" worthy. I have to buy one now, and one later. I'm going to buy a PS3 by the end of the year thanks to LittleBigPlanet/MGS4/, but it's not going to be for Blu-Ray movies. I personally consider the dedicated Blu-Ray player the priority because the PS3 doesn't really have much I care about this moment, but Blu-Ray has tons of things I care about and I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop before I jumped aboard.TRICO
strange_booj said:PS3 is officially going to crush the Xbox 360 because of this. Guess Sony's plan was a good one.
Extollere said:The PS3 is also ahead of the XBOX in sales for the first time in like......ever.
Ok... I haven't read this whole thread and I haven't been keeping myself up to date on the format thing... So someone help me out here. Does this mean that there will no longer be any new machine to play HD-DVDs, and no future movies coming to the HD-DVD format?
Blu-Ray for the final win?
Are all of the HD-DVD exclusive titles going to see a port/transfer over to Blu-Ray?
Cosmozone said:Finally. Props to Toshiba for not dragging the format war.
Guy Legend said:Umm.....they were pounded into submission.
"Sales have been hurt since Warner's decision, and we are considering different options," said Keisuke Oomori, Toshiba's spokesman, though he said that nothing has been decided at this point.
If Toshiba withdraws from the HD DVD business, Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures and General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures, both of which currently support the format exclusively, would be immediately released from their commitments, a person familiar said.
Samsung Electronics is expected to accelerate its ongoing efforts to strengthen Blu-ray products since Toshiba virtually pulled the plug on its HD DVD products.
``Samsung is expected to show more interests in Blu-ray products than rival HD DVDs, according to a Samsung official on Sunday.
Industry sources have said Toshiba is highly likely to shut down its HD DVD business early this week, ending the ``survival game over the next-generation format against Sony- and Samsung-led Blu-ray technology.
Samsung officials have declined to further comment.
JB1981 said:when has samsung ever supported hd-dvd.
they've been right there with sony in support of blu-ray all along. i don't get it.
strange_booj said:PS3 is officially going to crush the Xbox 360 because of this. Guess Sony's plan was a good one.
Fixed2BeBroken said:do the blu-ray movies come as the collector's edition dvd, meaning all the content that the collector's edition dvd has, or does it have the bare minumum standard dvd have but with many languages?
Fixed2BeBroken said:if its the latter, then do they have collector's edition/special edition versions of blurays as well?
If blu-rays do away with collector's edition/special editions at the release of movies...then I am 100 percent for hd.
if that whole thing continues....then sigh. i will still support it of course, but its still kind of lame.
Dark FaZe said:Only 100s of millions from the loss of HD-DVD? So cancelling out an entire format only cost them that much? Not bad considering Microsoft lost 1 billion dollars on the hardware failure alone.
so1337 said:Wow. Sucks for the people that supported HDDVD.
Nicodimas said:HD-dvd have a format its called blu-ray...wooo
GuessWho said:don't want to start anything but hddvd was the better format.
i have both don't flame it's my opinion
The Toshiba executive on Saturday confirmed a report by the public television broadcaster NHK that it was getting ready to give up on the format.
"We have entered the final stage of planning to make our exit from the next generation DVD business," said the executive, who asked not to be identified before an official announcement was made.
Dark FaZe said:Not bad considering Microsoft lost 1 billion dollars on the hardware failure alone.
GuessWho said:don't want to start anything but hddvd was the better format.
i have both don't flame it's my opinion
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:For me to POOP ON!!
Jks, i dont really care, good to see a winner though, the better format one.
drohne said:i didn't think i'd see toshiba cave before paramount and universal -- though it's to their credit that they didn't drag things out needlessly. now gimme bd versions of the bourne movies and children of men
HiVision said:children of men... damn, I want to see that on blu-ray so bad!
M3wThr33 said:So, are they still trying to pursue the whole "PC Drive" market? Because that was a retarded statement.