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Toshiba officially ends its HD-DVD support
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BenjaminBirdie
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This bodes well for Obama in terms of precedent. It didn't take them that long at all to just clap hands and be out.
KZObsessed
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*phew* Now I've calmed down, this is just great news. Finally this shit is over. No longer will a movie be Blu-Ray exclusive in the US and HD-DVD exclusive in the UK so I'm screwed.
From now on, every movie that comes out I'll be able to buy on Blu-Ray *sniff* Fuck you format wars!
From now on, every movie that comes out I'll be able to buy on Blu-Ray *sniff* Fuck you format wars!
akachan ningen
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So why haven't Universal and Paramount made announcements yet?
akachan ningen said:
It's still between 6AM and 9AM in NA, usually business decisions are announced after the market closes at 5PM, so there's still time left.
I guess that both Universal and Paramount are ready because they had nearly two months to prepare their shift and they have defintely been warned by Toshiba about the situation.
Paramount could announce something today, Universal pretty soon.
Femmeworth
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Yay, now I don't have to buy an HD-DVD player for the Bourne films. >_>
AgentOtaku
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*post removed*
biggkidd32
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Now that embarrassing Hi-Def thread could be finally closed. What a joke that thread was.
ZeroTolerance
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AgentOtaku said:
dude did you read the OP ? you might wanna remove that image
Absinthe (Permed)
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so_awes said:
As far as that goes, I'm looking forward to nearly all of the Focus Features films. That includes The Big Lebowski, Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation, etc.
AgentOtaku
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ZeroTolerance said:
whoops sorry =/
Christoff Yurievich
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read the OP? who has time for that?ZeroTolerance said:
I hope we'll hear from Universal and Paramount by the end of the week about future plans.
ZeroTolerance
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bune duggy said:read the OP? who has time for that?
I hope we'll hear from Universal and Paramount by the end of the week about future plans.
I know:lol
Am lurking to see how many people will end up been banned because of that.
So will all HD DVD exclusives be re released on Blu now? I have a pretty descent HD DVD collection and I dont want to re buy them all on Blu. Getting tons of good deals on them though, Ocean trilogy for 40 bucks sealed, same for Matrix and stuff.
Can't wait to see what the retailers are doing with HD DVD sales.
Can't wait to see what the retailers are doing with HD DVD sales.
GodfatherX
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nbc/universal...give me my Heroes season 1 on bluray now
Dark Octave
Banned
Yeah right. If I was Sony, or the collective owners of Blu-Ray, I would penalize Universal and Paramount for their actions. I'd make them pay a much higher license fee than everyone else over the course of three years. I know I'm thinking more on a personal level instead of being business minded, but that's how I feel. They really tried to end Blu-Ray, and harm all companies that are involved exclusivley with it. I'd make them pay.JB1981 said:
Well, might as well go out with a bang. I watched The Bourne Ultimatum on HD-DVD yesterday (from Netflix), which was awesome, and I'm gonna blow my Christmas Circuit City gift card on American Gangster this afternoon. It will be my first actual HD disc purchase.
Question is, how low will the firesales go and is it worth it if you have no intention of going Blu in the next few years?
Question is, how low will the firesales go and is it worth it if you have no intention of going Blu in the next few years?
Dark Octave
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Like, OMG rite?dude said:
C'mon lets say someone at your friend's job was trying to get her fired or rotated so she can take her position. You wouldn't have just a little grudge against that person?
Jesus Carbomb
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So glad I didn't jump on any of those deals around christmas time.... so, sooo glad.
Just heard some really bad news on AVS.
Some people involved in the remastering of Star Trek:TOS have confirmed work stopped on encoding season 2 and remastering season 3. Evidently Toshiba was bankrolling the remastering completely to make it HDDVD exclusive (which makes sense as Star Trek was HDDVD exclusive before Paramount was) it completely and stopped paying for it.
So, unless someone foots the bill for it, it could be a while before S2 or S3 make it onto HDM.. and even then, they may be less likely for the snazy interactive bells and whistles. Sounds like Toshiba was paying companies to use the snazy HDi stuff.
Some people involved in the remastering of Star Trek:TOS have confirmed work stopped on encoding season 2 and remastering season 3. Evidently Toshiba was bankrolling the remastering completely to make it HDDVD exclusive (which makes sense as Star Trek was HDDVD exclusive before Paramount was) it completely and stopped paying for it.
So, unless someone foots the bill for it, it could be a while before S2 or S3 make it onto HDM.. and even then, they may be less likely for the snazy interactive bells and whistles. Sounds like Toshiba was paying companies to use the snazy HDi stuff.
Lord Error
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Yeah, that would be a bad decision. I'm almost thinking Paramount and especially Uni maybe are looking for any excuse to not support BD yet, just so they don't look like complete dumbasses now, crawling back to their 'enemy'.dude said:
Marconelly said:
I doubt that, but penalyzing them so they may effectively try and push for DD or some other alternative because the BRD board has a vendetta against them is pretty dumb idea too. BRD still needs these guys to get on board with them so people walk into BB and see all their favorite movies on one format. HDDVD may be dead, but BRD still has alot of traction they need to make in regards to HDM in general taking off.
BRD has alot to gain from bringing these companies into the fold as well, its a two way street.
The Main Event
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Just hoping that all announced HD DVD titles from several studios are still coming out as planned, and on time.
There will be blood, Sweeney Todd, Charlie Wilson's War (but they could always switch it to Blu-ray).
And I still want my German version of Terminator 2.
There will be blood, Sweeney Todd, Charlie Wilson's War (but they could always switch it to Blu-ray).
And I still want my German version of Terminator 2.
Dark Octave
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Blu-Ray has gotten this far without them. Now they REALLY don't need them. Not imediatley anyway. I'd say Par and Uni need Blu-Ray more right now. I'm not saying Blu-Ray should cut all ties, but they have to teach them some kind of lesson. They can't just let them crawl back with a welcoming smile on their face. "welcome back buddy, we missed you!" Hell nah!Marconelly said:
But like I said, the business man in me knows the difference between what I feel and how things work. I just wish Sony mixes a little bit of personal with their business when it comes to those two companies. Just this once.
And digital download will not be a significant threat for a long time. I wouldn't worry about that at all if I was Blu-Ray camp. Par and Uni have no where else to go.
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