is blu-ray the next beta?

LikeAnOcean

nerdiest thread.. ever.

Does anyone else not care who wins, but just wants a winner already?

I mean, the difference between VHS and DVD is amazing! The difference between DVD and 720p is nice. The difference between 720p and 1080p is minimal. Maybe my vision is just bad.

PearlJamaholic

LikeAnOcean wrote:

nerdiest thread.. ever.

Does anyone else not care who wins, but just wants a winner already?

I mean, the difference between VHS and DVD is amazing! The difference between DVD and 720p is nice. The difference between 720p and 1080p is minimal. Maybe my vision is just bad.

i dont really care, i just want it to be over with too.

i dont think this is the nerdiest thread ever....................not by a long shot. we could start a kirk vs picard thread.

NOCODE#1

mbangel10 wrote:

My roommates and I had one. It was like a gold LP that you had to flip over 1/2 way through the movie. LOL

I'm just glad that I wasn't the one who threw away $500 for it.

my dad had a self flipper

NOCODE#1

brainofPJ wrote:

at the CES on saturday, Akio Ozaka, head of Toshiba America Consumer Products, said they are still firm in the belief that their technology isn't dead yet.

"we have been declared dead before" - Jodi Sally

what are they going to say?

its over! anyone who's taken 5 minutes to read all the CES news knows its over

NOCODE#1

PearlJamaholic wrote:

i dont really care, i just want it to be over with too.

i dont think this is the nerdiest thread ever....................not by a long shot. we could start a kirk vs picard thread.

its actually 6-8x better

just like the vhs to dvd jump

your eyes are bad.

Rygar

NOCODE#1 wrote:

its actually 6-8x better

just like the vhs to dvd jump

your eyes are bad.

You quoted the wrong poster. Who's eyes are bad?

Rygar

On topic, I really hope some of the WB HD-DVD movies don't take long hitting Blu Ray.....

chromiam

Rygar wrote:

On topic, I really hope some of the WB HD-DVD movies don't take long hitting Blu Ray.....

Warner already releases movies in both formats... which is why this decision is such big news.

mca47

I'm just hoping Paramount will open their eyes and go back on the crazy idea they had last year. There are a good number of movies that I would like to get on BD that aren't available yet.

Rygar

chromiam wrote:

Warner already releases movies in both formats... which is why this decision is such big news.

Yeah, but there's still WB movies that are available on HDDVD only (currently) I'd like to see land on BR (Matrix trilogy, for example).

If I didn't own a PS3 I probably wouldn't care about the next gen movie wars, but I do own one, so...

chromiam

Rygar wrote:

Yeah, but there's still WB movies that are available on HDDVD only (currently) I'd like to see land on BR (Matrix trilogy, for example).

If I didn't own a PS3 I probably wouldn't care about the next gen movie wars, but I do own one, so...

I'm sure that the HD DVD only titles will be available for Blu-ray sooner rather than later, since Warner already has the Blu-ray manufacturing infrastructure in place.

Onestab

It's funny, as a new poster, watching this thread change directions...

It's gone from "is blu-ray the next betamax?"

to

"Anyone want to buy my HD-DVD player before it's a doorstop?"

in less than three weeks...

Disclosure: I'm a proud PS3 owner.
2nd Discloure: I'm a proud Apple user.

What no one seemed to have noticed in this thread is that Apple now sits on the BD Board, and they will be putting Blu-Ray burners in their computers in 2008.

HDDVD = HDDVDead

polaris

paramount is set to switch ... soon to be over for hd-dvd ... for those waiting to decide to get a player - wait for the new gen blu-ray players - they will allow you to play interactive games with the new dvds ...

mca47

Onestab wrote:

It's funny, as a new poster, watching this thread change directions...

It's gone from "is blu-ray the next betamax?"

to

"Anyone want to buy my HD-DVD player before it's a doorstop?"

in less than three weeks...

Disclosure: I'm a proud PS3 owner.
2nd Discloure: I'm a proud Apple user.

What no one seemed to have noticed in this thread is that Apple now sits on the BD Board, and they will be putting Blu-Ray burners in their computers in 2008.

HDDVD = HDDVDead

Dell also offers Blu-ray as well.

mca47

Financial Times says movie studio has the option to switch camps in wake of Warner's decision; studio reiterates HD-DVD stand.
Things are heating up in the HD DVD versus Blu-ray format wars--and it's no longer looking like the stalemate that Sony CEO Howard Stringer declared two months ago.



At the end of last week, Warner Bros. announced that it had decided to back Blu-ray--and now there are rumours that because of this move, Paramount and possibly DreamWorks Animation won't be far behind.

Today's Financial Times reveals that according to its sources, Paramount is "poised to reveal" it will be abandoning the HD DVD format in order to go Blu-ray exclusive.

The article states, "Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros. backing Blu-ray."

The newspaper believes that this would be the "death knell" for HD DVD and would see the format "likely to suffer the same fate as Sony's now obsolete Betamax video technology, which lost out to VHS in a similar format war in the 1980s."

Blu-ray is currently backed by 20th Century Fox, MGM, Walt Disney, and most recently Warner Bros.; if Paramount jumps ship, Universal will be left as the biggest HD DVD backer.

However, according to a later report from Bloomberg, Paramount has denied that it will be making the move. Brenda Ciccone told the financial Web site, "Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format." Toshiba spokesperson Keisuke Ohmori called the report "speculative," while Sony declined to comment.

The rumours had an immediate effect on the stock market--Toshiba's stock fell 0.1 percent to close at ¥782 ($7.17), though during the day the shares had dropped as much as a 1.3 percent, whereas Sony's rose 3.4 percent.

Rygar

mca47 wrote:

Financial Times says movie studio has the option to switch camps in wake of Warner's decision; studio reiterates HD-DVD stand.
Things are heating up in the HD DVD versus Blu-ray format wars--and it's no longer looking like the stalemate that Sony CEO Howard Stringer declared two months ago.



At the end of last week, Warner Bros. announced that it had decided to back Blu-ray--and now there are rumours that because of this move, Paramount and possibly DreamWorks Animation won't be far behind.

Today's Financial Times reveals that according to its sources, Paramount is "poised to reveal" it will be abandoning the HD DVD format in order to go Blu-ray exclusive.

The article states, "Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros. backing Blu-ray."

The newspaper believes that this would be the "death knell" for HD DVD and would see the format "likely to suffer the same fate as Sony's now obsolete Betamax video technology, which lost out to VHS in a similar format war in the 1980s."

Blu-ray is currently backed by 20th Century Fox, MGM, Walt Disney, and most recently Warner Bros.; if Paramount jumps ship, Universal will be left as the biggest HD DVD backer.

However, according to a later report from Bloomberg, Paramount has denied that it will be making the move. Brenda Ciccone told the financial Web site, "Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format." Toshiba spokesperson Keisuke Ohmori called the report "speculative," while Sony declined to comment.

The rumours had an immediate effect on the stock market--Toshiba's stock fell 0.1 percent to close at ¥782 ($7.17), though during the day the shares had dropped as much as a 1.3 percent, whereas Sony's rose 3.4 percent.

As they're taking their time jumping ship, it oughta extend the life of my Transformers DVD until it hits BR...

mca47

Microsoft May Turn to Blu-ray
The people get what the people want.
by Martin Robinson, IGN UK
UK, January 9, 2008 - Following something of a disastrous week for backers of HD-DVD technology, with the announcement of Warner Bros defecting to its chief rival and murmurings of Paramount going the same way, Microsoft has revealed that should the tide turn towards Sony's technology it would consider supporting the Blu-ray with the Xbox 360.

Speaking to Reuters, group marketing manager for Xbox hardware Albert Penello said, "It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider." Microsoft has previously aligned themselves to Toshiba's technology, offering an HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 and having been rumoured to be implementing a HD-DVD drive for future incarnations of its console.

Warner Bros's recent defection to Blu-ray technology sent shockwaves through the industry, even forcing Toshiba to cancel its Consumer Electronics Show presentation earlier this week. However, Penello was ultimately supportive of HD-DVD, stating that "…I've seen this battle declared over so many times. I want consumers to have a voice in this and I think there are a lot of consumers who bought HD-DVD who are going to have a say in how this shakes out."

Rygar

mca47 wrote:

Microsoft May Turn to Blu-ray
The people get what the people want.
by Martin Robinson, IGN UK
UK, January 9, 2008 - Following something of a disastrous week for backers of HD-DVD technology, with the announcement of Warner Bros defecting to its chief rival and murmurings of Paramount going the same way, Microsoft has revealed that should the tide turn towards Sony's technology it would consider supporting the Blu-ray with the Xbox 360.

Speaking to Reuters, group marketing manager for Xbox hardware Albert Penello said, "It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider." Microsoft has previously aligned themselves to Toshiba's technology, offering an HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 and having been rumoured to be implementing a HD-DVD drive for future incarnations of its console.

Warner Bros's recent defection to Blu-ray technology sent shockwaves through the industry, even forcing Toshiba to cancel its Consumer Electronics Show presentation earlier this week. However, Penello was ultimately supportive of HD-DVD, stating that "…I've seen this battle declared over so many times. I want consumers to have a voice in this and I think there are a lot of consumers who bought HD-DVD who are going to have a say in how this shakes out."

They said that over a year ago too. Any company that can afford to throw money at a dying format can afford to build a blu ray add on just as easily

LikeAnOcean

NOCODE#1 wrote:

its actually 6-8x better

just like the vhs to dvd jump

your eyes are bad.

Depends on how close you sit to your TV.. sure its allot higher resolution, but will it look better and how much better..

http://www.carltonbale.com/wp-content/uploads/resolution_chart.png


If you have a 42" TV and sit more than 12' away, there is no difference between 480p and 1,000,000p

I'm happy with DVD right now on my 32"..

mca47

Rygar wrote:

They said that over a year ago too. Any company that can afford to throw money at a dying format can afford to build a blu ray add on just as easily

Good point.
Just kinda feel bad for all of those that have purchased HD-DVD players or add-ons.
Hell, I know how it feels...I had a Sega Saturn back in the day LOL! Picking and dumping money on a dying format/system is just no fun.