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Croweyes1121 · 08-22-2007, 08:47 PM

I refuse to go neutral for one reason and one reason only: it will only aid in perpetuating the format war even further and hurt the chances of either format coming out a winner in the end. I might get every title I want in the short term, but I'll ultimately be losing out on ANY high definition titles, and I will not contribute to that happening. Trust me, it's very very tempting for me at this point to just say "oh, screw it!" and go neutral and get my Paramount / Dreamworks / Universal titles if I want to see them in hi def and let the studios flip-flop all they want and laugh in their faces - and the faces of those getting pissed off about it - as they do. Thing is, that move is very selfish and it does nothing to stop the war. It just serves to make the split that much more defined and dividing - and damaging - to home video and optical disc media in general. I want high definition optical discs to stick around. It sucks to have to pick a side, but I already picked my side when I bought my PS3 and I'm not going to contribute to the demise of both formats now that the future is less certain or I risk being the CAUSE of it getting even MORE SO in the future. Thing is, IF - and this is a big if - but IF HD DVD wins, then guess what? We're all going to end up with HD DVD players ANYWAY. Are we so spineless and self-serving here at blu-ray.com as a community that we can't hold out on buying movies that - let's be honest - MOST OF US ALREADY OWN until one format comes out of this victorious? Well, that's just sad. And it's exactly what Microsoft wants to happen. And it's exactly why I will not go neutral. Ever. If the tide turns so drastically that we're all watching high definition on HD DVD discs, so be it. I'll be happy as a pig in shit as long as ONE format survives this fiasco. I don't have to watch my hi def movies on Blu-Ray discs to be happy. But going neutral now jeopardizes everything for everyone who cares about HD at home, and I refuse to look back in a year and wish I'd not been a contributing factor to the death of the greatest thing to ever happen to home entertainment.

08-22-2007, 08:47 PM	#3
Croweyes1121 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Acworth, GA 4K collection:198 Blu-ray collection:549 DVD collection:113 Digital collection:373 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:32	I refuse to go neutral for one reason and one reason only: it will only aid in perpetuating the format war even further and hurt the chances of either format coming out a winner in the end. I might get every title I want in the short term, but I'll ultimately be losing out on ANY high definition titles, and I will not contribute to that happening. Trust me, it's very very tempting for me at this point to just say "oh, screw it!" and go neutral and get my Paramount / Dreamworks / Universal titles if I want to see them in hi def and let the studios flip-flop all they want and laugh in their faces - and the faces of those getting pissed off about it - as they do. Thing is, that move is very selfish and it does nothing to stop the war. It just serves to make the split that much more defined and dividing - and damaging - to home video and optical disc media in general. I want high definition optical discs to stick around. It sucks to have to pick a side, but I already picked my side when I bought my PS3 and I'm not going to contribute to the demise of both formats now that the future is less certain or I risk being the CAUSE of it getting even MORE SO in the future. Thing is, IF - and this is a big if - but IF HD DVD wins, then guess what? We're all going to end up with HD DVD players ANYWAY. Are we so spineless and self-serving here at blu-ray.com as a community that we can't hold out on buying movies that - let's be honest - MOST OF US ALREADY OWN until one format comes out of this victorious? Well, that's just sad. And it's exactly what Microsoft wants to happen. And it's exactly why I will not go neutral. Ever. If the tide turns so drastically that we're all watching high definition on HD DVD discs, so be it. I'll be happy as a pig in shit as long as ONE format survives this fiasco. I don't have to watch my hi def movies on Blu-Ray discs to be happy. But going neutral now jeopardizes everything for everyone who cares about HD at home, and I refuse to look back in a year and wish I'd not been a contributing factor to the death of the greatest thing to ever happen to home entertainment. Last edited by Croweyes1121; 08-22-2007 at 08:56 PM.