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Hussla · 11-11-2007, 12:23 AM

Transformers on HD-DVD not selling as well as reported............

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11598.cfm

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...question.phtml

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 12:29 AM

are people still talking about this?

The Don · 11-11-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Hussla

Transformers on HD-DVD not selling as well as reported............

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11598.cfm

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...question.phtml

these links are just stating what logically thinking people already knew...

Whytewash · 11-11-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

these links are just stating what logically thinking people already knew...

But it also shows paramount lying through their teeth trying to make themselves look better...

Nothin like rubbin a little salt in the wound, catchin paramount in a lie.... I love it!

The Don · 11-11-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Whytewash

But it also shows paramount lying through their teeth trying to make themselves look better...

Nothin like rubbin a little salt in the wound, catchin paramount in a lie.... I love it!

yessir...but I really feel sorry for them that they decided to bend over their integrity for money...

I could be enjoying TF right now...and I can't...

and I refuse to go purple over a handful of movies....especially when a couple of them are supposed to come out within the next 12 months and I don't expect there to be a red format available 12 months from now anyways...

Whytewash · 11-11-2007, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

and I refuse to go purple over a handful of movies....especially when a couple of them are supposed to come out within the next 12 months and I don't expect there to be a red format available 12 months from now anyways...

I hear ya there. I have been tempted. I have put items in my cart before but I am so thankful that I never went through with the purchase. TF was an amazing film with stunning SFX but it is a movie that I have no problem upconverting until the real deal comes out...

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Whytewash

I hear ya there. I have been tempted. I have put items in my cart before but I am so thankful that I never went through with the purchase. TF was an amazing film with stunning SFX but it is a movie that I have no problem upconverting until the real deal comes out...

same but not to mention im not gonna drop 300$ on something thats not even good and wont be around

Whytewash · 11-11-2007, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by pedigree

same but not to mention im not gonna drop 300$ on something thats not even good and wont be around

...just to double dip on the titles when they become released on blu

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Whytewash

...just to double dip on the titles when they become released on blu

im just impatient you know.... im sure if i wudda seen those A2's or A3's at 100$ with the free movie offers i woulda for sure said what the hell and picked it up

Tru-way · 11-11-2007, 01:08 AM

This is not new news is it

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Tru-way

This is not new news is it

front page

The Don · 11-11-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Whytewash

I hear ya there. I have been tempted. I have put items in my cart before but I am so thankful that I never went through with the purchase. TF was an amazing film with stunning SFX but it is a movie that I have no problem upconverting until the real deal comes out...

see...I can only purchase high def movies nowadays...

if it's not in high def, I'll wait until it actually is...

Tru-way · 11-11-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by pedigree

front page

The articles from the OP are 2 weeks old.

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Tru-way

The articles from the OP are 2 weeks old.

no they are groundbreaking headline news. it was just released 2 minutes ago. lol i dont know.. who cares

sohjonn · 11-11-2007, 01:49 AM

i don't get tired of hearing about it. anytime i hear some rebuttal from HD-DVD i just say, we beat you during transformers week.

for example:
BD+ was cracked! (i hear this all the time)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

You lack features! (i hear this all the time)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

BD incomplete! (i hear this all the time)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

sony ceo says the word "stalemate" (i hear this all the time now)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

ppl don't use the PS3 to watch bd movies (i hear this all the time)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

our prices are cheap (i hear this all the time)
yeah but we beat you during TF's week

i can keep going and going, but i hope you get my point (i hear this all the time)
it's very effective and straight to the point.

use it wisely

jw · 11-11-2007, 02:13 AM

HONESTLY, Did we expect anything less than fudged numbers, when you make one of the biggest financial mistakes a company can make, they have to make it look good for investors, thats all they are trying to do, please them and increase overall market value.

Poor people, I watched it on HDDVD, I WAS NOT impressed at all with the experience, no more than a dvd experience to me.

Whytewash · 11-11-2007, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jwbbud

HONESTLY, Did we expect anything less than fudged numbers, when you make one of the biggest financial mistakes a company can make, they have to make it look good for investors, thats all they are trying to do, please them and increase overall market value.

Poor people, I watched it on HDDVD, I WAS NOT impressed at all with the experience, no more than a dvd experience to me.

I wouldnt say that it was a financial mistake. They made more money to do the switch (150 million) than they would selling BD in 18 months. Assuming that paramount even makes a dollar per release (which is WAY high but I am using it for the sake of argument), there is no way that they would sell 150 million discs in 18 months. Financially it was smart. For the consumer, it was bad...

I admit that it is a ***** for consumers but then again, financially, it was a good decision. I am not backing Paramount here but anyone in their right mind knows that it is a business and every decision is made to increase profits and fill the pockets of the CEOs of these HUGE corporations

Gio · 11-11-2007, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pedigree

im just impatient you know.... im sure if i wudda seen those A2's or A3's at 100$ with the free movie offers i woulda for sure said what the hell and picked it up

i wouldnt embarass my system with one of those pieces of crap, not really much better then playing a standard DVD and upscaling it with your blu-ray player of choice..

bootman · 11-11-2007, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

see...I can only purchase high def movies nowadays...

if it's not in high def, I'll wait until it actually is...

Do you really think all of the HD-DVD exclusives will be re-encoded to take advantage of bluray once it becomes the standard?

I don't. They aren't now with neutral titles.

pedigree · 11-11-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Gio

i wouldnt embarass my system with one of those pieces of crap, not really much better then playing a standard DVD and upscaling it with your blu-ray player of choice..

seriously especailly since the max you can get outta an hd dvd player is 1080i

11-11-2007, 12:23 AM	#1
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11-11-2007, 12:29 AM	#2
pedigree Power Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	are people still talking about this?

11-11-2007, 01:08 AM	#10
Tru-way Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:2	This is not new news is it

11-11-2007, 01:49 AM	#15
sohjonn Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	i don't get tired of hearing about it. anytime i hear some rebuttal from HD-DVD i just say, we beat you during transformers week. for example: BD+ was cracked! (i hear this all the time) yeah but we beat you during TF's week You lack features! (i hear this all the time) yeah but we beat you during TF's week BD incomplete! (i hear this all the time) yeah but we beat you during TF's week sony ceo says the word "stalemate" (i hear this all the time now) yeah but we beat you during TF's week ppl don't use the PS3 to watch bd movies (i hear this all the time) yeah but we beat you during TF's week our prices are cheap (i hear this all the time) yeah but we beat you during TF's week i can keep going and going, but i hope you get my point (i hear this all the time) it's very effective and straight to the point. use it wisely

11-11-2007, 02:13 AM	#16
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	HONESTLY, Did we expect anything less than fudged numbers, when you make one of the biggest financial mistakes a company can make, they have to make it look good for investors, thats all they are trying to do, please them and increase overall market value. Poor people, I watched it on HDDVD, I WAS NOT impressed at all with the experience, no more than a dvd experience to me.

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