Tis the Season to be Blu

[Supa]

Im sure a thread like this has already gone up, but im going to write this anyway. This needs to be heard, and repeated...over and over again.

Now is the time. NOW is the time for you to support Blu-Ray during this most important holiday season.

You can do this anyway you want. Personally, Ive asked for NOTHING but Blu-Ray for Christmas, and plan on spending all my money on it after the fact. Warner is rumored to weigh the options of exclusivity after the shopping season and I personally dont want the 55+ titles on my shelf to become anything less than a paperweights in the future.

Im not at all worried about BRDs "disappearing", im simply stating that if there is a time to "strike" in this format war with the obvious "buying power" Blu supporters have IT IS NOW. And be "real" about it. All you "Purple Nerples" as someone on these boards have dubbed, you "dual format" supporters, seriously, pick a side. Stick with it. You are the reason this war is enduring. Sorry, but thats a true story. Maybe you arent the ONLY reason it is, but you arent helping the situation.

Im not a "fanboy". Im simply someone who has chosen, and is sticking with their decision. I see Blu-Ray as a product that is the "next step" in format generation, not just an upgraded technology. Though, maybe Ive taken it to the extreme with my “choice”, but SO HAVE THE STUDIOS.

I currently own 550 movie titles on SD-DVD, and since, have abandoned the format for the future of HD entertainment, (Blu-Ray if you haven’t been paying attention). I have chosen my side, and I like many of you have gone from annoyed to angry at corrupt studios more interested in supporting a dying cheap product for their own pride, rather for any real business decision. (I could REALLY go into this, but thats not what this is about)

Because of Universal's decision to not end the war when they could have, for Paramount’s decision to switch over and abandon their consumers all for the sake of a CORRUPT payout, I have ALSO "chosen" to boycott these studios. Im not saying you need to do the same, but they turned their backs on me, and I have done the same. I do not own Transformers. My wife told me she wants Shrek for Christmas, I told her she could ask for it from someone else. I do not go see these studios' movies in theaters (Not even Beowulf); I do not buy their products on SD-DVD. I do not, and WILL NOT, give them a dime until they support the format that I have chosen. Plain and simple.

Weve all read the "let the consumers decide" rants, but weve already seen what they HAVE decided. Yet somewhere, someone, continues to let this war endure. Im not pointing fingers, and all I AM saying is....chose your side. Stick with it, however you want to go about it. One way or the other, youre just throwing your money away. And support Blu this holiday season.