AVS Forum Celebrates Peace in the Format War

[saprano]

It was fun wile it lasted

Rochester, NY, Feb 21, 2008 – AVS Forum has always been a neutral and open forum for discussion of the consumer electronics hobby, even through recent tumultuous times. However, with announcements by Toshiba and Universal, the conflict of the latest format war is at an end. AVS Forum now looks forward to reduced consumer confusion and increased adoption of High Definition content on discs.

AVS Forum, at its core, is a community based on enthusiasts helping one another. More experienced members have freely shared their insights and recommendations to those new to the consumer electronics hobby. However, the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray cast its shadow even here. Member’s debates over benefits of each format would often end in senseless bickering based on their personnel choice of next generation disc formats. Well, no more.

With previous announcements by Warner Bros, Netflix, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Blockbuster all putting support behind Blu-ray, the writing appeared to be on the wall. Now with Toshiba declaring an end to HD DVD player production and Universal Studios stating their support for Blu-ray, the shots fired during the format war have been silenced.

AVS Forum paraphrased Abraham Lincoln, “An industry divided against itself cannot prosper! – We have always maintained that enjoying home theater is about watching the best quality picture and sound, regardless of what color case the movies come in. Content is king and we hope the manufacturers have learned that, lest we repeat this format war in the future. There should be one and only one next generation disc format; and time has proven that to be Blu-ray. Now we can all be excited about our movies without wondering which type of player to buy.

AVS Forum will maintain specific sections of the site dedicated to the set up and connection of both HD DVD and Blu-ray as long as they are needed, but sections focusing around the debate over which format is superior will now be closed.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=997907

[Pilam69]

Let them eat cake.

[Blu Titan]

Good riddance to HD DVD. Lets be wary of a probable increase in Troll activity here.

[GregBlu5]

It's like, "We're not going to admit which is the better format because we will no longer allow discussion of that issue."

[Sonny]

"Neutral".........see that a funny word

[Mericalis]

Now that Amir has gone Blu and all the little Red Ants have stopped their FUDding, it might be a bit boring over there...

[dadkins]

Naw. I imagine there will be a few still trying to spew nonsense.

[JTK]

This has no meaning or credibility in my eyes whatsoever.

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

Can we expect a similar statement from High Def Digest?!

[RickD]

I have no intention of returning to AVS anytime soon if ever. Amir made that decision for me long ago.

Rick

[ikbradley]

Originally Posted by JTK

This has no meaning or credibility in my eyes whatsoever.

I have to agree. From what I saw over at AVS, the senior members who supported Blu-ray were ostracized and harassed by many, including long-term members or those with paid membership.

Amis, Rdjam and Kotsy were the tip of the iceberg. It will nice to see AVS provide high quality forum discussion once again. A great forum that went off the rails because of zealots.

P.S. Funny about not revising the message with including Paramount.

[Scorxpion]

OR DVDTOWN!!!!!

they did not give BD as it should give opinions in the past

[Kage99]

Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

Can we expect a similar statement from High Def Digest?!

Only if it's along with an uptick of the Casino Royale video score.

Kage99.

[dakota81]

Still, they actively fueled the chaos the past 3 years. It's interesting they use the sentence "AVS Forum now looks forward to reduced consumer confusion and increased adoption of High Definition content on discs."

That's what everyone there argued would not happen if HD DVD goes away.

[Joon]

And yet there is very little space at all to talk about anything on there. They closed ever major thread regarding all news. Even the Toshiba announcing to drop HD DVD thread is closed.

[Bizdady]

AVS lost alot of credability with their behavior.

[landry_p2000]

You guys have to grant me immunity here. I got the HD DVD drive, because I already owned an Xbox 360. I just went to Blu-ray when I got a PS3 a month ago, and I am glad that I did.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Joon

And yet there is very little space at all to talk about anything on there. They closed ever major thread regarding all news. Even the Toshiba announcing to drop HD DVD thread is closed.

you got a link to those?.

[talman]

AVS Forum has always been a neutral and open forum for discussion

Wow...did I really just read that??

[cajun1975]

A BIG helping of humble pie