"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man" - Page 46 - Blu-ray Forum

NovaKane · 02-15-2008, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The next nail should be coming from rental or retail. There will be no mercy until the Death Certificate is *official* public record.

Is there really a need for more nails? Oh, the horror of it all!!!

And by the way, I would have enjoyed the Monty Python parrot skit more if the color of the bird was RED and not BLUe.

DrXym · 02-15-2008, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRealBob

Toshiba dropping HD DVD wouldn't be "an additional nail in the coffin". It would more be planting the grass seeds on the burial site.

Nah it would be more like them shoving the coffin into the incinerator, turning on the gas and pushing the pilot button.

w_tanoto · 02-15-2008, 09:44 AM

is a denial from toshiba can be expected today?

Mr. Spiffy-Pants · 02-15-2008, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thulium

Too late. I think Michael Bay already posted that question.

Heh! Not surprised...

Hmm... I wonder what retail/rental chain will be the next to fall in line? I'm a little thirsty, though, so I might have to ask my friends down the street, the Waltons, if they've visited the local quickie mart for some soda recently...

[EDIT: Just my guess, I have no where near the insight of even the forum regulars on this board.]

elwaylite · 02-15-2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Penton-Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUzPq...eature=related

Now thats funny as balls at 7am.

elwaylite · 02-15-2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Spiffy-Pants

Heh! Not surprised...

Hmm... I wonder what retail/rental chain will be the next to fall in line? I'm a little thirsty, though, so I might have to ask my friends down the street, the Waltons, if they've visited the local quickie mart for some soda recently...

[EDIT: Just my guess, I have no where near the insight of even the forum regulars on this board.]

Im with you, especially since the A3 is MIA.

TheLion · 02-15-2008, 12:55 PM

So I guess I have to update my signature once again

btw even AVS's Mark Rubin called it a day.

"time to recognize the obvious and move on...

We all have had enough of this format war: it is hurting AVS and HDM: we (AVS) should get back to being a technical forum"

"So yes, from my standpoint it is over: we should work toward getting AVS back to a gentler, kinder place where folks come for technical advise"

Do you think it might be helpful to AVS to recommend Blu Ray as their choice for HDM much in the same way Best Buy are doing?

Mark Rubin: "Yes."

Talking about domino effect...

TheLion · 02-15-2008, 01:20 PM

Can somebody please find me a tasty, metaphoric clip of rats leaving the sinking ship. Very fitting considering the A-mans departure in Q407.

groovyone · 02-15-2008, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Penton... I about fell out of my chair laughing. Warn a guy next time, will ya?!

For the metaphor, I'd chose this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTSAFcLXqYY

Substitute one former fowl for a particular high-def format...

HAHAHA, both of you are cracking me up! Communication through YouTube videos is definitely a skill.

GregBlu5 · 02-15-2008, 02:22 PM

Penton:

With all the rumors of late regarding Tosh, Para, Uni, DW--in your experience as an insider, would you believe that these HD DVD supporters communicate with one another regarding any potential new/renewed support of Blu, or would they keep their own behind-the-scenes actions to themselves and not tell one another what they are planning in the coming months?

Thanks!

-Greg

CptGreedle · 02-15-2008, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnAlden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0, Don't Stop Me Now-Queens

Nice. I love QUEEN, and this is an appropriate song.
But so is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig

JasonR · 02-15-2008, 03:01 PM

Is this the retailer you speak of?

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873029-7.html

CptGreedle · 02-15-2008, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonR

Is this the retailer you speak of?

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873029-7.html

I was just about to ask that.
Is that what you meant Penton??

DaViD Boulet · 02-15-2008, 03:08 PM

Damn,

Walmart too!

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873029-7.html

Penton-Man · 02-15-2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLion

So I guess I have to update my signature once again

btw even AVS's Mark Rubin called it a day.

"time to recognize the obvious and move on...

We all have had enough of this format war: it is hurting AVS and HDM: we (AVS) should get back to being a technical forum"

"So yes, from my standpoint it is over: we should work toward getting AVS back to a gentler, kinder place where folks come for technical advise"

Do you think it might be helpful to AVS to recommend Blu Ray as their choice for HDM much in the same way Best Buy are doing?

Mark Rubin: "Yes."

Talking about domino effect...

Well if he or one of the other mods are truly interested in making it a kinder, gentler forum with more emphasis on *technical issues*, might I suggest that they stop deleting my posts on AVS when I simply provide a link to the same *technical* post on this forum because I don’t have the time to copy and paste the damn thing to multiple online forums.

For instance, I typed up this…………….
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...d=1#post559128

and posted a link to it on this thread of AVS where there would be no historical record of such unless mhafner quoted me (you can’t find my original post there on that page of AVS)……………………….
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...&postcount=330

Not that I’m blaming mark in particular for this deletion of my *technical* post but, it strikes me as rather a bias action given the fact that the last time I checked, Ben Wagoner continues to post a link to his blog in his signature (which is essentially an advertisement to/for Microsoft endeavors and products) which is a violation of the latest AVS rule change….unless they changed them again.

Penton-Man · 02-15-2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonR

Is this the retailer you speak of?

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873029-7.html

Yes, that would be correct.
St. Valentine’s Week Massacre.

db2 · 02-15-2008, 03:13 PM

The look and sound of obsolescence

Arecsa · 02-15-2008, 03:13 PM

Massacre indeed, wow! Thank you for the confirmation.

phansson · 02-15-2008, 03:14 PM

Wow, the Wal Mart announcement was kind of a let down after the Hollywood Reporter article.

Penton, congratulations. I know you have worked hard on this.

SDG · 02-15-2008, 03:17 PM

Must be hard to hold back that kind of Information.

02-15-2008, 12:55 PM	#907
TheLion Member Member since:Sep 2007	So I guess I have to update my signature once again btw even AVS's Mark Rubin called it a day. "time to recognize the obvious and move on... We all have had enough of this format war: it is hurting AVS and HDM: we (AVS) should get back to being a technical forum" "So yes, from my standpoint it is over: we should work toward getting AVS back to a gentler, kinder place where folks come for technical advise" Do you think it might be helpful to AVS to recommend Blu Ray as their choice for HDM much in the same way Best Buy are doing? Mark Rubin: "Yes." Talking about domino effect... Last edited by TheLion; 02-15-2008 at 12:59 PM.

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02-15-2008, 01:20 PM	#908
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02-15-2008, 02:22 PM	#910
GregBlu5 Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indio, CA 4K collection:794 Blu-ray collection:3954 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:1	Penton: With all the rumors of late regarding Tosh, Para, Uni, DW--in your experience as an insider, would you believe that these HD DVD supporters communicate with one another regarding any potential new/renewed support of Blu, or would they keep their own behind-the-scenes actions to themselves and not tell one another what they are planning in the coming months? Thanks! -Greg

02-15-2008, 03:01 PM	#912
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02-15-2008, 03:08 PM	#914
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02-15-2008, 03:13 PM	#917
db2 Member Member since:Jan 2008	The look and sound of obsolescence

02-15-2008, 03:13 PM	#918
Arecsa Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:74	Massacre indeed, wow! Thank you for the confirmation.

02-15-2008, 03:14 PM	#919
phansson Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:643 Blu-ray reviews:1	Wow, the Wal Mart announcement was kind of a let down after the Hollywood Reporter article. Penton, congratulations. I know you have worked hard on this.

02-15-2008, 03:17 PM	#920
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