"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by SDG

Max and Penton, In due time, will you be able to give details of how this whole thing fell out with a time line? Say from Paramont going red untill all Studios are BLU. It would be very interisting.

The people on this forum are actually quite lucky because all along they have been experiencing an accurate accounting of the format war in real time. (Examples include news concerning Target endcaps, Stephen Nickerson moving on, etc.)
There has been little need to read places like Reuters, N.Y. Times, blogs of professional “analysts”, etc. – exception being The Digital Bits, of course.

They read us !

[MrVorhees]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The people on this forum are actually quite lucky because all along they have been experiencing an accurate accounting of the format war in real time. (Examples include news concerning Target endcaps, Stephen Nickerson moving on, etc.)
There has been little need to read places like Reuters, N.Y. Times, blogs of professional “analysts”, etc. – exception being The Digital Bits, of course.

They read us !

@MOD's Sorry for entering the thread without a question,if its spam feel free to delete my comment.

But..

Absolutely no doubt! i agree , i always go here at first when i want to get my news, the insiders in here are 100% accurate, almost every other forum wish to have such great insider like we have on blu-ray.com.. I always appreciate the insider section and id like to thank you all insiders for your fantastic work! its always great to read your comments and giving a great start into the day, this is like my daily coffee + newspaper

THANK YOU INSIDERS!

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Wilche

Hmmm, I may be opening that nice bottle of peaty Lagavulin I picked up at Wally's tent sale Saturday.

What year? The best I can get here in Austin is the 16 yr. I have a few of the 12yr cask strength ready for special occasions. I used to frequent the UK for work and I'm certain I'da been considered a smuggler with all of the bottles I moved.

[SDG]

I was refering to the behind the curtins kind of stuff. No doubt that this is the best place for insider information. And THANK YOU very much for what you have been able to give us. I was referring to WB talks etc.. I like to beleave that WB made their move because BLU sales and a greater potential over all. Im sure that there are things that you would love to let us in on but are not able to at this point in time. Once again, thank you and all of the other insider here for what you have given us.

[zipbags]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Max, I’m glad to see you back and helping me out here on my thread because it looks like I’ll have to go radio silent concerning issues regarding hold-out studios for the time being.

Uh oh. Penton looks to be readying to put a couple of torpedoes into the S.S. Hd-Dud.


Of course they are all wearing blue shirts.

[coolmilo]

Hello Penton-Man,

Assuming Toshiba pulls the plug on HD DVD, why would they not announce support for Blu-ray? The reason I ask is because everything I read is suggesting that they will quit the HDM business altogether.

Thanks...

[hollywoodguy]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The people on this forum are actually quite lucky because all along they have been experiencing an accurate accounting of the format war in real time. (Examples include news concerning Target endcaps, Stephen Nickerson moving on, etc.)
There has been little need to read places like Reuters, N.Y. Times, blogs of professional “analysts”, etc. – exception being The Digital Bits, of course.

They read us !

I really have to laugh when I think about how - on this very message board - we knew a lot better what was going on with Warner going into CES than freaking Toshiba themselves... Victory celebration my ass, excuse my French. I think the access to real time information on this board has been unprecedented and I can't believe you guys got away with it all. Good for us though, and THANKS!

I just hope all the insiders stay around to share information, answer questions and hear suggestions now that the war is over. It can only be for the better of the format & the product, as can be seen from the quality of SPHE's releases, which, IMO, has improved a great deal through paidgeek's accessibility on this forum (and AVS, when they were still relevant).

[eat_me_cool]

Originally Posted by zipbags

Uh oh. Penton looks to be readying to put a couple of torpedoes into the S.S. Hd-Dud.

Thats not the best picture to chose - it showing the view a U-boat captain would recieve just before he gets rammed.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by coolmilo

Hello Penton-Man,

Assuming Toshiba pulls the plug on HD DVD, why would they not announce support for Blu-ray?

Immediately?

Some experts say that a paper is being reviewed for the Annals of Psychiatry listing a new type of depression………..

Dud-pression

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by eat_me_cool

Thats not the best picture to chose.

Well your avatar aint bad.
You’ve got to blow that up someday for us.

[Penton-Man]

Later folks.
Power lunchtime………………….

[jason_grumpy]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Later folks.
Power lunchtime………………….

I wonder if I was the only one that caught that...

[Blu Titan]

Penton, how about putting in a word for a "Victory BOGO"

[Thulium]

Okay, here's my "read into" this: Toshiba might just have grown a clue and realized that they'll be screwing over their last few friends if they drop HD DVD before Universal/Payamount are ready to jump ship. I'm guessing that Toshiba has basically made the decision, but won't officially "make a decision" until Universal and/or Payamount give them the go-ahead.

[Jiffylush]

Originally Posted by Thulium

Okay, here's my "read into" this: Toshiba might just have grown a clue and realized that they'll be screwing over their last few friends if they drop HD DVD before Universal/Payamount are ready to jump ship. I'm guessing that Toshiba has basically made the decision, but won't officially "make a decision" until Universal and/or Payamount give them the go-ahead.

Nah, many signs still pointing to tomorrow...

new report: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/18/t...row-stop-sale/

[kaliraver]

Speaking about tomorrow and reports of Warner being released from their contract to release movies until the end of May. If this is true will they still release DUD announced titles (especially I Am Legend) or will they be able to can those titles from release to the DUD crowd? Thanks Penton for all your help and support in what was this madness of format war. BTW enjoy your Powerlunch

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by Jiffylush

Nah, many signs still pointing to tomorrow...

new report: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/18/t...row-stop-sale/

you realize that working day tomorrow in Japan is about 2 hours away, right?

[Jiffylush]

Originally Posted by jkwest

you realize that working day tomorrow in Japan is about 2 hours away, right?

Yep

/crosses fingers

[Sporty]

Originally Posted by jkwest

you realize that working day tomorrow in Japan is about 2 hours away, right?

But if Toshiba might wait for the end of the day and close of the JP markets, so we could have ~10 hour wait to hear

EDIT: From Digital Bits. Toshiba has a press conference scheduled at 5PM Tuesday Tokyo time. That 12AM PST tonight

[theknub]

Originally Posted by Wilche

Hmmm, I may be opening that nice bottle of peaty Lagavulin I picked up at Wally's tent sale Saturday.

why do that? i have a bottle of benrinnes. my current personal favorite. if you want to-kill-ya, i recently had a fantastic evening with don julio 1942. ill never be the same....

edit: i know benny is small, it'd kind of like finding that great boutique wine where no one knows about it but a few. im a huge fan but it hits the palate perfect so other may not have the same experience. given that i'm in the US, finding anything small is a big deal. i'm a scotch snob and really do like what i import (love having one of my best mates working in glasgow and edinburgh) that no one has a clue about