Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[HD-Greek]

Originally Posted by SA0CD

Man this has been a busy day. I need a good meal now. If you guys have any important questions, PM me or post it here.

Are you working for Warner?

[GarettP]

If this is true this will be the best 48 hrs in my short HD life!! DirecTV finally flips their HD switch and WB going Blu, WOW! If it doesn't come true oh well, just as long as they don't announce the total opposite!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Joe Cain

But I can't HELP it.

same here

[Blu-Light]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

dude...heres the deal. a hack poster would hae made a post and maybe a couple of more to respond the initial skepticism...but really...would he give such good reasoning or leave you with an invitation to pm him? would he go through all the trouble to lead us astray about whats going to be announced tomorrow?
a hack poster would have let the pain linger for days and days...not 24 hours!
im putting my money on him. scary as it is...i'm doing it. all my chips are in. poo on me tomorrow if it doesn't happen.

I agree with you to an extent, however, Hd-DUDers are ruthless in their love of the format.

However, something tell's me this is the truth.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by Nick Graham

My main source of consternation - why would Warner officially announce Twister for both formats in January? Seems like they would have held back such an announcement unless this was a last minute deal like the Paramount one.

Even though it's a rumour and I'm taking it with a grain of salt. If it turn out to be true about WB going Blu-ray only. I think this won't be the same situation that Paramount was in. They'll probably release all the titles previously announced and sell them till they run out of HD DVD copies.

Besides, I have noticed a lot of WB titles being announced with PCM soundtracks these days for Blu-ray. In fact, the Harry Potter edition for Blu-ray features TONS and TONS of subtitles and soundtracks in different languages while HD DVD has only 3 languages for both soundtracks and subtitles which is English, French and Spanish.

Once WB decides to upper the video bandwidth, I'll be happy as hell.

[mattym]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

dude...heres the deal. a hack poster would hae made a post and maybe a couple of more to respond the initial skepticism...but really...would he give such good reasoning or leave you with an invitation to pm him? would he go through all the trouble to lead us astray about whats going to be announced tomorrow?
a hack poster would have let the pain linger for days and days...not 24 hours!
im putting my money on him. scary as it is...i'm doing it. all my chips are in. poo on me tomorrow if it doesn't happen.

i fear your being sucked in!! Resist!!!! turn off your internet for 24 hours and then when you turn it back on you will know one way of the other, dont let the speculation do you in!

[ReduxInflux]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

This rumor has taken off like wildfire! HD DVD supporters are protesting in front of the Warner offices....

ha ha ha. i have to take a few seconds and point out that this was reallllly poignantly funny thanks

[radagast]

Originally Posted by SA0CD

Hello,
I'm happy to announce that tomorrow 10AM PST Warner will issue a press release announcing they are going Blu-ray exclusive. I know many of you will not believe me and think this is simply a joke (which I dont blame you for) but I ask you one thing :
-Wait till tomorrow and see what happens. If the announcement doesn't come through, you can blame me all you want and ban me from the site.
Again I'm going to expect alot of doubful comments (or maybe some not nice ones ) coming but I'm fine with it. I'm some one you guys already know (and perhaps you have read my posts before ).
As for those folks willing to have a bit more faith in me, let me give you some insights for tomorrow's announcement :

-Tomorrow Warner will announce going Blu-ray exclusive. However they will honor their commitment to HD DVD (unlike Paramount to Blu-ray) and release all the titles that were promised this year. Starting 2008, Warner will release only in Blu-ray Disc format.
-Waner will release all the previously exclusive HD DVD titles on Blu-ray by end of Q2 2008.
-The first Blu-ray live title (including PiP) from warner will release early 2008.
-As for their joint promotion with Toshiba regarding bundling 300 with 3rd generation Blu-ray players, the offer will expire December 2007.
-New Line will also go Blu-ray exclusive starting 2008 (Hairspray hint anyone?)
-One big catalogue title will be released exclusive on Blu-ray by Q2 2008. I believe Peter Jackson has something to do with that title

Tomorrow 10AM Pacific Time. For those of you who will think I'm not telling the truth or being stupid, I respect that opinion. But coming tomorrow when Warner announces exclusivity, all of you have to send me a Blu-ray movie as a bonus .

If you are lying you should immediately be banned as a troll stirring up trouble.

[pscoop]

Intriguing. I also want to believe this is true. Guess we will know tomorrow.

[Branden]

i'm putting 11:01 MST into my outlook calendar at work.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by JimSD

Don't stoop to that level. Take the high road.

Dude! It's a joke! I have a long history of being very sarcastic. Ask any mod. . .

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

that is my guess exactly. OP said Warner had no probs, why New line have probs with it?

Because New Line Cinema isn't an international distributor. They distribute their movies through different distributors in different countries. In Canada, they are released through Alliance Atlantis.

[SS316SRV]

SAOCD,

If this happens I appreciate the heads up. Until we see a press release...



I can make up news to. Britney Spears voted "Mother of the Year." In an unrelated story, the Earth actually started to spin the opposite direction. And in more made up news, I just set the world bench press record with a bench of 1150 lbs, while having a 36" dick.


(I hope you are right. Please understand the skepticism)

[blublublu]

Originally Posted by Nick Graham

I want Beatboy demanding we all contact our Attorney General's office if this is true, and endless threads citing "money laundering" and calling Sony and Panasonic $ony and Pana$onic. Otherwise my sig is going to change to a simple "Pot - Kettle- Black".

Not to be disparaging, but this thread seems like something that Beatboy would have started.

[RUR]

Originally Posted by BlueNeon

Well the guy admits to posting here before. Perhaps an insider?

Or perhaps someone who was banned and who is now having us on. At least we won't have to wait long to find out.

Pretty sure Iceman/Marwin have an "ultimate ban" button which would cause this guys display to explode if he turns out to be funning us. If he's not, I just might send him a BD of his choice.

[L or S of Perfect?]

Originally Posted by SA0CD

-One big catalogue title will be released exclusive on Blu-ray by Q2 2008. I believe Peter Jackson has something to do with that title

LOTR

If true I guess it's not coming by this Xmas season.

[Mikeesracing]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

dude...heres the deal. a hack poster would have made a post and maybe a couple of more to respond to the initial skepticism...but really...would he give such good reasoning or leave you with an invitation to pm him? would he go through all the trouble to lead us astray about whats going to be announced tomorrow?
a hack poster would have let the pain linger for days and days...not 24 hours!
im putting my money on him. scary as it is...i'm doing it. all my chips are in. poo on me tomorrow if it doesn't happen.

He might not be a smart hacker.

[CAB]

OK, so we are under Daylight Savings Time (DST) until the last Sunday in October which means PST is PDT-1. So those setting your clocks, make sure you account for the time shift. I live in Texas which is CDT. 10:00 a.m. PST is 9:00 a.m. PDT which is 11:00 a.m. CDT.

Is that math right?

[slpbird]

This is gonna be the longest 24 hours of my life. So much for actually working tomorrow ill be glue to the computer just to see if this is true.

[Manco]

It's BeatBoy guys. I guess grandma got an urgent call while making his pizza bagels.