Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by RUR

Hell, if nothing else, it's worth watching rdjam's bloodpressure hit the roof:


campaignhd scares the hell out of me - not.

Man he is upset. Do you have a link to that thread.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Right of Might

I really don't know what to say if this is legit then it's the best news of the year. If it's not why would to OP do it? Maybe he's from AVS or the HD-DUD forums and this is just to get a laugh after our performance yesterday with the Fantastic Four thing. We all want to believe you and hope you're right. Time will tell.

even if this isn't true its bad news for hd dvd. somebody will pick this up and post it on the front of their website tommorow. thatlly slow down hd dvd sales.

[Bullseye]

BTW I wonder if rjam would be as vocal if this was infact a HD-fanboy trying to stir up trouble. I would like to see him taken to task at AVS if this is FUD.

[RUR]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

Man he is upset. Do you have a link to that thread.

It's the rumor (or is it rumour?) thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...897356&page=37

[Mericalis]

Ladies and gentlemen, I do have a question for your minds to wrap around here, maybe this will keep this thread going a bit as well...why would Warner announce that they were going exclusive if today they decided this:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...f_Bundles/1008

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by WellInformed
I couldn't find out much about this at all, but I can say there might be something to this. My usual contacts have completely clamed up. There is something going on.

very intetesting. at hdd

[blackhawktraffic]

Weeeeeeeeeeee

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Ladies and gentlemen, I do have a question for your minds to wrap around here, maybe this will keep this thread going a bit as well...why would Warner announce that they were going exclusive if today they decided this:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...f_Bundles/1008

its a deke! seriously paramount was claiming stuff for bd the day up til its departure.

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Ladies and gentlemen, I do have a question for your minds to wrap around here, maybe this will keep this thread going a bit as well...why would Warner announce that they were going exclusive if today they decided this:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...f_Bundles/1008

That is not news - those bundles have been on Amazon for a long time...

On the other hand I realised that at least we know (for pretty sure) that it is not rdjam simply f$%#ing with us Though probably the second thread was

[RedIsNotBlue]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Ladies and gentlemen, I do have a question for your minds to wrap around here, maybe this will keep this thread going a bit as well...why would Warner announce that they were going exclusive if today they decided this:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...f_Bundles/1008

Well when Paramount announced Blades of Glory on Blu-Ray still managed to leak out.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Ladies and gentlemen, I do have a question for your minds to wrap around here, maybe this will keep this thread going a bit as well...why would Warner announce that they were going exclusive if today they decided this:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...f_Bundles/1008

as it said in the OP post, warner will make commitment to HD DVD (unlike paramount)

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Vonscoot

I work for Wal-Mart (managing Electronics), and I can tell you that I received word on Monday that WM is going to have a Blu-Ray only endcap sometime next month...

good to hear.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

its a deke! seriously paramount was claiming stuff for bd the day up til its departure.

This is true, but I am trying to give Warner more credit than PM...I would figure they would take a high road in this process and do it gradually so that they don't look like PM. But again, for our sake, I'm looking forward to Warner going our way, whether tomorrow or eventually.

[Vonscoot]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

so if this is true where does it leave walmart, paramount, universal, best buy, circuit city etc.

I work for Wal-Mart (managing Electronics), and I received word on Monday that WM will have a Blu-Ray only endcap in their stores next month...

[stockstar1138]

what is so funny is how much money hd dvd has lost to this war. seriously minus the ps3 blu-ray players sell at profits, blu-ray discs sell at profits. hd dvd heavily subsidizes their players, movies are sold for profits, and has to pay out its butt for advertising and support as nobody wants it.

[L or S of Perfect?]

rdjam wanted to get a head start in doing damage control. I guess that's how you can tell who the true shills are. Everyone else seems to be taking it as the unsubstantiated rumor that it is (Hopeful that it is/isn't true).

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

This is true, but I am trying to give Warner more credit than PM...I would figure they would take a high road in this process and do it gradually so that they don't look like PM. But again, for our sake, I'm looking forward to Warner going our way, whether tomorrow or eventually.

also you could look at their announcement as them getting out the release date and price before the bd exclusive announcement. they did promise the best of hd dvd, so its only fair to announce it before saying we are dropping hd dvd.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

as it said in the OP post, warner will make commitment to HD DVD (unlike paramount)

I understand that these HD-DUD titles have been promised for a while...let me put another spin on it, the more I think about it. Maybe they don't want to be like PM and have to pay for reshipment of the HD-DUDs or lose profit from all the discs that they might sell to HD-DUD supporters.

[shockin330i]

Well I just picked up We Are M. and Troy and found the free spider man disc at best buy too.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

I understand that these HD-DUD titles have been promised for a while...let me put another spin on it, the more I think about it. Maybe they don't want to be like PM and have to pay for reshipment of the HD-DUDs or lose profit from all the discs that they might sell to HD-DUD supporters.

or maybe the BDA didn't want to pay for WB not to release the titles, knowing that the announcement would be more than enough to kill hd dvd. toshiba paid millions more for paramount to call back BoG and the funny thing is it accomplished nothing.