Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

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.

You know, the more I think about this, the more I'm thinking about that eBay listing of Blades of Glory Blu-ray. Maybe they are not wanting something like that to happen? Oh well, I am about to leave for a while and I'll catch back up on the thread when I return tonight.

[stockstar1138]

We'll know tomorrow, but this would make some recent events make sense:

1) Warner's HD-DVD-loving exec exiting the company.
2) Warner's post-300 proclamation of great dual-format sales, only to be followed a couple months later by announcement of yet another TotalHD delay.
3) New Line releasing on BD first, with HD-DVD 'sometime' in 2008.
4) Warner representatives on-stage with the BDA at Lipzieg.
5) Rumors of BD manufacturing shortages (the Fox FF2 'scare' the other day) --preferential treatment for a new 'preferred partner'?
6) Warner admitting both sides are courting them with "crazy" amounts of cash.
7) Only "Twister" currently announced for 2008.


makes sense.

[jtconnolly]

True, BoG did not sell as well as expected!

[marzetta7]

Shiat, I leave for a couple of minutes, and all hell breaks loose. Question OP, if this does indeed turn out to be true, will you reveal your true identity? If it doesn't I understand, as most here will be just a wee bit upset with you,...looking to banish you back to hell from whence you came...the power of Christ complels you <insert sprinkling of holy water>, the POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU! <insert more sprinkling>...

Entertaining, very entertaining.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by jtconnolly

True, BoG did not sell as well as expected!

it would have sold great if it had been on blu-ray, hd dvd simply doesn't have the user base.

[Izzy]

I call BS.

Yet another HDDVD putz that is playing games, and going to laugh after his ban tomorrow.

[coolmilo]

If the WB and WalMart news is true then it's over for HDDUD. Could that mean that Transformers could make it to Blu-ray sooner rather than later?

[Amel]

oh man

I just came from the gym

18 pages to read

lol

[Whytewash]

If warner goes exclusive but they dont want the bad rep that paramount had, they should release all of their previously scheduled titles on HD DUD as planned instead of pulling them.

In all honesty, I dont give a damn if they shaft the DUDers but im just thinking of their rep as a whole.

I hope this is true. It would be the end of all this madness!

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

it would have sold great if it had been on blu-ray, hd dvd simply doesn't have the user base.

*hits head against wall* Okay, I was about to go when I started reading this. It was not my intention to bring the BOG subject into this. Please, anyone on here that hates this subject, forgive me.

[stockstar1138]

with the 300 hd dvd promotion. anybody think that WB had hundreds of thousands of 300 on hd dvd and tosh basically bought them from them to package with hd dvd players. WB had to be very disappointed with 300 as they touted its PiP and crap forever, only to have it destroyed by blu-ray.

[Whytewash]

Originally Posted by Izzy

I call BS.

Yet another HDDVD putz that is playing games, and going to laugh after his ban tomorrow.

Im hoping its true but I am not gonna bet on it. This is a very intense thread and alot of hype for what I think is probably nothing at all

[Firestreak]

I would see little reason to support HD DVD until the end of the year. If this is true, which we have no reason to think it is, then it would be a complete deathblow to HD DVD. Anyone with an HD DVD owns it because they wanted to watch high def movies specifically, be it that they bought an add on or a stand alone. With Warner gone, HD DVD doesn't have enough support to satisfy this type of customer and they will go neutral.

If the reverse happened and all the support went HD DVD's way, you'd have millions of PS3 owners who may or may not care, disappointed because they wanted to pick up some specific movie, but they aren't willing to buy a player for it. In which case, should support the promise because you aren't going to get those sales on the other format.

If what I said made any sense.

People say how most people didn't buy their PS3s for blu-ray - which means the attach rate is lower, but it also means they aren't going to go out and buy hd dvd if the tides change. It's mind boggling why there are any hd dvd exclusive people at all, considering anyone with hd dvd got it specifically and completely for that... and they'd had the least actual movies since forever.

[Hassoon]

Dear OP,

I really, really want to believe you...but I can't help but notice that your post is a painful reminder of all the rumor-posts I've read on internet forums that end up nothing more than wishful thinking.

That said...the prospects of this rumor if it were to end up being true would make any Blu-fan salivate with anticipation...

- Flawless, high bit-rate VC-1 encodes?

- Lossless audio as standard?

- Discs filled to the rim with extras?

- A quick and painless (well...maybe not-so-painless ) end to this enormously retarded format war?

So who wants some popcorn tomorrow ?

I'm gonna have Photoshop on standby for purposes that involve sheer hilarity ...

[Right of Might]

See something else stinks here. Why would W.B. announce that they are supporting Blu at the foothold of the shopping season. They wouldn't sell dick for Harry Potter, Oceans or any other HD-DUD title. That would be really stupid from a business stand point. They aren't about to undercut their own sales at the biggest shopping time of the year. I don't think we'll see an official announcement IF they do decide to go Blu until Q1 2008.

[Icemage]

I'd like to take a moment and give the membership here at Blu-ray.com a pat on the back for being so very rational about this. It's a nice change from AVS, where every little rumor gets picked up and carried like it's written in a holy book.

To add some fuel to the fire:

Penton-Man posted on 9/17/2007 in the Insiders thread (pointed out several pages back):

I’m just taking a sabbatical from posting on the online forums.

In retrospect, for me, it is turning out to be a pretty good idea, as there is alot going on behind the scenes that I can’t talk about anyway.

Doesn’t mean I don’t peek my head in here every once in a while to gauge the vibe.
I’ll try to time my return with revealing some exceedingly good bleeding-edge breaking Blu news to put a smile on everyone’s face sometime in the future.

Out.

Looking back over his posts in that thread, he all but stopped posting for several days, and then came back to his regular posting volume on 9/24/2007, five days after he announced his "sabbatical".

It's not evidence, but could this be another oblique Penton-Man reference?

[MrVorhees]

Originally Posted by Balian

Either SA0 is a HD DVD supporter who likes to torture Blu-ray supporters or he is truly an insider with good news for us Blu-ray supporters. We will find out soon enough tomorrow.

i was thinking the exact same thing BUT if true, we cann call FACT Blu-ray has won the war!

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

I think I'm getting a woody...

ROFL!

[jhansla]

Just sitting here reading this thread is more exciting than playing Halo 3

[stockstar1138]

what makes perfect sense in SA0CDs post is WB honoring all hd dvd announcements. if it was a blu-ray fanboy hoax (it really isn't hd dvd guys) they would have said no more hd dvd from warner most likely. by saying warner will honor all prior commitment, it makes the choice simple for consumers this holiday, while hd dvd fanboys still buy warner hd dvd for xmas. plus, any "incentives" warner gets, they've just made out big time.