Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[GTP]

Just in from rumour control.
The Detrot Lions will run the table and win the super bowl.
The AFC opponent will be Kansas City and the Lions will feast on the Cheifs to the tune of 65-3 in the big game.

I can not name my sources just yet, but trust me this is a done deal.

[fridge74]

Go Lions!!!!

Go Blue!!!!


Go Blu!!!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by GTP

Just in from rumour control.
The Detrot Lions will run the table and win the super bowl.
The AFC opponent will be Kansas City and the Lions will feast on the Cheifs to the tune of 65-3 in the big game.

I can not name my sources just yet, but trust me this is a done deal.

don't understand anything..... any explanation?

[simpspin]

I'm a doomsayer going cautiously optimisitic.

WB now might stand for: "We're Blu".

[becomingwater]

It sounds like a great deal to me! I believe him. Doesn't hurt me if it doesn't happen. It's just the internet..

[w_tanoto]

ok, thanks for clarification. I'm not yankees, so I don't know anything

[cdblu]

I'm kinda doubting this. But if it is true, those hd fanbois are going to be crying for a long time.

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Fantastic culture, proud people. I have been reading too much about exotic nightlife and hoped to interject some light hearted (perhaps perverse) humor, into the many page posting of language nuances.

In case you are wondering, I wasn't offended or anything. I just thought it's funny that people seem to want to ask me that kind of stuff (instead of, say, my insight on the subtle differences of Toshiba and Sony corporate cultures...which I have none, regrettably, although I can tell you a little about Hitachi and NEC, if anyone is ever interested. )

enjoy
gandalf

[psx3man]

this is crazy and awesome at th same time

[w_tanoto]

i'm off. be back in maybe 1-2 hours

[Xerious]

If this is true then the HD-DUD supporters will be saying: We don't need WB... we have Paramount/DW and Universal. It never ends.

[koreyman]

I found it very funny it was a great break in the late/early morning hours a little dirty yes but nothing more then a episode of family guy

[ground chuck]

maybe, i would think they'd go blu prior to the 4th qtr x-mas season to capture seasonal sales.

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by Xerious

If this is true then the HD-DUD supporters will be saying: We don't need WB... we have Paramount/DW and Universal. It never ends.

Yeah, I'm sure even if this is true they're going to come up with some crazy ass stats like attach rate per studio or some such nonsense. ("Hey, Blu-ray has 80% of the studios but only 60% of the sales! That's pathetic!")

enjoy
gandalf

[David M]

Originally Posted by Hassoon

...I can't jump to any conclusions...but I can't help but ask that if Warner were to support Blu-ray exculsively with HD-DVD no longer being the lowest common denominator of the two, do you think they will finally crank up the bit-rate on their encodes and have releases that virtually free of:

banding (happy feet) / softness (Batman Begins) / Inconsistency (Blood Diamond)...etc.?

Hassoon, I agree with you on all three of those counts - none of them are truly bad discs, but I do see the problems you mention and think they're overrated.

But those aren't directly related to bit-rate. In the case of banding, they could only hide that by selectively dithering transitions between colours. I talked to the guys at SPHE and they said they expirement with this sort of thing on all-CG movies.

As for the softness on the other two, that's most likely down to the way the film was shot OR filtering to meet a target bit-rate - but not a direct consequence of using a lower bit-rate.

[maximus2323]

WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! This room keeps on jumping.

[stewiems]

I can't wait to see the outcome of this crazzzzzzzy bit of news that this guy has thrown at this web site!!! Everyone has run with it!!

[Tee]

If this news is true, i won't be mad at all. Time will tell the tale fo sho.

[Xerious]

Originally Posted by stewiems

I can't wait to see the outcome of this crazzzzzzzy bit of news that this guy has thrown at this web site!!! Everyone has run with it!!

i'm :: meh :: about it... rumors are rumors until they are confirmed at which point they become fact... i don't dwell in rumors.

[aygie]

How long?