Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[Kousakuya]

Originally Posted by Hussla

HOLY CRAP!

I just received word from my pro hd-dvd friend at avsforum HD-Downunder
Avsforum is joining the HD-DVD forum

the wars over people! HD-DVD just wiped out blu-ray, thousands of fanbots are on board the red train to Leningrad now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-czxmb9EU

Lenin has awaken!!!!

Hahahaha. XD

[marzetta7]

Ya'll got your popcorn...I got my cheezy poofs...





...and if this rumor doesn't turn out to be true...here is my vision of the OP...



So here's to hoping there is actually truth behind this WB thread!

[The Big Blue]

[lokus]

There should be a sticky thread made for Trolling Legends on Blu-ray.com and what they did to put them there. SA0CD would be #1.

SA0CD - #1 - WB Going exclusive (rumor) - 500 pages - 100,000 reads

[monkeytap]

well, maybe its just me...but i thought according to the original post this would have been announced already. can we get an updated time for this announcement if there was one?

not how long till its here, but what time and time zone, thanks!

[maximus2323]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

LOL! Love it!

[bhampton]

Hey,

Just saw this quote on Yahoo news...

Scientists say the "sickness" that struck locals after a meteorite crash is mass hysteria.

So,.. be careful ok, don't get sick for this one. (Unless it's true then I'll be happy to barf sheer joy.)

-Brian

[Blu-Light]

Originally Posted by monkeytap

well, maybe its just me...but i thought according to the original post this would have been announced already. can we get an updated time for this announcement if there was one?

not how long till its here, but what time and time zone, thanks!

10am Pacific Standard Time.

[Damiesmallz]

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/show...=19721&page=19

[whippersnapper]

Originally Posted by lokus

There should be a sticky thread made for Trolling Legends on Blu-ray.com and what they did to put them there. SA0CD would be #1.

SA0CD - #1 - WB Going exclusive (rumor) - 500 pages - 100,000 reads

Better yet; establish a Troll Hall of Fame. I suspect he'll be a charter member.

[StilettoViper]

If this rumor turns out to be true then everyone will obviously be very happy and Blu-Ray will be on it's way but if it turns out to be false, sorry...but I'm gonna LMAO. You will have to admit that it turned out to be a pretty fancy hoax. I think it shows good representation of Blu-Ray's overall support for the product how good the turn out has been to this thread. Warner should take notice either way!.....

[jason_grumpy]

[L or S of Perfect?]

A well placed source with Warner denied the rumor late last night and thought it was quite funny.

-David Vaughn

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[andyn1080]

i hope this is true so freakin bad! come on WB do the right thing and the smart thing....think blu!

[aphex]

this is fake, but maybe by some miracle it'll just so happen that the event will coincidentally occur.

[Deane Johnson]

There is something worse than no announcement. It would be far worse if they announced they're going HD-DVD exclusive.

[Dalese]

Originally Posted by SA0CD

Hello folks.
I cannot believe this thread has hit 60 pages. I tried to answer every PM that you guys sent me yesterday and I'm trying to read the topic and answer any questions you guys might have which is hard considering the amount of posts.
I'm glad to say things are on order and announcement is indeed due 10AM Pacific Time.
For now let me try to address few questions :

-As for Nickerson leaving Warner, I have head few stories but I'm not really sure if they are correct. Some say he was leaving because he wanted to, some day after Paramount announcement a change was inevitable (Warner being last dual format supporter) and Nickerson didn't have any plans. So nothing specific that I have here share with you.

-As for Warner not waiting till 2008 to announce exclusivity, the answer is simple. Here's what I have heard :
"The initial plan was to get Warner exclusive on Blu-ray and declare the news in 2008. the deal was reached last month. However considering the upcoming hollidays, BDA pressured Warner to make the announcement in Q4 so they can sell more units. Also there will be a coupon in Harry Potter set (take this with a grain of salt) that will give customers 100$ off on a Blu-ray player (Probably Panasonic). What BDA didn't succeed in was to prevent Warner from releasing HD DVDs till the end of 2007 which is not shocking considering the contract Warner has with Toshiba and the backlash Paramount caused by stopping their support so sudden. So Warner chose to be smart here.

Guys less than 4 hours is left till the announcement. For those who have doubt me, you are going to enjoy the news even more since you didn't expect it. For others, I'm happy that you guys wont be disppointed.

And the OP comes back to stir the pot just a little more. As stated already, this is either trolling taken to a new level of artistic finesse or something of epic proportions. I'm a realist, but I also like to be optimistic. For now I'm sticking with being a realistic optimist...

In the OP's latest message he/she mentions responding to PM's sent. I hadn't sent one but has anyone currently online have? If so, were you lucky enough to get a reply and was anything additional learned that would make this whole thing more believable or not?

Otherwise it's just a matter of hours that this is proven one way or another...


(Pro-blu signature under construction)

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by RUR

It was! Discovered Genesis with Selling England By the Pound and had to work my way back to the original album. One of my favorite bands to this day.

Only 5 more days now to the 1983-1998 box set, all remastered into 5.1 SACD and 24/96 DTS.

I have been very fond of the 1976-1982 box set since it came out in March.

God bless Super Audio CD.

[FFObsessed]

Well done SA0CD on a very well thought out hoax you fooled a lot of people... but that's all it is.

Personally I think this should be locked as it makes everyone look like fools but hey if people enjoy it keep it open

[jason_grumpy]

I love early morning train wreaks. This should be fun.