IGN Best of 2007

[Banjo]

http://bestof.ign.com/2007/dvd/

Notice anything wrong with the awards?

Planet Earth...
Troy...
Harry Potter Boxset...
Stanley Kubrick Collection...

That's right... no mention of them being on Blu-ray Disc while there's a bracketed mention of HD DVD. Hmm-mm, how... suspicious.

[cking2729]

Oh well, yet another reason I stay away from IGN. GameSpot, IGN, CNET, etc. all have their respectives owners, partnerships, allegiances, and motives. You have to take everything they do with a grain of salt. As a PS3 owner, I have no need for IGN's XBox, HD-DVD, and PC junk. PS3Fanboy and Blu-Ray.com provide me with all the great news, deals, info, and reviews I could ever need, and with an appropriate bias.

[makingmusic476]

Originally Posted by cking2729

Oh well, yet another reason I stay away from IGN. GameSpot, IGN, CNET, etc. all have their respectives owners, partnerships, allegiances, and motives. You have to take everything they do with a grain of salt. As a PS3 owner, I have no need for IGN's XBox, HD-DVD, and PC junk. PS3Fanboy and Blu-Ray.com provide me with all the great news, deals, info, and reviews I could ever need, and with an appropriate bias.

I have to admit, that made me lol.

[kknight]

Originally Posted by Banjo

http://bestof.ign.com/2007/dvd/

Notice anything wrong with the awards?

Planet Earth...
Troy...
Harry Potter Boxset...
Stanley Kubrick Collection...

That's right... no mention of them being on Blu-ray Disc while there's a bracketed mention of HD DVD. Hmm-mm, how... suspicious.

I hate to say but IGN.COM and GameSpot are both pro-HD-DVD-360. Don't ever expect a fair chance when it comes to Blu-ray or PS3. I remember reading a review for Assassin's Creed, GameSpot mention the frame rate were more solid on the PS3, then IGN mention the opposite and then later they had deleted out of their review... they prolly got caught with their lies.

Atleast HighDefDigest favors blu... They rated Buena Vista for best Hi-def studio and Sony Pictures / Warner Bros second place...

[cking2729]

Originally Posted by kknight

I hate to say but IGN.COM and GameSpot are both pro-HD-DVD-360. Don't ever expect a fair chance when it comes to Blu-ray or PS3. I remember reading a review for Assassin's Creed, GameSpot mention the frame rate were more solid on the PS3, then IGN mention the opposite and then later they had deleted out of their review... they prolly got caught with their lies.

Atleast HighDefDigest favors blu... They rated Buena Vista for best Hi-def studio and Sony Pictures / Warner Bros second place...

You are right on the money with IGN and GameSpot.

HDD, in terms of reviews and info, is very fair and balanced. I wouldn't say this necessarily makes them Blu biased, as Disney/Buena Vista has produced nothing but quality releases.....while the same can't be said for other studios across the board.

[makingmusic476]

Have y'all heard about the gametrailers and gamepot ps3/360 graphics comparison debacle? Apparently, neither site had their ps3's RBG range set to full, which is why all ps3 games were knocked for having "washed out visuals" compared to their 360 counterparts.

It also explains why gamersyde's comparisons always had multiplat games looking more even, with ps3 games looking better just as often as 360 games.

Edit: Somebody posted this on another forum, which first brought the issue to my attention. It really explained a lot, and made me wonder just how stupid the guys working at GameSpot were, since I set RGB to full the day I got my HDTV.

[jacobjo21]

IGN is owned by fox

[tru_to_blu]

IGN is for Xbox 360 and HD DUD. What a shame.

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by cking2729

HDD, in terms of reviews and info, is very fair and balanced.

Many of us see a red bias in the reviews and commentary at HDD, particularly from Bracke and Zyber.

[cking2729]

Originally Posted by patrick99

Many of us see a red bias in the reviews and commentary at HDD, particularly from Bracke and Zyber.

I've read almost every review on their site since buying into Blu-Ray this summer. That is the first place I go before buying a new disc, to check the ratings. I actually like Peter Bracke's reviews a lot. Although I do see the world through Blu glasses, I find no semblance of a red bias from their Blu-Ray movie reviews. The only time they comment about Blu discs vs HD-DVD is when the HD discs are more feature rich. In all my time there, I have never read anything from Bracke that rubbed me the wrong way that wasn't true. IMO, they tell it like it is and are spot on with their disc ratings.