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Digital Filmmaker · 08-17-2007, 06:04 AM

What will happen to HD-DUD in the post format war?

Who cares?

Semp1 · 08-17-2007, 09:02 AM

to the original poster those movies you mentioned are all warner bros. and secondly they are not permanent exclusive warner is waiting for the finalized spec to release them. They have made these statements numerous times.

Lord_Stewie · 08-17-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BluDrew

And fwiw, Battlestar Galactica S1 does not cost as much as an HD DVD player. It's retailing for $99, which Amazon will probably sell for $69. Show me an HD DVD player that is even $99 and I'll be buying one.

The cheapest player on the market now the 179.99 xbox add on. there was an offer of you buy one HDDVD player and you get 100 back mail in rebate. the cheapest toshiba that i have seen 199.99. that makes the player about a hundred bucks. but then again that is not the argument. 90 bucks for a show is alot. i understand some are will to buy it, and some will not.

and honestly, the gap between the sales of BD VS. HD is growing bigger and bigger in favor of bluray, with studio support differences also is affecting the consumer's decision. universal would have had the chance if speilberg allowed them to release his movies on HD DVD. I would say this holiday season or the begining 2008 will be the end for HD DUD.

Lord_Stewie · 08-17-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Semp1

to the original poster those movies you mentioned are all warner bros. and secondly they are not permanent exclusive warner is waiting for the finalized spec to release them. They have made these statements numerous times.

I know that. i never said it stays exclusive on hddvd. i am merely showing what is supposed to be an advantage that HDDVD had but it didn't do them well.

helli3yte · 08-17-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

Hey guys,

Back in the days when i was six years old i took my cousin to the 4th floor which is the roof by the way. I stole his candy and threw it off the roof. he asked: why did you do that? I said: if you want it, jump after it!!!. and he actually jumped after it

. he ended up landing on a car roof and the result, till today he stutters.

I was wondering if a fanboy, would be willing to pull that off, what do you think. sales are crappy for HDDVD. no matter how much exclusivity they pulled off nothing seems to work, like Universal being exclusive, or Warner's the Matrix, Batman begins, V for Vendetta, and god the list keeps on going and going like an energizer bunny. yet still BD stands strong in the format war. Actually even better, victory is knocking on the door begining of october 30th with spidey's release. what's left to do. EXACTLY NOTHING ELSE. yet they keep trying. check this out, and don't laugh. because you might hurt a fanboy's feeling.

Now they will be releasing another overpriced tv show. a six pack HDDUD THAT IS ACTUALLY COST AS MUCH AS THEIR PLAYERS COST.

http://formatwarcentral.com/index.ph...d-dvd-dec-4th/

but i bet you a got the beating of a lifetime from your parents.

dialog_gvf · 08-17-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BluDrew

Hold up dude, let's be real though. HD DVD is actually not doing all that bad, considering we have something like 6 or 7 times the number of players because of the PS3, we are beating HD DVD sales by just 2:1.

About 5:1 for North America (1.5 million to 300K). But, a recent survey says 40% of Playstation 3 owners don't even know they own a Blu-ray movie disc player.

It's not rational to expect 100% usage from the PS/3. So, why do people insist on counting 100% of the PS/3 when determining how well things are going?

Lord_Stewie · 08-17-2007, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by helli3yte

but i bet you a got the beating of a lifetime from your parents.

actually punished, never gotten whipped...

mcy_999 · 08-17-2007, 09:32 PM

I still remembered the day couple years ago when I threw my Sony Betamax machine into the dumpster. History repeats itself sometimes. But this time around, Toshiba will play Sony's role in the Beta-VHS war. Sad but unavoidable.

Banjo · 08-17-2007, 09:33 PM

Millions of HD DVDs will end up at a landfill somewhere in Mexico along with 2 million unsold copies of E.T. for Atari 2600.

Lord_Stewie · 08-17-2007, 10:04 PM

I know some of you guys have both formats, but support bluray, what do you think you will be doing to your HD movies. I only have 4 movies that are HDDVD the rest are blurays, i am planning to hold on to them, store them somewhere maybe.

supersix4 · 08-17-2007, 10:06 PM

lol people typing Hd-dvd on ebay to see someones listing saying "please take this PLEASE" lol... ahh the new betamax

WickyWoo · 08-17-2007, 10:06 PM

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Millions of HD DVDs will end up at a landfill somewhere in Mexico along with 2 million unsold copies of E.T. for Atari 2600.

It was Arizona I believe

Banjo · 08-17-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

It was Arizona I believe

Turn out were both wrong on the location. It's in New Mexico.

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp

Lord_Stewie · 08-17-2007, 10:17 PM

I guess millions of combo discs will go on top of the ET cartridges that are buried in new mexico.

mike79 · 08-17-2007, 11:19 PM

I could really care less what happens, because I don't have hd-dvd's.

richteer · 08-17-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mike79

I could really care less what happens, because I don't have hd-dvd's.

ITYM "I really couldn't care less...", which is the opposite of what you wrote! :-)

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08-17-2007, 06:04 AM	#21
Digital Filmmaker Active Member Member since:Mar 2006 4K collection:190 Blu-ray collection:1597 DVD collection:405	What will happen to HD-DUD in the post format war? Who cares?

08-17-2007, 09:02 AM	#22
Semp1 Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007	to the original poster those movies you mentioned are all warner bros. and secondly they are not permanent exclusive warner is waiting for the finalized spec to release them. They have made these statements numerous times.

08-17-2007, 09:32 PM	#28
mcy_999 Active Member Member since:Mar 2007	I still remembered the day couple years ago when I threw my Sony Betamax machine into the dumpster. History repeats itself sometimes. But this time around, Toshiba will play Sony's role in the Beta-VHS war. Sad but unavoidable.

08-17-2007, 09:33 PM	#29
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	Millions of HD DVDs will end up at a landfill somewhere in Mexico along with 2 million unsold copies of E.T. for Atari 2600.

08-17-2007, 10:04 PM	#30
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I know some of you guys have both formats, but support bluray, what do you think you will be doing to your HD movies. I only have 4 movies that are HDDVD the rest are blurays, i am planning to hold on to them, store them somewhere maybe.

08-17-2007, 10:06 PM	#31
supersix4 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews: 53 Trading Score:3	lol people typing Hd-dvd on ebay to see someones listing saying "please take this PLEASE" lol... ahh the new betamax

08-17-2007, 10:17 PM	#34
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I guess millions of combo discs will go on top of the ET cartridges that are buried in new mexico.

08-17-2007, 11:19 PM	#35
mike79 Power Member Member since:May 2007 Location:NYC Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	I could really care less what happens, because I don't have hd-dvd's.

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