Why better titles on HD DVD?

[adidino]

I'm sure this has been answered before. I'm a bluray supporter but it's getting hard to ignore some of the great HDDVD titles out right now. Most of the releases are from studios supporting both Bluray and HD DVD. What gives? I'm not sure why great titles like Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, etc.. and recent announcements for HDDVD like Star Trek TOS, Lord of the Rings, etc. I'm aware that Universal not releasing titles for Bluray (which is another questions I have, why not?) so what's the issue with the other titles??

Tony

[dialog_gvf]

Mostly one studio: Universal.

Warner is catching up this year, and Paramount keeps in step. You should look at the release list for upcoming BD.

I think Universal will be forced to release on BD sometime this year.

Gary

[MyXBR3isMygf]

Why is Universal exclusive to HD-DVD? That's the way they've drawn their lines I guess. I don't know the details of how this alliance came about but that's not really important. None of these studios have ever said they will NEVER support the competing format.

Anyway I don't understand your question. You've named 3 titles and 1 trilogy. Since you're a bluray supporter, I assume you know the bluray collection. Does the HD-DVD collection appeal to you more than bluray? Maybe you should get an HD-DVD drive...?

I'd like to see these movies on bluray too but it's not "hard to ignore" them when I have a great collection of blurays and the great titles coming out in 2007 to look forward to.

[LeoneFan]

Who cares man, when HDDVD bites the dust we'll get all those and more.

[Heresy]

Batman Begins and V for Vendetta are Warner and will be out on Blu-Ray soon; Warner has already made the commitment to "catch up" on Blu-Ray.

Star Trek TOS (and the movies) and LoTR will will both be on both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.


Meanwhile the biggest hits of the last few years Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean will all be Blu-Ray exclusive.

[sticks]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

Who cares man, when HDDVD bites the dust we'll get all those and more.

I'm having a hard time justifying the cash for the bd titles I want to buy this spring let alone the few titles I might want off universal hehe.

[LeoneFan]

Don't hold your breadth regarding Warner, they are playing favorites. It doesn't take 1 year to bring a title to BD thats already been release on HDDVD. They are trying to prolong the format war for whatever reason.

[BluFox]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

Don't hold your breadth regarding Warner, they are playing favorites. It doesn't take 1 year to bring a title to BD thats already been release on HDDVD. They are trying to prolong the format war for whatever reason.

They sit merrily on their ass on BOTH boards!

[jorg]

if u absoulty cant wait a year then u can buy a blu-ray burner and just download the hd dvd movies since most are cracked

but this would be illegal

[HIDEF]

Originally Posted by sticks

I'm having a hard time justifying the cash for the bd titles I want to buy this spring let alone the few titles I might want off universal hehe.

If you buy from Play.com you should save a fortune.

[adidino]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

Don't hold your breadth regarding Warner, they are playing favorites. It doesn't take 1 year to bring a title to BD thats already been release on HDDVD. They are trying to prolong the format war for whatever reason.

I suppose you guys bring up some good points. Looks like most of the titles I'm currently interested in are from Universal so I guess that's the problem. Also, regarding Warner, I notice several of their BD titles that are also offered on HD DVD do not inlucude a Dolby TRUEHD or DTS HD track on the BD version. That's something else I don't get. I feel like Bluray get's the shaft a little from Warner with regard to audio format and delayed title releases vs HD DVD. Hopefully this will all catch up soon.

[WilliamC]

Originally Posted by jorg

if u absoulty cant wait a year then u can buy a blu-ray burner and just download the hd dvd movies since most are cracked

but this would be illegal

You do realize that they have the same copy protection. So if it is "cracked" then blu-ray is cracked as well. This is something people ignore. Also its not a crack. You may want to read into it before stating something is cracked. Its a temporary issue for both sides that can and will be corrected.


If you can't wait then buy an HD-DVD player. I have both formats and they both provide a great picture, excluding BD inital release titles.

[JTK]

I expect to start seeing Universal titles by 2008 on BD, so I'll be more than content with the other 90 percent studio support and exclusives from the likes of Disney, Fox, etc. in the interim.

[Heresy]

Its a temporary issue for both sides that can and will be corrected.

It's only temporary in that future discs can be made to not work with the hacked/crappy player that's showing the keys. Every disc currently out and those coming out in the near future (both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD) can forever be ripped and distibuted since their keys are known (tons of them are already available on torrents.) And the odds of more players exposing the keys in the future seems pretty high; no matter what the movie industry does there will always be someone out there to hack/crack their attepmts.

Of course Blu-Ray has additional security measures but BD-ROM mark only prevents mass stamping of discs (which is what they really need to be worried about) and I'm not sure how effective BD+ will be if AACS can be bypassed (since it is also a reactionary security system.)

[Jonalan34]

Originally Posted by JTK

I expect to start seeing Universal titles by 2008 on BD, so I'll be more than content with the other 90 percent studio support and exclusives from the likes of Disney, Fox, etc. in the interim.

You can keep on your hope because it may take longer than you think. All I can say that when war is over, one of them is going be standard so all studios will be released on one of them.

Yoda: Hmm! Difficult to see future it is!

[blitz6speed]

Originally Posted by Jonalan34

You can keep on your hope because it may take longer than you think. All I can say that when war is over, one of them is going be standard so all studios will be released on one of them.

Yoda: Hmm! Difficult to see future it is!

Hope is not needed, its just time. 90% of the studios and CE companys support blu-ray. You just need the 1 studio (TotalHD anyone?) and thats it. At that point, owning a hd-dvd player is as useful as tits on a bull.