Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by Super XP

lol

Welcome HD-DUD backer. Didn't notice your signature until a few minutes ago. Thanks for joining the discussion.

[kotton247]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Welcome HD-DUD backer. Didn't notice your signature until a few minutes ago. Thanks for joining the discussion.

thats why i said this about his avatar "yeah that must be what amir's tampons have printed on them."

[TruBlu2]

Originally Posted by Super XP

At this point in time, there is absolutely no reason for Warner to go Blu-Ray exclusive. I would predict a decision if any, would be around the Q1 2008 time frame depending on how well either format does in this Christmas Holiday Season.

Get out of Here FUD BOY!!!! Go on get out!!!

Take that BS and get the hell out!!!

FUD artist!!

[Kenshiro]

Take this rumor with a grain of salt. Details or not, any one of us could have made the exact same post.

[Quinthoopachiefy]

I disagree. There is alot of reason for them to go Blu Ray Exclusive now and not wait it out till Q1. If they have been leaning towards Blu it would be important for them to get all the fence sitters this holiday season. Retailers have already begun to give more space to BluRay, this would be the kicker for them to expand even more and start to tell consumers that this thing is over. Get Consumers on Board with BluRay in Q4 when people are spending money. It would be the smartest decision they could make. I know everyone is saying double dipping they would want to make more from both formats. Well if what this Guy is saying is true, they still will to some degree. I don't know makes alot of sense to me. Did I mention this guy sounds alot like BILL HUNT!!! Hmmm

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by kotton247

thats why i said this about his avatar "yeah that must be what amir's tampons have printed on them."

I was typing responses at the time you posted that comment and didn't get to read that one. Just thought I would send out a greeting...trying to be nice.

[shamus]

Amir has spoken!!!!
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...899842&page=45

[Dotpattern]

[QUOTE=zed0118;242499]

Originally Posted by SA0CD

Hello,

Again I'm going to expect alot of doubful comments (or maybe some not nice ones ) coming but I'm fine with it. I'm some one you guys already know (and perhaps you have read my posts before ).



I really do wish people would realize that there is no such word as "alot". The proper phrase is "a lot". It's two words. Seriously ... if you want to look and sound half way intelligent ... learn the proper way to express your words in writing.

Holy crap! There's been some speculation that Penton may have been posting as SA0CD. Could it be a coincidence that SA0CD misspelled "alot" and then Penton did it in his post and made the word bold?

Check it out...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=4988&page=182

[u_nick]

Originally Posted by kaliraver69

Man those HD-DUD fans make me laugh. Now they're saying that Sony is desperate, I think they should look at themselves in the mirror.

haha, ive never been over there, but i didnt realize they were this delusional? So so many things wrong with that statement.

"risk waiting and have HD reign over the holidays"? after a year of blu 'reigning' over sales, why would it all of a sudden change for the 4th quarter exactly?

But overall, the rumor clearly says that they will announce going exclusive, and honor all announcement for HD through 2007, and stop releasing on HD in 2008. So this 'desperate' move would really have no effect on the holidays whatsoever, since plenty of HDDVDs will still be available.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by TruBlu2

Get out of Here FUD BOY!!!! Go on get out!!!

Take that BS and get the hell out!!!

FUD artist!!

Come on and play nice...give facts to back up your argument.

[Hussla]

Originally Posted by SuprSlow

False rumor or not, his posts are incredibly detailed and lend some thought and attention (obviously!). He did say he had to somehow protect his computer and therefore his job. The moderators confirmed that it's coming from a public computer. I tend to think that's a little more than coincidence. But either way, whoever is doing this is going to a lot of trouble.

Also, tomorrow and Friday are the last two days of Q3. Again, it's nothing more than speculation, but most of this makes a lot of sense and there are no glaring loopholes. I believe if anything pointed to the contrary, it would have been mentioned either here or AVS.

(just posting to add another pointless post to the pile )

So a guy comes on here and says he's protecting his job? thats credibility? dude ANYONE can say that!

Public computer? such as an internet booth?

Those two comments alone make this look like crap to me.

Alot of attention and detail was paid, more than likely by someone who has a minimal social life (or no life) probably no girlfriend, a boring tech job, still a virgin and a proud Toshiba HD-DVD player....

[u_nick]

[QUOTE=Dotpattern;242558]

Originally Posted by zed0118

Holy crap! There's been some speculation that Penton may have been posting as SA0CD. Could it be a coincidence that SA0CD misspelled "alot" and then Penton did it in his post and made the word bold?

Check it out...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=4988&page=182

ha! nice catch

[Moretonbay]

Quote:
If true, it would be too bad. At least wait until after 4th Quarter but Sony might be desperate at this point. Can they risk waiting and having HD reign over the holidays? Sony stands to loose and it would be HD's gain, so they might have done a really substantial payout to lock-in the exclusivity rights for WB now before it's too late. Sony wants to win, they want to win at all and any costs. Too much at stake, so with a sense of desperation anything truly is possible.

I AM SORRY BUT.... usually I don't respond to the above comments-but give me a break. HD reigning over the holidays-if you are at a 30 to 70 loss during the off season how much is blu-ray going to crush over the holiday season--that is one of the funniest comments i have seen in a long time. HD is the last one that should be talking about Payouts - at least Blu-Ray can retain STudio Support based on their quality and doesn't have to fork out hundreds of millions everytime they are dying and need a studio - you have Universal and Paramount both of which were paid for.

[bkbluray]

Originally Posted by TruBlu2

Get out of Here FUD BOY!!!! Go on get out!!!

Take that BS and get the hell out!!!

FUD artist!!

I can't remember who said this, but here goes: I say welcome HD-DVD backers with open arms. Don't we want them to switch sides? And what would make them less likely to switch sides than having Blu-ray supporters bash them? Honestly...

Now, back to the discussion...

[roysee]

It's morning here in Singapore; I gotta spend all this time anticipating in full consciousness! Gaaah!

On a more serious note, the whole deal does sound. Will definitely check in again at the appointed time (evening for me!)

[TruBlu2]

Originally Posted by shamus

Amir has spoken!!!!
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...899842&page=45

F Amir, who the hell cares!!! I will not read his FUD.

Edit this post.

Who cares about Amir, he is a putz.

I could care less about what the FUD artist thinks.

[Hussla]

If he attack HD-DUD backers who come on here, we're no better than the AVSforum jerks!

[Hussla]

I want to know Amir's opinion on Iran Nuclear Weapons program.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by Hussla

If he attack HD-DUD backers who come on here, we're no better than the AVSforum jerks!

Thank you, that's why I gave him a proper, good-natured welcome.

[BillCable]

Originally Posted by Super XP

At this point in time, there is absolutely no reason for Warner to go Blu-Ray exclusive. I would predict a decision if any, would be around the Q1 2008 time frame depending on how well either format does in this Christmas Holiday Season.

There's a very good, valid reason... one which has already been detailed here. As long as there is a format war, the vast, VAST majority of consumers are going to wait before buying either. Once the war is over, many consumers will begin to upgrade to HD. The movie studios can either start making that money THIS Christmas, or wait and start making that money NEXT Christmas. With WB releasing the biggest movie franchise in history (Harry Potter) THIS Christmas on Blu-ray, they stand to make MUCH more money by ending the format war now.