Andy Parsons: Chairman BDA did not know about Warner switch

[Ispoke]

Surprising to me that the Chairman of the BDA did not know about the Warner going Blu until it was announce.

01.18.2008 — Andy Parsons, chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), didn’t find out about Warner Bros. decision to release titles exclusively in his camp’s format until the announcement was made days before CES.

Makes you wonder who did all the negations with the Warner. Good read this.

[glenn22]

Warner has been saying from the beginning that there were no negotiations or payoffs and that their decision was based on the market and wanting to select the format that the customer had the clear preference for. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that Warner made the decision without outside influence.

[Joe Cain]

Michael Bay wants to know where those tl51 GB HD DVDs are.

[PaulGo]

It may be totally true but for antitrust purposes he really couldn't say anything else.

[Ispoke]

Thinking about it.......... maybe it also means that Warner did not decide which way to go until the eleventh hour, which certainly has been the speculation.

[teunis]

That was a good read. Thanks.

[RUR]

Heh, Louis Masses, director of business development for Toshiba’s Digital A/V group, says he’s not sure where the 51 GB HD DVD disc is, one year after its “feasibility” was announced at CES. If he doesn't know, who does?

[Jim L]

He just can't say.

It was obvious that certain Fox, Lionsgate, and Warner executives all knew about it well in advance.

I imagine many other BDA members knew it -- they just didn't let it slip like the above mentioned folks did.

[sj001]

I'm sure he is required to stay tight-lipped on that whole process. I'm sure he knew about it.

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by Joe Cain

Michael Bay wants to know where those tl51 GB HD DVDs are.

Tell Michael Bay to start working on Transformer for it's blu-ray release.

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by Ispoke

Surprising to me that the Chairman of the BDA did not know about the Warner going Blu until it was announce.



Makes you wonder who did all the negations with the Warner. Good read this.

It could also be that he isn't saying so people don't accuse the BDA of backroom dealings. I am 99.99% sure he knew if not he is just a puppet figure on the BDA board.

[Petra]

Originally Posted by glenn22

Warner has been saying from the beginning that there were no negotiations or payoffs and that their decision was based on the market and wanting to select the format that the customer had the clear preference for. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that Warner made the decision without outside influence.

HD-DuDers won't believe this, they believe there's a conspiracy theory that involves the CIA, Mossad, KGB, MI-6, Area-51, and the aliens plus 600 million payoff to bring Warner to the blu-side

[ezcobar411]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

Tell Michael Bay to start working on Transformer for it's blu-ray release.

Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what Michael Bay is able to do on Blu

[Papi4baby]

Originally Posted by RUR

Heh, Louis Masses, director of business development for Toshiba’s Digital A/V group, says he’s not sure where the 51 GB HD DVD disc is, one year after its “feasibility” was announced at CES. If he doesn't know, who does?

Amir does

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by Petra

HD-DuDers won't believe this, they believe there's a conspiracy theory that involves the CIA, Mossad, KGB, MI-6, Area-51, and the aliens plus 600 million payoff to bring Warner to the blu-side

Don't forget the Finnish Mafia.

[Petra]

Originally Posted by aristotles

Don't forget the Finnish Mafia.

yeah how could I forget the finnish mafia

[hollywoodguy]

Originally Posted by aristotles

Don't forget the Finnish Mafia.

And the West German police. (<- Now name that movie. )

[w_tanoto]

posted this on HDD forum. I just let them discuss while I am back in my home (blu-ray.com)

[Jeff®]

Originally Posted by PaulGo

It may be totally true but for antitrust purposes he really couldn't say anything else.

I thought that (based upon insider comments) that individual BDA companies engage in these types of negotiations with studios, but that the BDA as a whole does not.

[sparksj]

Originally Posted by Petra

HD-DuDers won't believe this, they believe there's a conspiracy theory that involves the CIA, Mossad, KGB, MI-6, Area-51, and the aliens plus 600 million payoff to bring Warner to the blu-side

Hey???? Area-51..... TL-51.... I think we have a connection. I think I just figured out where they're keeping those discs.

Here is what happened. When testing the TL51 discs, their raw power put a crack in the space/time continuum. This caused a rift in galactic dark matter causing a black hole to appear and suck all of the existing TL51 discs in to its gravitational pull. They were able to save just one. And, it's being held in a secret facility behind 6 feet of concrete somewhere in area-51.

There you have it folks… The answer to the mystery.