Does Paramount have any class? - Blu-ray Forum

Maxell · 02-03-2008, 06:33 PM

Umm, class? This is the same company that brings you MTV, the channel formerly known as Music Television, but not it's basicall Reality tv. VH-1 is now reality hits 1.

w_tanoto · 02-03-2008, 06:49 PM

their name goes down in history as traitor.
I am not buying any titles from them anymore until they gave up HD DVD completely, meaning blu exlcusive

OokieSpookie · 02-03-2008, 06:55 PM

I am shocked that there has never been a discussion on this forum about this, especially that they would not have some kind of stickied topic about Univeral or Paramount.
Now that someone has finally expressed an opinion like this, I think I find myself leaning that way too.
Thanks!

turboedguy · 02-03-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

I am shocked that there has never been a discussion on this forum about this, especially that they would not have some kind of stickied topic about Univeral or Paramount.
Now that someone has finally expressed an opinion like this, I think I find myself leaning that way too.
Thanks!

It is an eye opener.
In fact if you look around hard enough you might be lucky enough to find a new thread about film grain, or peoples dislike for it. Very interesting.

Lee Christie · 02-03-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by turboedguy

It is an eye opener.
In fact if you look around hard enough you might be lucky enough to find a new thread about film grain, or peoples dislike for it. Very interesting.

That reminds me.. don't you just hate grain?

GarettP · 02-03-2008, 07:26 PM

Everyone posting on this thread knows that when Transformers is released on Blu with a PCM track we are all going to go out and get it!

Yeah 8/20/07 caught me off guard, and I was pissed to, but at the end of the day all studios will be Blu and we will be buying as many as we can like we already do!

crystalline blu · 02-03-2008, 07:30 PM

From the looks of things, they are selling more blu-rays than HD DVDs

Rob71 · 02-03-2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GarettP

Everyone posting on this thread knows that when Transformers is released on Blu with a PCM track we are all going to go out and get it!

Yeah 8/20/07 caught me off guard, and I was pissed to, but at the end of the day all studios will be Blu and we will be buying as many as we can like we already do!

I wonder when HDD reviews it, what will it get?

Blu-Beard · 02-03-2008, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Christie

That reminds me.. don't you just hate grain?

Not as much as black bars. Seriously, what DO they do with the rest of the picture? Are they gonna release it on a later special edition? I hope so!!!

Kirsty_Mc · 02-04-2008, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu-Beard

Not as much as black bars. Seriously, what DO they do with the rest of the picture? Are they gonna release it on a later special edition? I hope so!!!

If it's in letterbox you are GETTING ALL OF THE PICTURE.

If it's a scope movie in 16:9... then the rest of the movie is in thin air off the edge of your panel

PaulGo · 02-03-2008, 06:55 PM

They need to legally get out of the contract and that takes time.

Bombthroat · 02-03-2008, 06:59 PM

So far, the only movie I'm missing is a high bit-rate encode of Transformers with lossless audio.

w_tanoto · 02-03-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bombthroat

So far, the only movie I'm missing is a high bit-rate encode of Transformers with lossless audio.

Fortunately, I missed none

TheRealBob · 02-03-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxell

Umm, class? This is the same company that brings you MTV, the channel formerly known as Music Television, but now it's basically Reality tv. VH-1 is now reality hits 1.

Yeah, it's a shame, because I used to like putting on MTV and watching some videos. Then they filled the channel with stuff that had little to no connection to music because it get higher ratings.

So I was interested when they rolled out MTV 2, which was supposed to be nothing but wall-to-wall videos all day long, with a continuous mix of music styles instead of segregating each style on its own show.

But my cable provider didn't pick up MTV 2, and by the time I was able to get it several years later it was essentially just a copy of the MTV, with the same non-music tripe filling most of the time.

TheRealBob · 02-03-2008, 09:24 PM

Back on topic (in this off-topic thread)...

I think that Paramount will flip very soon, that the stories that indicated that they exercised an out clause in their contract were true.

I doubt the out clause let them just immediately switch sides and start trashing HD DVD. It may very well have let them trigger something that would let them out in 30-90 days.

If not, they probably still want to ramp up production and be ready to hit the ground running.

Personally, I don't care, as long as they start making Blu-ray Discs. They can drop HD DVD or not; it's really irrelevant to me.

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02-03-2008, 06:33 PM	#1
Maxell Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007	Umm, class? This is the same company that brings you MTV, the channel formerly known as Music Television, but not it's basicall Reality tv. VH-1 is now reality hits 1.

02-03-2008, 06:49 PM	#2
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	their name goes down in history as traitor. I am not buying any titles from them anymore until they gave up HD DVD completely, meaning blu exlcusive

02-03-2008, 06:55 PM	#3
OokieSpookie Banned Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:1	I am shocked that there has never been a discussion on this forum about this, especially that they would not have some kind of stickied topic about Univeral or Paramount. Now that someone has finally expressed an opinion like this, I think I find myself leaning that way too. Thanks!

02-03-2008, 07:26 PM	#6
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	Everyone posting on this thread knows that when Transformers is released on Blu with a PCM track we are all going to go out and get it! Yeah 8/20/07 caught me off guard, and I was pissed to, but at the end of the day all studios will be Blu and we will be buying as many as we can like we already do!

02-03-2008, 07:30 PM	#7
crystalline blu Active Member Member since:Jan 2008	From the looks of things, they are selling more blu-rays than HD DVDs

02-03-2008, 06:55 PM	#11
PaulGo Power Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:North Potomac, MD	They need to legally get out of the contract and that takes time.

02-03-2008, 06:59 PM	#12
Bombthroat Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	So far, the only movie I'm missing is a high bit-rate encode of Transformers with lossless audio.

02-03-2008, 09:24 PM	#15
TheRealBob Expert Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	Back on topic (in this off-topic thread)... I think that Paramount will flip very soon, that the stories that indicated that they exercised an out clause in their contract were true. I doubt the out clause let them just immediately switch sides and start trashing HD DVD. It may very well have let them trigger something that would let them out in 30-90 days. If not, they probably still want to ramp up production and be ready to hit the ground running. Personally, I don't care, as long as they start making Blu-ray Discs. They can drop HD DVD or not; it's really irrelevant to me.

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