When enthusiast sites fail to show any enthusiasm...

[TheRealBob]

Originally Posted by CassilineKnight

You asked why?

Well personally I think it comes from the way SOME (please read NOT all) people in the Bluray camp have acted and how those actions are percieved by HD DVD owners and neutral HD enthusiasts...

Personally besides sony being involved in Bluray the only other thing that turned me off was the arrogance of some Bluray owners and the way they were so quick to attack HD DVD owners or even those who simply had the "audacity" to question any of Bluray qualities/features (or lack thereof) in the beginning.

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In short if I think people who support Bluray need to start acting a lil bit more mature. Maybe its only the rabid sony/ps3 fanbase and maybe its as common as I think it is but in the end this war was VERY divisive and the wounds won't heal that quickly.

I've heard MANY HD DVD owners claim whole heartedly that they won't support Bluray no matter what despite the fact that they LOVE High Def movies.

Thats a serious problem. We NEED those people to jump on board. Its not going to happen if theres this constant bashing between the two groups...

Amen.

For the record, when I went high-def, I did some research and decided to go with Blu-ray, and I never looked back. I do not own an HD DVD player or any HD DVD movies. So I'm coming at this from a 100% Blu angle.

I must a lot of what goes on in this forum reflects very poorly on Blu-ray.

People find a thread on another site where HD DVD owners are licking their wounds and, yes, expressing a little bitterness, and they drag it into this forum so everyone can laugh about how stupid and idiotic "DUD" owners are. And the forum doesn't disappoint, with usually 50-100 messages heaping scorn on the "HD DED" owners who were foolish enough to get tricked by "To-shit-ba" so now they're getting their just desserts.

Threads are started over and over again about how Paramount, Dreamworks, and Universal are not welcome back unless they are made to pay dearly for their past choices. Others say they're never welcome back, period. People post ridiculous rants demanding that their CEOs be fired before they can join the BDA. That's just pathetic.

Someone innocently posts a question asking if there will be any incentives for HD DVD owners to switch to BD, and the bile that flows forth in response is just amazing. Instead of a simple "no, that probably won't happen", it's page after page of how these moronic HD DUD owners are getting what they deserve, they are mostly idiots who only want cheap stuff, so who cares about them anyway.

Prominent former HD DVD supporters post on other forums how they are backing Blu now that the format war is over, and their posts are copied here so everyone can laugh about how it took them long enough to see the light, who wants them now anyway, they're just liars that can never be trusted again.

I have no idea why people want to fan the flames of a format war that is over. We should stop the pointless mocking of HD DVD people and instead welcome them with open arms if they show interest in coming to Blu-ray. Maybe then they will become Blu-ray supporters instead of hating Blu-ray so much they start advocating for downloads or something else that is mostly vaporware but at least isn't associated with people that seem dedicated to hating them.

Blu-ray has won. Let's start being gracious winners.