HD-DVD.com redirects to Amazon HD DVD page (now Toshiba's statement) - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

The Don · 02-15-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by turboedguy

Wtf?

who's that fool?

cory · 02-15-2008, 02:15 AM

check it out hd-dvd forum has a redirect on it to Amazon ROFL

www.hd-dvd.com

The Don · 02-15-2008, 02:15 AM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37057

TheRealBob · 02-15-2008, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by davidPS3

Sorry guys, I just went to search and looked up the HD DVD site and it took me to the official website. It is still there and working fine.

They're talking about HD-DVD.com, which was a site a lot like this one, Blu-ray.com , except playing for the other side. They're not talking about the official HD DVD site.

That URL now just dumps you in the Amazon.com HD DVD store front page.

Has it actually been officially established that the same people owned Blu-ray.com and HD-DVD.com? I thought all that was known is they used the same holding service for anonymously owned domains, which doesn't necessarily mean anything.

EDIT: Apparently it's well known that Blu-ray.com and HD-DVD.com are owned by the same people and they have some of the same moderators.

Kirsty_Mc · 02-15-2008, 02:38 AM

Come on guys... very laudable and all that... but own up...

Who hacked the site???

... Err what's that... Toshiba

TheRealBob · 02-15-2008, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

it would be hilarious if he just linked it here....it's where people should go if they want their movies in HD

I agree. The format war is over, so redirect people here. Better yet, redirect them to a page explaining how Blu-ray has won the format war so if they were looking for information about HD DVD all they really need to know is that it's dead.

On the other hand, it is a valuable URL for redirecting people to Amazon and making a few bucks on their purchases of the last remaining HD DVDs, so I won't begrudge them that.

The Don · 02-15-2008, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRealBob

They're talking about HD-DVD.com, which was a site a lot like this one, Blu-ray.com , except playing for the other side. They're not talking about the official HD DVD site.

That URL now just dumps you in the Amazon.com HD DVD store front page.

Has it actually been officially established that the same people owned Blu-ray.com and HD-DVD.com? I thought all that was known is they used the same holding service for anonymously owned domains, which doesn't necessarily mean anything.

EDIT: Apparently it's well known that Blu-ray.com and HD-DVD.com are owned by the same people and they have some of the same moderators.

yeah, I assume it is common knowledge that the same people run both forums..

TheRealBob · 02-15-2008, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Don

yeah, I assume it is common knowledge that the same people run both forums..

Correction: The same people ran both forums.

I never made it over to HD-DVD.com, except for clicking through the occasional "look at what these goofs are saying" link posted here.

blu-ballz · 02-15-2008, 04:02 AM

.

The Don · 02-15-2008, 04:03 AM

there's a thread on this that was moved to off-topic forum...

I don't know why it's "off-topic"...but that's where they want it...

check it out ..we have like 50 pages on it already

turboedguy · 02-15-2008, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by blu-ballz

Did anyone else notice this?

http://forums.hd-dvd.com

yes.

jw · 02-15-2008, 04:05 AM

probably the rules say no HDDVD talk in general discussion

The Don · 02-15-2008, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jwbbud

probably the rules say no HDDVD talk in general discussion

but it's the sister site of this forum

blu-ballz · 02-15-2008, 04:20 AM

MODS

Please merge this with the other thread and put it back in General Discussion!

This is HUGE news people need to discuss and probably 80% of casual browsers visiting the site only go to this forum section because it is linked in so many places.

cartier · 02-15-2008, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TheRealBob

Correction: The same people ran both forums.

I never made it over to HD-DVD.com, except for clicking through the occasional "look at what these goofs are saying" link posted here.

Oh... good times, alas it was not meant to last.

The Don · 02-15-2008, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRealBob

Correction: The same people ran both forums.

I never made it over to HD-DVD.com, except for clicking through the occasional "look at what these goofs are saying" link posted here.

yeah I was there 2 or 3 times myself...because someone from here linked over to there...

stockstar1138 · 02-15-2008, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

but it's the sister site of this forum

Is it possible that this site/domain could get sold or do you think its doing to well for them to do that???

turboedguy · 02-15-2008, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by The Don

yeah I was there 2 or 3 times myself...because someone from here linked over to there...

I had over 200 posts there.

All in all they are good people.

kknight · 02-15-2008, 04:29 AM

LOL HD-DVD is dead.

The Don · 02-15-2008, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turboedguy

I had over 200 posts there.

All in all they are good people.

I would never know this...ignorance is bliss..

02-15-2008, 02:15 AM	#62
cory Member Member since:Jan 2008	HD-DvD.com forum redirect to amazon LOL check it out hd-dvd forum has a redirect on it to Amazon ROFL www.hd-dvd.com

02-15-2008, 04:02 AM	#69
blu-ballz Member Member since:Jan 2008	HD-DVD forum sold domain to Amazon? . Last edited by blu-ballz; 02-15-2008 at 05:35 AM.

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02-15-2008, 02:38 AM	#65
Kirsty_Mc Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 21	Come on guys... very laudable and all that... but own up... Who hacked the site??? ... Err what's that... *Toshiba*

02-15-2008, 04:03 AM	#70
The Don Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2006 Blu-ray reviews:12 Trading Score:2	there's a thread on this that was moved to off-topic forum... I don't know why it's "off-topic"...but that's where they want it... check it out ..we have like 50 pages on it already

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