Ifa 2007 - Blu-ray Forum

Yuzo · 08-30-2007, 01:27 PM

so whats this show all about then? as far as i understand its for the companies to show off their latest improvements in technology ....

is there anything for us to look forward to as for announcements? or is it just going over what everybody knows who check forums regularly?

i also see that there are studios doing presentations .. could we hear some new titles coming to blu-ray from these studios? eg, Warner announcing they are finally going to release some of the HD-DVD exclusives?

dialog_gvf · 08-30-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Yuzo

is there anything for us to look forward to as for announcements? or is it just

Check out the home page. If you knew all that, then why weren't you sharing?

Gary

jhansla · 08-30-2007, 01:41 PM

lol...so far we have just seen hardware announcements right? Are we likely to see some stuff from the studios?

Yuzo · 08-30-2007, 01:41 PM

ahh yes,.. thats the problem with having the forums in favourites instead of the main homepage

so i take it there is somebody at IFA updating us on announcements via their laptop

ReduxInflux · 08-30-2007, 01:45 PM

i'm on the same page as you. ifa. cedia. i have no clue how important these are. personally, i find all of the player announcements quite boring and irrelevant to the war. internal competition is great and we can continue releasing all the players we want, but as previously mentioned, the pricing is what matters. hd dvd hit blu ray with two straight haymakers with the paramount news and now the inexpensive entry level chinese hd-dvd players coming to the market...it has momentum. and all these rumors of a coming big announcement this, big announcement that...well... thats what we need. otherwise the general market will gravitate toward the cheap and marketable hd dvd. specs and players are great but they're peripheral. i want to know about prices, alliances and strategy...

lokus · 08-30-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

i'm on the same page as you. ifa. cedia. i have no clue how important these are. personally, i find all of the player announcements quite boring and irrelevant to the war. internal competition is great and we can continue releasing all the players we want, but as previously mentioned, the pricing is what matters. hd dvd hit blu ray with two straight haymakers with the paramount news and now the inexpensive entry level chinese hd-dvd players coming to the market...it has momentum. and all these rumors of a coming big announcement this, big announcement that...well... thats what we need. otherwise the general market will gravitate toward the cheap and marketable hd dvd. specs and players are great but they're peripheral. i want to know about prices, alliances and strategy...

I highly agree. We need some cheap pricing to keep us ahead in the game!

CptGreedle · 08-30-2007, 02:48 PM

I think the price of the players is NOT the issue like the HD-DVD camp keeps spewing out.
Why would someone buy a $2000+ TV and then hold back $100-$200 on the Hi Def disc player? If they are going to spend that kind of money, it will be on the nicer things.
So as I see it, it would only matter if the prices of HDTVs were close to $500. That would make it mainstream and then the masses would start to buy the cheaper players.

08-30-2007, 01:27 PM	#1
Yuzo Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:UK 4K collection:22 Blu-ray collection:48	Ifa 2007 so whats this show all about then? as far as i understand its for the companies to show off their latest improvements in technology .... is there anything for us to look forward to as for announcements? or is it just going over what everybody knows who check forums regularly? i also see that there are studios doing presentations .. could we hear some new titles coming to blu-ray from these studios? eg, Warner announcing they are finally going to release some of the HD-DVD exclusives? Last edited by Yuzo; 08-30-2007 at 01:30 PM.

08-30-2007, 01:45 PM	#5
ReduxInflux Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:orange county, ca Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:3	i'm on the same page as you. ifa. cedia. i have no clue how important these are. personally, i find all of the player announcements quite boring and irrelevant to the war. internal competition is great and we can continue releasing all the players we want, but as previously mentioned, the pricing is what matters. hd dvd hit blu ray with two straight haymakers with the paramount news and now the inexpensive entry level chinese hd-dvd players coming to the market...it has momentum. and all these rumors of a coming big announcement this, big announcement that...well... thats what we need. otherwise the general market will gravitate toward the cheap and marketable hd dvd. specs and players are great but they're peripheral. i want to know about prices, alliances and strategy... Last edited by ReduxInflux; 08-30-2007 at 01:48 PM.

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08-30-2007, 01:41 PM	#3
jhansla Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:257 Trading Score:3	lol...so far we have just seen hardware announcements right? Are we likely to see some stuff from the studios?

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CptGreedle Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Sworn super-hero now services Atlanta (and suburbs). Blu-ray collection:128 Blu-ray reviews:5	I think the price of the players is NOT the issue like the HD-DVD camp keeps spewing out. Why would someone buy a $2000+ TV and then hold back $100-$200 on the Hi Def disc player? If they are going to spend that kind of money, it will be on the nicer things. So as I see it, it would only matter if the prices of HDTVs were close to $500. That would make it mainstream and then the masses would start to buy the cheaper players.

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